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The wealthiest real estate buyers are a picky bunch, so Curbed decided to track some of the largest recent sales, near sales, and most expensive new construction around the world to bring you the Curbed Whale Heat Map. From the sunny French Riviera—where Brooklyn Nets owner and Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov walked away from a $55M deposit to avoid buying the $750M Villa Leopolda—to the a billion-dollar mansion towering above the bustling streets of India (above), take a tour of some of the favored billionaire stomping grounds.
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