The NYT recently profiled the most reviled hotel developer on the planet right now and no, it's not Donald Trump.

The man is Robert Falor, the once and former condo-hotel king who almost supported the failed Nicky O hotels venture from Nicky Hilton as well as the failed Rande Gerber/Maxim bar inside the Royal Palm Hotel in South Beach.

And guess what? He's flat broke and has no friends.]]> juliana 2008-09-02T11:56:10-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/14/13421/8689

While we in no way pine for the days of Nicky O Hotels, a tipster found this picture from photographer's Hew Burney's website.

It musta been a birthday cake for Nicky Hilton in the shape of the Breakwater Hotel which was the doomed location for her further doomed Nicky O Hotels enterprise. Man, we're so glad this is over.

Nicky has moved on to restaurant investing, at least for now, though don't be completely shocked if she resurfaces as a fledgling hotelier -- http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/7/91820/8250 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/nicky_o_future.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p> Our friends at <a href="http://www.luxist.com/2007/11/06/is-nicky-hilton-still-planning-to-open-a-hotel/">Luxist</a> reminded us that something has to happen to the old Breakwater Inn on Ocean Drive, the property now known as the Curse of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Nicky+O+South+Beach/local/95"><b>Nicky O</b></a>. According to bankruptcy orders, a court ordered property <b>auction will take place on November 19, 2007 at 10:00 AM</b> at the Claude Pepper Federal Building. <p> Of course, there is hardly a doubt that this property will end up being a hotel at some point, so the big question is who will be at Claude Pepper on the 19th? A Pomeranc brother? Can't think of many other boutique or brand hoteliers that are not already in South Beach. So if you are a budding markj 2007-11-07T09:26:14-05:00 25.785562 -80.129984 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/9/12/17249/1227 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Hotel_Blake.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> Note to self: If a Hilton sister ever approaches us with a business proposition, we're running in the opposite direction (unless it involves porn, of course). <p> If only we could've advised hotel magnate <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/robert%20falor">Robert Falor</a>. It looks like any hopes of resuscitating his disastrous plans for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Nicky+O+South+Beach/local/95"><b>Nicky O</b></a> hotel are now completely <a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=26187&amp;seenIt=1">dead</a>. Investors who put up cash for the ill-conceived/financed condo-hotel project filed a lawsuit last week in Cook County Circuit Court, claiming that: <p> <blockquote><p> Because the payments under the Contract for Deed were not timely paid and the final closing date has expired, the Contract for Deed has expired, and Printers Row no longer has the right to purchase ced138 2007-09-13T09:00:01-05:00 41.875022 -87.629475 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/7/15/224531/328 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/nicky_comeback.png" class="imgborder"/><p>We don't even know how to break this to you, especially on a Monday morning, but it looks like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Nicky+O+South+Beach/local/95"><b>Nicky O Hotels</b></a> ain't over yet. <p>A devoted HotelChatter tipster, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/AFdude"><i>AFdude</i></a>, emailed us over the weekend to alert us to the new official <a href="http://www.nickyhilton.com">Nicky Hilton website</a>. Here you can find information about Nicky's clothing endeavors, boutiques, fan club and the dreaded Nicky-O Hotels.<p>Last we left Nicky O, the project was dead in the ground and Nicky's developer Robert Falor was in some <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/29/12644/5145/hotels/Has_Nicky_O_Started_a_Downward_Spiral_of_Condo_Hotels_">serious doo-doo</a> with the property, not to mention he has a lawsuit against Nicky. But so far, there's no real new news on Nicky O on Nicky's website, other than the condo-tel might juliana 2007-07-16T09:15:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/