http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T11:28:32Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/J%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/29/105452/09 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/nojayzhotel.jpg" class="top"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/jay-z"><b>Jay-Z</b></a> has 99 problems and a hotel is one. Last year around this time, hotel geeks around the world were throwing their hands up and saying, "Big Pimpin' up in NYC" when it was announced that rapper Jay-Z (real name: Shawn Carter) would be opening his own Jay-Z-branded <b>J Hotel</b> on New York's West Side. (Ok, maybe it was just us.) <p>Yet <a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2008/12/29/jayzs_hotel_among_projects_frozen_by_building_booms_end.php">Curbed</a> reports that as the economy continues its epic fail ride, the J-Hotel is no longer. According to the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/27/nyregion/27developers.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1&sq=blaichman&st=cse&scp=1">NY Times</a> the developer Charles Blaichman, he of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Soho+House+New+York/local/65"><b>Soho House</b></a>, cannot secure financing for the hotel and is now currently trying to rent the former Time Warner Cable warehouse. <blockquote><p>Mr. Blaichman, who has juliana 2008-12-29T12:34:15-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/