merchants hospitality

The Latest

Ex-Cachet CEO says he was canned for investigation into sexual harassment. But firm says allegations are a “sideshow.”

by Mark Maurer and Hiten Samtani | 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...

Merchants Hospitality to bring Playboy Club to former Out Hotel

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,...

Merchants takes over gay-themed Hell’s Kitchen hotel

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...

GEMS committed to UES school project despite “hemorrhaging cash”: Merchants

by Mark Maurer | July 08, 2016 07:12PM

A subsidiary of Dubai schools operator GEMS Education masked its frail financial status upon signing a lease for an...

Battle brews for the Biltmore Hotel in SoFla

by Ina Cordle | June 24, 2016 07:30AM

From the South Florida website: New York-based Merchants Hospitality wants to pay $110 million to buy the lease for the...

Legal battle brewing for Sagamore Hotel in SoFla after owner’s death

by Ina Cordle | March 17, 2016 06:00PM

From the South Florida website: A bitter legal battle is about to brew for the Sagamore Hotel in the wake...

GEMS school looks to lease entire office portion of Plaza District property

by Mark Maurer | October 22, 2015 03:42PM

GEMS Education, the world’s largest operator of K-12 schools, is in talks to net-lease the entire office component of...

Maplewood, Omega planning 20-story senior living building on UES

July 27, 2015 08:00AM

UPDATED, 5:32 p.m., Aug. 19: Maplewood Senior Living is developing an Upper East Side luxury senior living facility on...

SL Green is latest to sue over failed UES school project

by Adam Pincus | August 29, 2014 03:15PM

In yet another lawsuit tied to a failed school project on the Upper East Side, SL Green Realty claims...

Merchants files another complaint against GEMS – for $200M

by David Jones | July 15, 2014 05:50PM

Days after being rebuffed by two New York State courts, Merchants Hospitality has filed a new $200 million complaint...