Roarke Owned Businesses and Companies[]
Roarke Industries[]
- Roarke - President and CEO
- Main branches are in “New York, Chicago, New Los Angeles, Dublin, London, Bonn, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Milan, Sydney. Off planet branches, Station 45, Bridgestone Colony, Vegas II, FreeStar One.”[1]
Roarke’s main umbrella company that had multiple divisions, holdings, and various branches underneath its scope. Most of his other businesses were tied back to and were a part of Roarke Industries. Roarke Industries employed millions of people.[2]
First mentioned in Naked in Death
Roarke Entertainment[]
- Mentioned in Loyalty in Death[3]
Eclectic[]
- A recording company owned by Roarke that offered Mavis her recording contract in Ceremony in Death; it produces everything from classical to brain drain and, according to Mavis, is the company.[4] According to Roarke, Eclectic’s purpose is to produce and distribute commercial recording artists.[5]
Purgatory[]
- An upscale club owned by Roarke Entertainment, a subsidiary of Roarke Industries in Judgment in Death.[6] Roarke bought Purgatory from Max Ricker about four[7] or five years ago.[8]
Allegany Pharmaceuticals[]
- Mentioned in Seduction in Death.[9]
Apartment Complex on 9th Ave[]
- This property is the location of Eve's former apartment, now home to Mavis and Leonardo and Peabody and McNab.[10] First Mentioned in Naked in Death
Apartment Building at 526 W. 14th Street[]
- Building in which Marlene Williamson resided in Desperation in Death. It is an upscale building, a midsize tower of steel and glass, with underground parking and a recently remodeled fitness center. There are three parking levels, the fitness center and indoor pool level, lobby, retail level, then twelve floors of residential, topped by a rooftop level. The lobby has glossy black flooring with little gold flecks, suiting the ultramodern art (all slashes and swirls of color), twisty black and gold metal lighting hugging the ceiling, and weird-ass flowers poking out of glass tubes. The night manager is named Rohan, and both Eve and Roarke are impressed with his efficiency. The apartments have exceptional soundproofing.[11]
Apartment Building at 582 Central Park South[]
- Building in which Jerry Fitzgerald and Justin Young resided in Immortal in Death.[12]
Australian Resort[]
- In Passions in Death, Roarke completed the purchase of a small resort in Australia, on which he planned to make some improvements, including adding a five-star luxury spa and a few private villas.[13]
Autotron[]
- Located at Ninth and Twelfth and mentioned in Loyalty in Death,[14] Autotron makes droids and various small electronics.[15]
Big Apple Hotel[]
- A mid-level hotel, without a lot of frills; Roarke moved Bobby and Zana Lombard there in Memory in Death after Trudy was killed. It had security but it was subtle; Eve tells Roarke that he has a solid frontman in his lobby.[16]
Boston Celtics[]
- Purchased in Imitation in Death
Canterbury’s[]
- The shoes Sylvester Yost wears in Betrayal in Death[17]
Castle Hotel in Kerry, Ireland[]
- Unnamed, but mentioned in Portrait in Death.[18]
Castor Oil Plant[]
- Located in New Jersey and mentioned in Innocent in Death[19]
Cattle Ranch in Montana[]
- Mentioned in Reunion in Death.[20]
CFD Architectural and Design[]
- There is a branch on FreeStar One, which is mentioned in Immortal in Death.[21]
Ce Soir[]
- The French restaurant where Eve arrested Joel Steinburger in Celebrity in Death.[22]
Central Park Arms[]
- The hotel Liam Calhoun tried to lure Brian Kelly to in Vengeance in Death; Brian remained in Dublin, while Eve set up a sting operation.[23]
Data Point[]
- A company that manufactures droids and other complex electronics, and was acquired by Roarke about two years prior to Vendetta in Death, so April, 2059, from Darla and Thaddeus Pettigrew for twenty-two million dollars when they divorced; Thaddeus received fifteen million dollars at the time of his divorce, with the remaining seven million going to Darla..[24]
Electronic Future[]
- A subsidiary of Roarke Industries that manufactures jammers; mentioned in Vengeance in Death.[25]
Elite Real Estate[]
- A division of Roarke Industries mentioned in Betrayal in Death[26]
Eton Group[]
- A company Roarke was in the progress of acquiring in Remember When[27]
Euroco[]
- One of Roarke Industries' arms in Europe that dealt primarily with transportation. In Salvation in Death, Roarke told Eve they had a very interesting sea-road-air personal sports vehicle coming out early in 2061[28]
EuroCom[]
- A company Roarke Industries acquired in Thankless in Death; it had been the major player in Europe's joint communication development over the last decade or so.[29] (Not to be confused with EuroCom, a government agency mentioned in Missing in Death.[30])
Farming Commune[]
- A farming commune on Taurus Five mentioned in Immortal in Death.[31]
Fáilte[]
- A Roarke-owned company that manufactures bedding - sheets and linens. The Groom laid Sarifina York's body on an Irish linen sheet, thread count of seven hundred in Creation in Death. The bedding is manufactured in Ireland and Scotland and there are a bunch of outlets around, as well as being carried in higher-end department stores.[32]
Five-Star[]
- A private charter company that beat out Diamond Express in the ratings and was mentioned but not used by Julianna Dunne (as Juliet Darcy) in Reunion in Death[33]
Futures Laboratories and Research[]
- a company owned by Roarke that manufactures bed linens.
