Tag: Starwood Capital Group

Starwood Capital Opens Second Postcard Inn Hotel Location

| October 23, 2011 | 0 Comments
Starwood Capital Opens Second Postcard Inn Hotel Location

Starwood Capital has quietly opened a second location of their Postcard Inn hotel brand.

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Great Story on Starwood Capital

| April 30, 2011 | 0 Comments

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.

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CerXus Makes Mistake By Rejecting Starwood Property Trust Takeover Attempt

| March 30, 2011 | 0 Comments
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 [...]

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Starwood Capital Buys 1414 Ave of the Americas for Hotel Conversion

| January 31, 2011 | 1 Comment
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 [...]

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Starwood Capital Purchases 49.9% of Hersha Hospitality Management

| June 6, 2010 | 0 Comments

Using Starwood Capital’s Global Hospitality Fund II, Starwood Capital has purchased a 49.9% interest in Hersha Hospitality Management

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Starwood Capital Now Has The Rio Casino In It’s Sights

| April 26, 2010 | 0 Comments

Another day, another casino on its way to being bought out for cheap. Another day, another casino in the sights of the Starwood Capital Group. What’s going on here? It’s interesting to watch how Starwood Capital has shown so much interest in Las Vegas casinos over the past month or so – the past few [...]

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1 Hotel Washington DC Still Delayed

| April 19, 2010 | 0 Comments
1 Hotel Washington DC Still Delayed

Starwood Capital’s 1 Hotels brand has been so finicky since being initially announced in 2007 and then location after location either being delayed or cancelled.

One project though – the 1 Hotel Washington DC actually seems like it will be their flagship location – that is.. Once it finally gets off the ground.

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History of Starwood Capital’s Louvre Hotel Group

| November 29, 2009 | 0 Comments

Small excerpt from a GulfNews.com article which gives a quick and short history of how the Louvre Hotel Group has expanded by purchasing different hotel brands through the centuries (yes, century).

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B.R. Guest & Starwood Capital Open the Post Card Inn on the Beach

| November 19, 2009 | 0 Comments

B.R. Guest & Starwood Capital (with Starwood being a behind the scenes player) have opened up the Post Card Inn on the Beach in St. Petes Beach, Florida. This is a surfing, beached themed hotel in a converted TravelLodge which is going after the budget conscious vacationer.

Will this be a new hotel brand for B.R. Guest (and Starwood Capital) or will this be a single location with a great theme?

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Barry Sternlicht Interviewed by Maria Bartiromo on Mentoring Madness during Global Entrepreneurship Week.

| November 16, 2009 | 3 Comments

Barry Sternlicht was interviewed by Maria Bartiromo for the Mentoring Madness segment of the Global Entrepreneurship Week, provided a lot of insight into how he started Starwood Capital (broke and unemployed) and what his motivation is for 1 Hotels.

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1Hotels.com Finally Gets A Refresh

| October 19, 2009 | 0 Comments
1Hotels.com Finally Gets A Refresh

Starwood Capital’s 1Hotel.com website did a light renovation – demonstrating that the brand is not forgotten or canceled.

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