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Moving along to Allen Street, which is actually being called Thompson LES although that could change in the future. This project, which the Thompson group owns*, has had a bit of controversy with the surrounding neighborhood on the Lower East Side. But Cortes says things are progressing nicely, the work is getting done faster than anticipated and a Summer 2007 date is on the calendar as a projected opening.

Heading west, we look at Thompson Beverly Hills. A projected date of Spring 2006 was set but Cortes says that will be more like Winter 2007. Unlike 6 Columbus or Thompson LES no building problems are plaguing the renovation of the Beverly Hills Best Western. Instead, the hotel group is still working out some design kinks (designer Dodd Mitchell will do this one) which include the plans for the hotel rooftop featuring a brand-new fitness center, revamping the pool area and adding a rooftop bar so that guests can take advantage of the 360-degree views of the city. We haven't seen any construction begin on this place as of late (it's still operating as a Best Western) so a Winter 2007 date seems skeptical to us.

Also, Hollywood Roosevelt is trying to get back on track after the whole Amanda Scheer-Demme fiasco and as we suspected, the hotel is actually trying to be a hotel instead of a celeb hotspot.

Thompson Hotels has two more projects in the work including a hotel in Tribeca expected for 2008 and a DC property that same year.  At the same time, the group is working hard on their Room 100 magazine which will publish twice a year in partnership with Black Book magazine. The first limited edition lifestyle magazine will debut in November and be distributed in their hotel rooms, speciality boutiques and to a VIP list of celebrities, stylists and other people deemed worthy. Thompson is also behind the LA Suite movie, a short about a man and woman in a hotel, not for any real Thompson hotel marketing reasons, but as Cortes says just to help promote artists work. Although the art must relate back to the hotel world somehow. (See the Comments Section below for more info.)

So there you have the latest word on Jason Pomernac and Thompson Hotels projects. As for his love life, despite being shown with a several hot women when you do a Google Images search, we hear Jason has a steady girlfriend.

*Thompson Hotel Group manages some properties like Six Columbus and Hollywood Roosevelt, while owning and managing others like their flagship 60 Thompson. Easy way to remember is if they slap the Thompson name on the hotel, then they own it. However, Cortes says that there may be some exceptions to this.

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by juliana