Gilded Tower[]
- A sleek golden tower on Riverside Drive, where Allisandra Charro lives in Random in Death.[34]
Glass Factory[]
- Old glass factory on the Lower East Side; slated for rehab. First target of Cassandra in Loyalty in Death.[35]
Gold Door[]
- The Dallas apartment building where Isaac McQueen owned a unit in New York to Dallas[36]
Gorham Complex[]
- An up-scale apartment complex on Broadway, home to Charles Monroe in Naked in Death.[37]
Grand Regency Hotel[]
- Also called The Regency Hotel[38], owned by Roarke, but held by one of his subsidiaries[39], and used to host the charity function for the Canal Street Clinic, at which Eve Dallas laid a trap for Julianna Dunne in Reunion in Death[40]
The Green[]
- Located in Dublin, Roarke bought it when he was about sixteen - it was the first piece of real estate he bought. It was a small, seedy hotel he financed by stealing a three-strand pearl necklace with a small ruby clasp and taking a ferry to Liverpool to hock it. He didn’t have enough money for the rehab, so Summerset took out a loan and in eight months they opened the Green, a small, elegant hotel marketed to tourists looking for personal service. Roarke had enough money to repay Summerset in a couple of years, but Summerset wouldn’t take the money and they own it together. He told Eve about this in Connections in Death.[41]
Hamptons Properties[]
- Roarke owns a string of properties in the Hamptons that he rents out; mentioned in Judgment in Death.[42]
Health Conscience[]
- A division of Roarke Enterprises, mentioned in Creation in Death[43]
BodyWorks[]
- Fitness centers that are a subsidiary of Health Conscience; Gia Rossi worked as a personal trainer and instructor in their midtown location in Creation in Death[43], and there are branches throughout the world, including the one in Florida where Robert Lowell joined under the name 'Edward Nave,' with an address of the Miami Grand Opera House, five years ago, three months before the death of his first known victim in the state.[44]
Houston Street Tower[]
- The office building that housed Fordam Publishing, where Shauna Hunnicut's ex-booty buddy, Marcus Stillwater, worked in Passions in Death[45]
Hudson Yards Village[]
- A construction project that's part of the Hudson Yards site in Forgotten in Death - it will be residential and office buildings, a shopping arcade, and a green space, and was the location of the remains of Johara Murr and her unborn child[46]
Kenbar[]
- An arm of Roarke Industries that manufactures Renaissance Beauty and Health make-up products; mentioned in Holiday in Death[47]
Kidware[]
- Manufactures the Jamboree PPC toy; mentioned in Taken in Death[48]
Kovax[]
- Mentioned in Shadows in Death as a merger, but no details on the company other than “On what planet, [Roarke] thought as he scored through line after line, was the sky quite such a shade of rosy pink they'd think he'd give the lazy, inept, greedy execs - who'd mismanaged into the ground what had been a solid little company - golden parachutes to land so soft? They'd take his offer - more than fair enough - as is, or end up mired in the muck.”[49]
Lorimar Security[]
- The security company which Roarke owns and uses, both for his home and business.[50] Mentioned in Naked in Death
Madison Square[]
- Fourth target of Cassandra in Loyalty in Death.[51]
The Manor[]
- A fancy boutique hotel in the West Village where Jerald Reinhold spent two nights after killing his parents and stealing their money and valuables in Thankless in Death.[52]
Manufacturing Colonies[]
- Interest in manufacturing colonies on Mars; mentioned in Immortal in Death.
