HotelChatter - Tag: Gregory Peck

New York: Gregory Peck Gets Serious About Cooper Square

juliana — 2008-08-14T13:58:48-05:00

This summer is shaping up to be the summer of hoteliers in magazines. The latest to join the group is Gregory Peck who gets all serious in the Sur la Terre magazine about his hotelier business (Sorry, no online link available!)

The piece is just a simple Q&A with Peck about how he got started in the hotel world (he used to work for Northstar Capital which funded several Ian Schrager hotels) and what his hotelier philosophy is about.

Oh yeah, and a little bit about Cooper Square. Nothing that we or Klaus Ortleib haven't already told you though.

Some tidbits after the jump.

New York: The Cooper Square Hotel Has a Website and Might Even Open Eventually

Jenna — 2008-07-22T14:17:56-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/coopersquarewebsite.png" class="imgborder"> Well, folks: hell seems to have frozen over. The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cooper+Square+Hotel/local/247">Cooper Square Hotel </a>has a <a href="http://www.thecoopersquarehotel.com/">website. </a> Yes, you read that correctly. It's totally bare-bones and has no real content on it, but it gives us hope that the hotel will in fact open someday. The hotel has been delayed forever -- and in the midst of major drama with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/23/14626/7323/hotels/Know_Your_Manhattan_Hoteliers_">Gregory Peck</a>, some folks had even speculated that the project would be scrapped altogether around this time<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/7/6/121519/5986/hotels/Cooper_Square_Hotel_No_More_"> last year</a> -- but is all the drama finally over? Not only does the website now exist, but <a href="http://www.downbythehipster.com/blog/2008/7/22/cooper-square-hotel-ready-for-fashion-week-premiere.html">Down by the Hipster </a>reported today that the hotel has been marketing itself to fall Fashion Week event

Know Your Manhattan Hoteliers

juliana — 2008-06-23T15:02:22-05:00

Ask and you shall receive. In a story the other week about the possible cold war thaw between feuding hoteliers Gregory Peck and Matt Moss (actually, that was just wishful thinking. The frenemy war rages on still), we asked for a copy of the Page Six magazine featuring some of NYC's hottest hoteliers.

And a kind soul sent us a copy!

In it, you see Jason Pomeranc (with ever-present arm candy/fashion publicist/girlfriend Ali Wise), Matt Moss and Greg Peck (totally did not pose together), scary Sean MacPherson and partner Eric Goode, the ever-dapper Andre Balazs, grunge hotelier Alex Calderwood of the Ace Hotel brand and chefs/restauaranteurs Todd English and Ken Friedman.

San Francisco: More Details on Gregory Peck's Crescent Hotel in San Fran

juliana — 2008-06-19T12:48:55-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/allison_peck.jpg" class="imgborder">On Monday, we let you know that hotelier <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Gregory%20Peck">Gregory Peck</a> was continuing on his own way (without "frenemy/hotel partner" <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Matt%20Moss">Matt Moss</a>) by opening the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/16/103111/065/hotels/Gregory_Peck_To_Open_The_Crescent_San_Francisco">Crescent San Francisco</a> in the city's Union Square nabe.All we knew then was that he was going to redo the old Allison Hotel. Today we have some more detes. The Crescent Hotel Group (Greg's company) is developing and redesigning the Allison. The Crescent Hotel Group will also manage the hotel once it opens. That opening could happen in nine to twelve months. Like the Crescent BH, the hotel will have a restaurant and lounge. There will be 83 rooms, some with views into Union Square. With the other rooms presumably, the

San Francisco: Gregory Peck To Open The Crescent San Francisco

juliana — 2008-06-16T12:53:23-05:00

While it's unclear whether San Francisco will be getting an Alcatraz Hotel or not, the city by the Bay will have a new hotel in Union Square from hotelier Gregory Peck.

As we mentioned last summer Peck was looking to spin off his Crescent Beverly Hills hotel and while we were hedging our bets that Palm Springs would be the place to do so, it turns out Peck is headed to San Fran.