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/2007/7/15/224531/328 <![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 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 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/