Tech billionaire Peter Thiel bought Bel Air mansion Casa Encantada in Los Angeles for $130 millionPeter Thiel has been revealed as the purchaser of the mansion Casa Encantada, a Bel-Air property which sold for $130 million at a foreclosu...
14 Oct, 2026, 10.01 PM IST
Sharon Osbourne's historic Los Angeles mansion in Hancock Park is now up for sale for $16 millionSharon Osbourne has lowered the asking price for her historic mansion in Los Angeles by $1 million, bringing it down from $17 million to $1...
09 Oct, 2026, 08.49 PM IST
Texas’ 1927 Hawn Hotel closed in 1978 and was condemned in 1989; a $17.6 million rehabilitation converted the vacant tower into 33 housing units and ground-floor commercial spaceThe Hawn Hotel in Temple, Texas, has transitioned from a long-vacant structure to a modern residential and commercial space. Completed in 1...
09 Oct, 2026, 01.00 PM IST
Jessica Chastain bought a historic New York apartment in 2015; restoring Leonard Bernstein’s former home revealed a fireplace sealed behind a wallJessica Chastain had put her historic New York apartment back on the market for $6.49 million last year. The four-bedroom co-op in the Osbo...
07 Oct, 2026, 02.05 AM IST
Diane Keaton once owned a striking Los Angeles hillside home; Decades earlier, a silent-film star acquired it after finding out embezzlement of funds by his managerDiane Keaton once owned the Samuel-Novarro House in Los Feliz, Los Angeles. The home was completed in 1928 by architect Lloyd Wright for Lo...
06 Oct, 2026, 12.47 AM IST
One of astronomy’s oldest suspected planetary systems has just undergone its most sensitive search yet and the biggest planets scientists might have expected to find are not thereAstronomers have conducted one of the most detailed searches yet for planets around 70 Ophiuchi AB, a binary system roughly 16 light-years ...
05 Oct, 2026, 10.43 PM IST
In 2014, Joan Rivers left a Manhattan penthouse worth $28 million; after relisting for $38 million later, it eventually took a $10 million price cutJoan Rivers’ former Manhattan penthouse has returned to the luxury real estate market with a substantial reduction in its asking price. Sit...
02 Oct, 2026, 11.35 PM IST
In 1969, Frank Van Zant began building beside a Nevada highway; 20 years later, his desert compound had more than 200 concrete sculpturesIn the late 1960s, World War II veteran Frank Van Zant began creating the Thunder Mountain Monument in Imlay, Nevada, using scrap materials...
02 Oct, 2026, 01.00 PM IST
An iconic Art Deco Coca-Cola bottling factory stood unused; developers turned its 12-acre site into a mixed-use destination featuring a food hall and hotelArchitects and developers are transforming abandoned factories into functional spaces such as hotels and art galleries. Many of these proje...
28 Sep, 2026, 10.04 PM IST
ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or IBC - Part 77: This auto ancillary wants to double revenue by FY30. Execution to decideA business can diversify in two ways: Slowly, by building new capabilities internally; or quickly, by acquisitions. This supplier has chose...
23 Sep, 2026, 08.36 PM IST
Developers faced vacant industrial buildings that were difficult to modernize; they preserved original structures and turned them into hotels with modern guest facilitiesVacant industrial buildings were not easy to modernize. Their old layouts and structures created practical problems for developers. But dem...
22 Sep, 2026, 08.21 PM IST
In 2013, John and Jennifer Church bought a 120-year-old textile mill planning to sell the land; after reconsidering demolition, they turned the 7-acre site into a mixed-use developmentIn 2013, John and Jennifer Church bought a 120-year-old textile mill planning to sell the land, but changed plans after discovering its his...
22 Sep, 2026, 12.34 AM IST
In 478 BC, a temple was built to honour Confucius; centuries of rebuilding turned it into a complex with more than 100 buildingsTemple of Confucius: Built in 478 BC, the Temple of Confucius in Qufu, China, grew through centuries of rebuilding into a vast historic com...
19 Sep, 2026, 06.55 PM IST
India, South Africa hold first Army-to-Army Staff Talks, focus on training and capacity buildingIndia and South Africa held their first Army-to-Army Staff Talks in New Delhi. Discussions focused on expanding training exchanges and join...
19 Sep, 2026, 03.35 PM IST
George Clooney’s $100 million Lake Como villa once belonged to the ‘ketchup king’: Inside its extraordinary history, which even once left Mark Twain in aweGeorge Clooney’s Villa Oleandra on Lake Como is an 18th-century, 25-room property with a rich history, elegant interiors and expansive gard...
18 Sep, 2026, 08.24 AM IST
In 1977, Jack Nicholson bought a 70-acre Malibu ranch; decades later, the property sold for $3.5 million, with trails and equestrian facilities and a poolJack Nicholson has been associated with several distinctive properties, including an expansive Malibu Beach ranch and a historic Victorian ...
13 Sep, 2026, 12.04 AM IST
In 2008, Reese Witherspoon bought a 7-acre Ojai ranch for $5.8 million; 6 years later, the property sold for $4.98 million with pastureland, mature oaks and stables thereReese Witherspoon’s former Libbey Ranch in Ojai was a seven-acre property combining historic architecture with extensive grounds and multip...
12 Sep, 2026, 12.58 AM IST