Vikram Chatwal and the Dream Hotel (credit PropertyShark)

Dream Hotel owner Vikran Chatwal has been arrested in Florida for trying to board a plane with oodles of drugs, TMZ reported.

The bust went down at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport after a TSA search of Chatwal and his bag uncovered cocaine, heroin and prescription pills, according to a police report seen by TMZ. [more]

Domingo Zapata with Lindsay Lohan, Nestseekers’ Ryan Serhant and 27 Downing Street

Spanish contemporary artist Domingo Zapata, famed for his abstract expressionist paintings of subjects including actress Lindsay Lohan, is on the lookout for a new home in New York.

The wealthy artist, whose relationship with Lohan appears to extend beyond the artistic, has been setting up showing appointments with “Million Dollar Listing New York” broker Ryan Serhant via Twitter. Zapata and Serhant are set to view a West Village townhouse on Downing Street today, according to Serhant’s Twitter page. [more]

From left: the Atelier at 635 West 42nd Street, Lindsay Lohan, Dane Cook, Dania Ramirez and Brendan Fraser

When new Manhattan condo the Atelier debuted in 2007, actress Lindsay Lohan was offered an apartment there (reportedly for free) to help give West 42nd Street building some star power. Though the ploy was widely reported as a publicity stunt, it seems to have helped get other celebrities’ attention. Sources say comedian Dane Cook recently checked out apartments in the Far West Side building. The funnyman will appear in Neil LaBute’s “Fat Pig” on Broadway this spring. Meanwhile, “Entourage” hottie Dania Ramirez has been renting an apartment at the Atelier for the past six months.  Brendan Fraser also scoped out the building this fall, when he did a short stint on Broadway in “Elling.”… [more]

Clockwise from top left: Curtis Granderson signs autographs for fans, the indoor rock climbing wall at 515 East 72nd Street, outside 515 East 72nd Street, and (from left) Jim Sheehan, Curtis Granderson and Loretta Bradbury at the event

Yankees center-fielder Curtis Granderson headlined an event last night at the site of his current New York crash pad, 515 East 72nd Street, a new condominium which is revamping its image now that it has ended its association with the Arizona-based resort and spa, Miraval. Residents at the condo formerly known as Miraval Living, which started sales in 2007, have waited a long time for the building’s much-hyped spa facilities to open. The sponsor, River Terrace Apartments, has a new spa operator lined up and plans to announce it to residents within the next few weeks, the sales team told The Real Deal. In the meantime, Granderson appeared to provide a welcome distraction…. [more]