by Alissa Ponchione | Sep 8, 2015 | News
Affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VIII L.P. agreed to buy Strategic Hotels & Resorts for $6 billion, including all outstanding debt and outstanding shares of stock for $14.25 per share in cash. “Our board and management team have consistently...
by Alissa Ponchione | Sep 6, 2015 | Projects
Located beneath an FDR Drive overpass in Manhattan’s South Street Seaport district, the steel-clad Industry Kitchen from Merchants Hospitality and locally based SHoP Architects was featured in our August issue. All photography by Paul Johnson and Oleg...
by Alissa Ponchione | Sep 5, 2015 | Projects
As featured in our August issue, the Press Hotel, a member of Marriott’s Autograph Collection, in Portland, Maine pays homage to the local Press Herald newspaper with interiors crafted by New York-based Stonehill & Taylor. All photography by Irvine...
by Alissa Ponchione | Sep 4, 2015 | News
An LA boutique is inspired by its fictional namesake
by Alissa Ponchione | Sep 4, 2015 | Projects
To understand Hotel Covell, one must first know the story of George Covell, the fictional character who inspired the property’s concept. Los Angeles-based designer Sally Breer of Co-Mingle created Covell and his history, which are loosely based on her own father and...
