Category: barry sternlicht
Starwood Capital Opens Second Postcard Inn Hotel Location
Starwood Capital has quietly opened a second location of their Postcard Inn hotel brand.
First Picture & Info on Starwood Capital & Tribeca Associates 53rd Street Hotel Project
After looking at Tribeca Associates website for information on their new hotel project with Starwood Capital, I came across a picture and some basic information on this large project.
Great Story on Starwood Capital
Anyone who knows me or follows my blog knows how much I respect and follow Barry Sternlicht and Starwood Capital. The other day I came across a great profile on Starwood Capital & Barry Sternlicht from magazine called Commercial Property Executive.
I suggest anyone who is interested in Starwood Capital or Barry take a read at it.
CerXus Makes Mistake By Rejecting Starwood Property Trust Takeover Attempt
Starwood Property Trust put another company on the map this week – Crexus Investment Corporation – by making an unsolicited bid to purchase the entire company at a 20% premium to their current stock price. What did Crexus’ board decide to do? Reject it. Why would they do that? What company would not want to [...]
Starwood Capital Makes Second Entry into NYC Hotel Market in Two Months
Now this is interesting.. Last week, everyone was reporting how Starwood Hotels would be building a hotel at the Donnell Library in New York City in conjunction with Tribeca Associates, as long as Orient-Express would give up their development rights to the property.. Today, according to a press release from Orient-Express, it isn’t Starwood Hotels – but [...]
Starwood Capital Buys 1414 Ave of the Americas for Hotel Conversion
In the last few hours my email inbox has been bombarded with news that Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital has purchased 1414 Ave of the Americas in Manhattan for a conversion into a hotel. This is pretty exciting news because its one of the first purchases that Starwood has made in years on a property to [...]
Ian Schrager is Back.. Again.. With Schrager Hotels
Ian Schrager is back – again – with a new hotel company and two new hotel brands, this is in addition to his existing properties with Marriott’s Edition brand. Schrager always alluded to not being done in the hotel industry, and even when his partnership with Marriott was announced, he was very forthcoming about stating [...]
Starwood Capital Does Something With the Former Baccarat Wailea Property
Back in 2008 Starwood Capital announced the property they had recently purchased, the Renaissance Wailea, would be torn down and replaced as a completely new resort – Baccarat Wailea Hotel & Residences. Unfortunately, like alot of construction projects announced during that time – the project never got off the ground and was eventually canceled. Not [...]
Gary Barnett, Planet Hollywood Hotel Times Square and W Times Square
The story I’ve been searching for years: Planet Hollywood Hotel Times Square, the original plans for the W Times Square building and Gary Barnett
Riviera Finally Might Be Under Starwood Capitals Control
All the news out of Vegas in the past few days has been about the Riveria being put into bankruptcy, with Starwood Capital being one if the mortgage holders who pushed for the bankruptcy filing. My friends over at VegasChatter seem to think this could be the first Barry Sternlicht-ing of Vegas since the days [...]
Starwood Capital Purchases 49.9% of Hersha Hospitality Management
Using Starwood Capital’s Global Hospitality Fund II, Starwood Capital has purchased a 49.9% interest in Hersha Hospitality Management

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