*Clockwise from top:* Marc Rowan and his seafood-shack folly; Matthew Prince and his unwelcome castle; Jim Ratcliffe and his too-well-appointed hive.

The Property-Whore Index

Billionaires like nothing better than getting into property battles with their equally rich neighbors. This week we chart the worst offenders

For this special Labor Day edition of the Attention-Whore Index, we take a break from all those (mostly) human spotlight-seekers to focus on real estate. Not just real-estate scandals but all manner of peculiar, appalling, grandiose, attention-grabbing real-estate … ventures, we’ll call them.

But first, let’s acknowledge last week’s A.W.I.-poll toppers.