Relevant Group’s Grant King and the Tommie Hotel at 6516 Selma Avenue in Hollywood (Getty Images, Relevant Group, LoopNet)
Los Angeles
Aug 12, 2022

Relevant Group owes $3M for Tommie hotel project: suit

Construction firm asks court to sell the hotel to recoup money
Relevant Group’s Grant King and the Morrison Hotel (Relevant Group, Google Maps)
Los Angeles
Jul 19, 2022

Relevant Group seeks partner on Morrison Hotel redevelopment

“Several groups and hotel brands” in talks for titular property of Doors’ 1969 album
Relevant moves ahead on plan for Morrison Hotel makeover in DTLA
Los Angeles
Mar 16, 2022

Relevant moves ahead on plan for Morrison Hotel makeover in DTLA

Makeover calls for 444 hotel rooms and 136 resi units for property made famous on Doors’ album cover
Relevant Group follows up on congressional letter, calls out union on EB-5
Los Angeles
Mar 1, 2022

Relevant Group follows up on congressional letter, calls out union on EB-5

Hotel developer claims to created jobs ‘in excess’ of requirement; only 25 investors have received green cards
Congressional contingent asks about Relevant’s EB-5
Los Angeles
Feb 23, 2022

Congressional contingent asks about Relevant’s EB-5

Follow up to union’s query on whether developer met program’s obligations at Hollywood hotels
Relevant Group eyes 331-unit apartment project in DTLA
Los Angeles
Jan 17, 2022

Relevant Group eyes 331-unit apartment project in DTLA

Planning commission gives go-ahead for 15 stories, ground floor retail at 3rd and Spring
Rendering of the project (Los Angeles City Planning / Gensler)
Los Angeles
Nov 29, 2021

Relevant Group re-envisions residential tower on slim slice of DTLA

Taps Gensler to redesign 329-unit project on Olive Street
Hotel union asks feds for answers on Relevant Group’s EB-5
Los Angeles
Oct 20, 2021

Hotel union asks feds for answers on Relevant’s EB-5

Claims hotel developer short of 1,800 jobs promised at Dream Hollywood under visa program, questions links to Barrack, Colony Capital
Douglas Elliman CEO Scott Durkin and Relevant Co-Founder Grant King and CFO Andrew Shayne with an aerial view of the project (Elliman, Relevant)
Los Angeles
Sep 2, 2021

Elliman sues Relevant Group, claiming $75K of allegedly unpaid fees

Brokerage claims it was hired on Relevant’s DTLA residential project
Relevant Group co-founders Grant King and Richard Heyman (Facebook via Related)
Los Angeles
Jul 26, 2021

Relevant Group co-founder Richard Heyman exits firm

Heyman started Hollywood-based hotel development firm in 2007 with managing partner Grant King
Relevant Group’s Grant King and Richard Heyman with the Thompson and Tommie hotels (Relevant Group)
Los Angeles
Apr 30, 2021

Relevant Group lands “rescue” financing for 2 boutique hotel projects

Under-construction Thompson and Tommie in Hollywood get $72M in new funding
Relevant Group’s Richard Heyman and Grant King with a rendering of the project (Gensler via Urbanize)
Los Angeles
Apr 19, 2021

Relevant Group plans 331-unit apartment in Downtown LA

Gensler-designed property would consist of prefab construction
Relevant Group managing partners Richard Heyman and Grant King with Dream Hollywood (Credit: Relevant Group)
Los Angeles
Dec 31, 2019

Relevant Group scores $61M refi on Dream Hollywood

The developer is seeking to transform that area, with plans for 3 more independently-branded hotels and a converted event space
Relevant Group’s Richard Heyman and the project site (Credit: Google Maps)
Los Angeles
Dec 20, 2019

Relevant Group plans 87-unit apartment complex in South LA

The developer is adding to its affordable housing projects while also creating a hotel empire in Hollywood
Relevant Group Managing Partner Richard Heyman and a rendering of the project on 5th Street
Los Angeles
Jul 22, 2019

Relevant Group plans 150-unit affordable complex in Skid Row

Rental will offset loss of SRO units at Morrison Hotel, which developer is converting to market-rate
From left: Saeed Nourmand, Michael Nourmand, Grant King and Richard Heyman
Los Angeles
Jun 12, 2019

Relevant Group sues Nourmand & Associates’ founder, alleging extortion over hotel projects

In a federal lawsuit, the Hollywood hotel developer accuses Saeed Nourmand and his team of demanding "ransom" payments to stop efforts to delay projects
Relevant’s latest in Hollywood, the Selma Wilcox hotel, gets go-ahead despite objections
Los Angeles
Mar 6, 2019

Relevant’s latest in Hollywood, the Selma Wilcox hotel, gets go-ahead despite objections

LA City Council rejected appeals from labor union and community group about potential adverse impact of 114-key hotel on area