Media Network Link[]
- A communications company that Roarke mentioned owning in Interlude in Death; it had an interest in the Atlanta media sources.[53]
Mercury[]
- A division of Roarke Industries
- Primarily, an import-export business involved in shipping, deliveries, and rapid transports. Roarke acquired Mercury about ten years ago (c. 2048) when it was a poorly organized and failing business.[54]
- At one time Roarke did some smuggling through Mercury, but the business is clean now.[55]
Minifarm[]
- Located on Space Station Delta and mentioned in Rapture in Death.[56]
The Montcart Winery[]
- Mentioned in Naked in Death and Betrayal in Death.[57]
Nally’s Pub[]
- An Upper West Side pub on West 84th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam where Eve met Roarke for dinner in Vendetta in Death.[58]
New Globe Theater[]
- Located at Broadway and Thirty-eighth, it is an enormous, multi-level theater; the place dripped with class and Eve imagined Roarke had employed the best minds and talents available to rehab the old building into its former glory.[59] It has Gothic spires that can be seen from the Broadway View Hotel.[60]
NewLife Organ Replacement, Inc.[]
- A manufacturing firm owned and operated by Roarke Enterprises and mentioned in Conspiracy in Death.[61] They manufacture artificial replacements made from this longevity stuff discovered at the Nordick Clinic; Roarke bought out NewLife about five years ago.[62]
Nowhere[]
- Where Arlo Kagen drank in Vendetta in Death[63] and purchased by Roarke sometime later that month (April, 2061), in Golden in Death; he is keeping the name, but turning it into a nice little neighborhood pub.[64]
Olympus Resort[]
- Jointly owned with Tokayamo and Europa[65] and located on FreeStar One[66]
The New Savoy[]
- Mentioned in Betrayal in Death.[67]
On the Rocks[]
- A bar in Tribeca, Manhattan's Lower West Side, that caters to white-collar working stiffs who want half-price drinks and some cheesy rice balls while they bitch about their bosses or hit on a coworker, and the execs who want a couple of quick belts close to the office before their commute to the ’burbs. There was a mass murder there in Delusion in Death, killing 84 people and injuring five others. Roarke purchased it three years before that.[68]
Platinum[]
- A private charter company that beat out Diamond Express in the ratings and was mentioned but not used by Julianna Dunne (as Juliet Darcy) in Reunion in Death[33]
Plaza Hotel[]
- Third target of Cassandra in Loyalty in Death, destroyed the tea room.[69]
Radio City[]
- Second target of Cassandra in Loyalty in Death.[70]
Regent Hotel[]
- Where the person Gerald DeBlass sent to follow Eve and Feeney back to the city after they met with him in East Washington went in Naked in Death[71] and where Roarke arranged a suite for Galla Modesto's family after she was killed in Shadows in Death, since her brother's New York apartment wasn't large enough for all of the family.[72]
The Rembrandt[]
- A small, exclusive, European-style hotel snuggled into New York almost like a secret. No sky-reaching towers or mile-wide lobby, no gilt-encased entrance, but elegant discretion. Samantha Gannon stayed there in Remember When) after Andrea Jacobs was found murdered in her home.[73]
Roarke Airlines[]
- Mentioned in Witness in Death.[74]
Roarke Palace Hotel[]
- Mentioned in Glory in Death; Vengeance in Death; Loyalty in Death; Witness in Death; Betrayal in Death; Seduction in Death; Reunion in Death; Born in Death; Strangers in Death; Ritual in Death; Missing in Death; Indulgence in Death; Concealed in Death; Brotherhood in Death; Echoes in Death; Vendetta in Death
Roarke World[]
- Mentioned by Callendar in Golden in Death, it was where Miguel Rodrigues worked as a game developer, although it's possible she just meant he worked for Roarke[75]
Rolex Factory[]
- Factory and outlets; mentioned in Betrayal in Death[76]
Running Man[]
- One of the stores where Jerald Reinhold shopped after killing his parents in Thankless in Death; it specialized in athletic shoes, clothing, and accessories for men[77]
ScanAir[]
- Purchased in Ceremony in Death.[78]
Scentsational[]
