http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-08-30T07:11:59Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/NIcky%20O 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/2007/3/29/12644/5145 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/nickyo_bankrupt.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>"Falor went bankrupt, what a loser! Cross him off my Blackberry!"</i><p>Nicky Hilton's disastrous <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Nicky+O+South+Beach/local/95"><b>Nicky O</b></a> hotel plan has forced her developer Robert Falor and his Falor Companies to file for bankruptcy.<p>Oaktree lenders are suing Falor's Company for $36 million for failing to a) finish Nicky O and for b) failing to get celebs like Scott Storch or Pharrell Williams, or another "celebrity reasonably satisfactory to the Mezzanine Lender" to buy condos in the building.<p>So now that Oaktree's pulled out of the deal, Falor can't afford to renovate the property into a hotel-condo, regardless of Nicky O's presence. He's filing for bankrupty and plans to just make a regular old hotel sans condos. Key word: <i>plans</i> which is juliana 2007-03-29T12:08:18-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/21/1091/00313 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/nicky_hilton_picks.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> Well it is official. &nbsp;As <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/9/141431/6933/hotels/Nicky_O_ver_">we first told you almost two weeks ago</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Nicky+O+South+Beach/local/95">Nicky O</a> sleeps with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/4/19/171055/380/hotels/Las_Vegas_Ponders_George_Clooney_s_Empty_Head">Las Rambalas</a> now. &nbsp;Nicky Hilton's short lived career as a semi-hotelier is finished.<p> <blockquote><p> A Chicago development group is ditching plans to work with heiress Nicky Hilton to convert the Hotel Blake in Printers Row into a Nicky O's Chicago. "While we are always evaluating the marketplace, we anticipate that the property will remain as the Hotel Blake for the foreseeable future," Robert Falor, president of Robert Falor Investments, said Tuesday in a statement. The company also is dropping a similar conversion planned for the Breakwater hotel in Miami's chic South Beach. Nicky Hilton and her markj 2007-02-21T10:11:32-05:00 25.785562 -80.129984 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/13/11644/5797 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/nicky_hilton_robert_falor.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <b>Breaking</b><br> <blockquote><p> In a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court, Robert Falor Investments and Grand USA Hotel Supply &amp; Restaurant allege Hilton hasn't kept up her end of an April 2006 agreement in which she promised to promote the redevelopment project known as Nicky O's Chicago, a Nicky Hilton Hotel.<br><br> Hilton also allegedly contracted out interior design work she was supposed to perform and tried to charge it back to the developer, the lawsuit alleges. The development group also claims Hilton misrepresented that she and her associates had experience in hotel design.<br> </blockquote><p><p> Remember that official statement we were looking for? Guessing we don't have to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/9/141431/6933/hotels/Nicky_O_ver_">connect</a> the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/4/185914/3259/hotels/Nicky_Hilton_Not_Winning_Any_Hotelier_of_The_Year_Awards_Anytime_Soon">dots</a> for you <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Nicky%20O">on this one</a>. markj 2007-02-13T11:09:32-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/9/141431/6933 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/nicky_hilton_hotelierjpg" class="imgborder"><p> <b>Update: According to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/9/141431/6933/hotels/Nicky_O_ver_#commenttop">comments</a>, the rumors of Nicky O's demise have been greatly exaggerated. Either way, with all that has gone on this week, probably best for the hotel to issue a statement at some point.</b> <br><br> A HotelChatter tipster, who has reliably tipped us off <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/26/105853/686/hotels/Nicky_O_Is_Now_Promising_February_15th_for_a_New_Launch_But_No_Actual_Hotel_Opening">before</a>, reports witnessing this scene <b>on Ocean Drive just one hour ago</b>:<p> <blockquote><p> I was walking on Ocean Drive and passing by the Nicky O which is still mostly covered up, and from where I was walking (across the street) a brown haired woman in huge sun-glasses stormed out walking in a very fast pace and seemed to be upset. This woman looked very much like Nicky Hilton. markj 2007-02-09T14:21:00-05:00 25.785562 -80.129984 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/