Los AngelesSep 13, 2023Relevant Group seeks partner for Hollywood hotel projectSchrader Boulevard site has entitlements 203-key hotel
Los AngelesDec 23, 2022Foreclosure delayed on Relevant’s Tommie, Thompson hotelsExtension gives developer 30 days to negotiate deal on mezzanine loan
Los AngelesNov 3, 2022Relevant’s Hollywood hotels head to foreclosure auctionMezz lender Machine Investment provided $72M for Thompson, Tommie projects in 2021
Los AngelesAug 12, 2022Relevant Group owes $3M for Tommie hotel project: suitConstruction firm asks court to sell the hotel to recoup money
Los AngelesJul 19, 2022Relevant Group seeks partner on Morrison Hotel redevelopment“Several groups and hotel brands” in talks for titular property of Doors’ 1969 album
Los AngelesMar 16, 2022Relevant moves ahead on plan for Morrison Hotel makeover in DTLAMakeover calls for 444 hotel rooms and 136 resi units for property made famous on Doors’ album cover
Los AngelesMar 1, 2022Relevant Group follows up on congressional letter, calls out union on EB-5Hotel developer claims to created jobs ‘in excess’ of requirement; only 25 investors have received green cards
Los AngelesFeb 23, 2022Congressional contingent asks about Relevant’s EB-5Follow up to union’s query on whether developer met program’s obligations at Hollywood hotels
Los AngelesJan 17, 2022Relevant Group eyes 331-unit apartment project in DTLAPlanning commission gives go-ahead for 15 stories, ground floor retail at 3rd and Spring
Los AngelesNov 29, 2021Relevant Group re-envisions residential tower on slim slice of DTLATaps Gensler to redesign 329-unit project on Olive Street
Los AngelesOct 20, 2021Hotel union asks feds for answers on Relevant’s EB-5Claims hotel developer short of 1,800 jobs promised at Dream Hollywood under visa program, questions links to Barrack, Colony Capital
Los AngelesSep 2, 2021Elliman sues Relevant Group, claiming $75K of allegedly unpaid feesBrokerage claims it was hired on Relevant’s DTLA residential project
Los AngelesJul 26, 2021Relevant Group co-founder Richard Heyman exits firmHeyman started Hollywood-based hotel development firm in 2007 with managing partner Grant King
Los AngelesApr 30, 2021Relevant Group lands “rescue” financing for 2 boutique hotel projectsUnder-construction Thompson and Tommie in Hollywood get $72M in new funding
Los AngelesApr 19, 2021Relevant Group plans 331-unit apartment in Downtown LAGensler-designed property would consist of prefab construction
Los AngelesDec 31, 2019Relevant Group scores $61M refi on Dream HollywoodThe developer is seeking to transform that area, with plans for 3 more independently-branded hotels and a converted event space
Los AngelesDec 20, 2019Relevant Group plans 87-unit apartment complex in South LAThe developer is adding to its affordable housing projects while also creating a hotel empire in Hollywood
Los AngelesJul 22, 2019Relevant Group plans 150-unit affordable complex in Skid RowRental will offset loss of SRO units at Morrison Hotel, which developer is converting to market-rate
Los AngelesJun 12, 2019Relevant Group sues Nourmand & Associates’ founder, alleging extortion over hotel projectsIn a federal lawsuit, the Hollywood hotel developer accuses Saeed Nourmand and his team of demanding "ransom" payments to stop efforts to delay projects
Los AngelesMar 6, 2019Relevant’s latest in Hollywood, the Selma Wilcox hotel, gets go-ahead despite objectionsLA City Council rejected appeals from labor union and community group about potential adverse impact of 114-key hotel on area