THE 4 FOOD GROUPS 2006-11-01 Staff Writer <strong>RESIDENTIAL<br /> Mixed emotions greet landmark property sale</strong><br /> It all depends on your perspective.<br /> <br /> Either the acquisition last month of 110 residential buildings in downtown Manhattan represen
4 min read · 01 November 2006
Bunnies and blackjack 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Twenty-five years after the last Playboy Club opened, Hugh Hefner and his band of bunnies are back, this time in—where else?—Las Vegas. Housed in the Fantasy Tower of the Palms Casino, the new establishment will allow patrons to relive the heyday of the 60's and
1 min read · 23 January 2013
Wheel of real estate 2006-11-01 Staff Writer US television personality Merv Griffin has dabbled in all manner of pursuits over the years: movies, the record business, daytime and late-night television, game shows. But he has long been involved in another business line as well—real estate.<br /> <br
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Alain Roby's chocolate factory 2006-11-01 Staff Writer It may not eclipse the Burj Dubai or any of the other impossibly high buildings currently under development, but one new skyscraper recently made it into the <italic>Guinness Book of World Records</italic>. At more than 20 feet tall and const
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Influencing history 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Last month, alongside new memoirs by such well-known names as US Senator Barack Obama, <italic>The Corrections</italic> author Jonathan Franzen and humorist and travel writer Bill Bryson, another less-anticipated book hit the shelves at Barnes & Nob
2 min read · 23 January 2013
When private a faded hotel in Japan, there By Alison Granito
9 min read · 23 January 2013
Private equity real estate firms are looking to capitalize on Hong Kong's recovery. But as China's development continues unabated, will the mainland's economic emergence eventually threaten the city's prosperity? By Robin Marriott
10 min read · 23 January 2013
The elder statesman 2006-11-01 Staff Writer It is perhaps unfair that Sam Zell comes at the end of our list. In many respects, his name should be at the beginning. One of the most successful real estate investors in the modern era, Zell helped lay the foundation for the private equity real estate industry. I
1 min read · 23 January 2013
The warrior 2006-11-01 Staff Writer As the son of an Iraqi Jew who settled his family in Iran before fleeing the country after the Shah fell, Robert Tchenguiz has seen his fair share of ups and downs. But with a last name that means Genghis in Persian, Tchenguiz may be able to handle such setbacks better tha
2 min read · 23 January 2013
The hotelier 2006-11-01 Staff Writer In early 1991, 31-year-old Barry Sternlicht was out of a job. Seven years later, he was the chief executive officer of the largest hotel company in the world. Along the way, Sternlicht not only completed one of the most dramatic comebacks in the history of the asset class
1 min read · 23 January 2013
