merchants hospitality

By Orion Jones | Research By Jay Young | November 01, 2022 07:00AM

The spirit of Adam Hochfelder is still haunting Merchants Hospitality. The company’s owners, Abraham Merchant and Richard Cohn, were...

By Erin Hudson | Research By Orion Jones | June 22, 2021 11:15AM

A year and a half after the Playboy club on West 42nd Street was stripped of its name by...

By Rich Bockmann | January 21, 2021 11:56AM

New York City’s nightlife scene is dark for now, but one veteran club owner is betting on things bouncing...

By Erin Hudson | October 08, 2020 04:35PM

After a two-day reprieve, the legal battle between Merchants Hospitality and former partner Adam Hochfelder is back on. The...

By Erin Hudson | October 05, 2020 10:00AM

Editor’s note: After publication of this story, a court filing Monday reported that the litigation it describes was discontinued....

By Erin Hudson | November 15, 2019 04:48PM

UPDATED Friday November 15, 2019, 5:28 p.m.: Merchants Hospitality is clapping back after Playboy Enterprises cut ties with the...

By Erin Hudson | November 14, 2019 04:34PM

Playboy Enterprises has stripped all of its licensing from its pricey Manhattan members-only club. The recently revamped restaurant and...

By Hiten Samtani and Mark Maurer | October 06, 2017 06:12PM

The former CEO of Cachet Hospitality Group has sued the firm, alleging he was wrongfully terminated in an effort to prevent him from conducting...

TRD Staff | December 15, 2016 12:30PM

The Bunnies are back. The Playboy Club is making its return to New York City following a decades-long absence,...

TRD Staff | July 27, 2016 08:32AM

Merchants Hospitality bought the long-term lease on the famed Out Hotel near Times Square for $40 million and plans...