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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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First Picture & Info on Starwood Capital & Tribeca Associates 53rd Street Hotel Project

| June 18, 2011 | 0 Comments
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.

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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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Starwood Capital Makes Second Entry into NYC Hotel Market in Two Months

| March 21, 2011 | 0 Comments

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 [...]

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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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Hilton & Starwood Hotels Finally Settle Denizen Debacle

| December 22, 2010 | 0 Comments

Hilton & Starwood Hotels has finally settled their lawsuit which has been going on for almost 2 and a half years. Here is Hilton’s Statement In the lawsuit, originally filed in mid-2008, Starwood accused Hilton of stealing thousands of confidential documents and material which had information on how to create, brand and operate a boutique/lifestyle [...]

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Riviera Finally Might Be Under Starwood Capitals Control

| July 14, 2010 | 0 Comments

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 [...]

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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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