Remember the Chinese fable of the mighty emperor who agreed to give a wily supplicant one grain of rice for the first square on a chess board, double that for the second square, double again for the third and so on, before he realised that he would be giving away his whole kingdom's supply before the board was half-finished.
Pantaloon Retail, India's biggest and fastest-growing retailer, has 144 shops in 32 cities, and Kishore Biyani, its founder, plans to double the square footage of his empire by next June.
Rebecca Nash, 22, and Hope Stubbings, 19, said they booked a double room at the Brunswick Square Hotel but when they arrived they were told it only accepted straight couples and families.
This year he will spend upwards of a quarter-billion dollars adding 15 to 20 new stores at an average of 47, 000 square feet per store--double the size ten years ago.
As a result, the company just bought a distribution center in North Carolina and plans to double its size to more than 800, 000 square feet.
This time it intends to double its current floor area of 400, 000 square feet (37, 000 m2) by renovating existing rooms and by building anew on to its current site in midtown Manhattan.
It has more than 18, 000 square feet of space, 14 bedrooms and a double reception room.
Inside, there is about 3, 000 square feet, with a 28-foot-wide octagonal double-height living room with a library at one end and doors opening out to a terrace on the other.
Built in 1800, Hank McNeil's Neo-Georgian 13, 000-square-foot Rittenhouse Square mansion is red brick and cube-shaped, with rectangular double-hung windows all aligned and a red front door flanked by Corinthian columns.
The 11, 000 square-foot estate features six bedrooms, eight bathrooms and sits on a double lot within the desired Los Angeles gated community, The Mulholland Estates.
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This fall Graff will open stores in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Geneva, double the size of his flagship store in London and undertake construction on a new 4, 200-square-foot Manhattan boutique on Madison Avenue.
Eventually, thanks to a degree she has in biology and previous work in the field, she landed work as a biologist, allowing her to hold on to her 572-square-foot log cabin on three acres, where she takes in stray dogs and raises horses that double as sculpting models.
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