- A restaurant owned by Roarke and mentioned in Memory in Death. Here, flowers could be sampled, sipped, and sniffed, all in one elaborate setting where the tables rose up on graceful stems and bloomed in a garden of colors. The floor appeared to be some green glass, various levels, and an arbor over the bar. A swinging place with excellent food and service.[79]
Scottoline[]
- Identified as the Scottoline merger though it was more of a buyout; Roarke Industries took it over at the end of 2058 in Vengeance in Death.[80]
Securecomp[]
- The arm that had the (Code Red) contract in Divided in Death[81]; it included Reva Ewing, Yoshi Tokimoto, and LaSalle[82]
SimUlate[]
- A computer and holo-game company owned by Roarke Industries and mentioned in Fantasy in Death. They were a direct competitor of U-Play, although all of the partners had an open offer from Roarke to join the company or any other arm. It had developed a similar game to Fantastical, using similar technology.[83]
Sky Ways[]
- Mentioned in Ceremony in Death as absorbing the newly purchased ScanAir[84]
Solar Lights[]
- A Roarke Industries corporation, mentioned in Betrayal in Death.[85]
Cachet[]
- Cachet is the tradename of a division of Solar Lights, a Roarke Industries corporation; mentioned in Betrayal in Death[85]
The Speakeasy[]
- A bar that's near Leonard and Broadway; Jackie Mulligan waitresses there in Devoted in Death, and calls it classy.[86]
Starline Incorporated[]
- Publishing company established in 2015 and purchased by Roarke Industries in 2051; mentioned in Betrayal in Death.[87]
- Perhaps also called Starline Publishing, or Starline Publishing is a branch of Starline Incorporated. According to Remember When, it is a publishing company owned by Roarke and acquired the rights to publish Hot Rocks, a story about the Forty-seventh Street job (a diamond heist).[88]
Startack Transpo Station[]
- When Eve asks Roarke if he owns the place, he replies “not entirely” in Vendetta in Death[89]
Steelbend[]
- A brand of tools that Roarke manufactures, mentioned in Loyalty in Death, when Zeke Peabody says “Branson's good. Steelbend's better.”[90]
Streamline[]
- Limousine Service mentioned in Indulgence in Death[91]
The Sweet Spot[]
- An upscale, high-class club, on the West Side, where the clientele from noon to five consisted primarily of junior execs looking for a long lunch and cheap thrills. During the night hours, the VPs and CEOs came in, bringing important clients for an hour or two of titillation. Mentioned in Holiday in Death.[92]
Treegro[]
- A reforestry company with an “overly adorable name” that was taken over by Roarke Industries in 2058 in Glory in Death.[93]
Trident[]
- An electronics company that makes the Trident MicroCam. One of these video cameras was used to record the videos of the murders in Naked in Death[94]
Trident Security and Communications[]
- A subsidiary of Roarke Industries that manufactures jammers and is mentioned in Vengeance in Death.[95]
Trojan Securities[]
- Manufactures long-range scanners and is mentioned in Loyalty in Death.[96]
Villa de Lago[]
- Located in Italy, it was the spa where Julianna Dunne, using the name Josephine Dorchester, went to pamper herself in Reunion in Death.[97] Roarke owned 51% of it[98]
Vulcan[]
- An automotive company mentioned in Vendetta in Death because Darla Pettigrew owned a Vulcan Town Coach, which she used to transport men to and from her torture chamber in the house belonging to her grandmother, Eloise Callahan.[99]
The West Side[]
- Located at 522 West Forty-third Street; the hotel where Jennie O’Leary was murdered by Liam Calhoun (3rd floor, 3rd door) in Vengeance in Death and Eve and Roarke met Kevin DeBlass. It is a small hotel with a public bar, owned by Roarke and projected to be refurbished.[100]
Whitford Factory[]
- A factory that produces briefcases (brief mention); mentioned in Betrayal in Death[101]
Yancy[]
- Part of Roarke Industries, mentioned in Midnight in Death[102]
Kytell[]
- An arm of Yancy, it manufactures nylon-strapping cord and is mentioned in Midnight in Death.[102]
(See also Category:Roarke's Properties)
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