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Nicky O'fficially O'ver and O'ut

Where: 1410 Ocean Drive [map], Miami Beach, FL, United States, 33139

2/21/2007 at 10:11 AM
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Well it is official.  As we first told you almost two weeks ago, Nicky O sleeps with Las Rambalas now.  Nicky Hilton's short lived career as a semi-hotelier is finished.

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 representatives could not be reached for comment.

Hotel Blake will remain the Blake, at least for now, and who knows what will happen to the old Edison Hotel on Ocean Drive, which is gutted at this point.

In any event, we are sure Nicky and her Balenciaga bag will resurface somewhere, probably in LA, and may even attempt a return to the hotel game, however it is time to stop holding out hope that Nicky O is going to happen.  Shocking we know.

Despite what you might think, we are actually bummed about this.  Not as upset as we were when Clooney's "upscale" Vegas project went up in flames, but bummed nonetheless.

Related Stories:
· Hotel Group Drops Nicky Hilton Plans [Chicago Tribune]

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3 Comments - Add Yours by markj

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AFdude
HotelChatter Member
Re: Nicky O'fficially O'ver and O'ut (none / 0)

NO WAY MAN!!! AGHHH!!! NOO THIS CANT BE! I WAS SO EXPECTING THIS HOTEL MAN! I had my future plans already with it! So let me get this straight... the hotels over because of Nicky?  Because she didnt live up to her end of the bargain? And is there ANY OTHER WAY possible this hotel can still happen?

by AFdude on 2/21/2007 at 3:48 PM



AFdude
HotelChatter Member
Re: Nicky O'fficially O'ver and O'ut (none / 0)

I just read this on a web-site:
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Go directly to the comment form.
My design is timeless. Nicky is happening and these people who wish bad things should just stop.

Posted by: Nizar | Jan 17, 2007 5:24:25 PM

Scoop: The Nicky O hotel is NOT happening at that location any more. This is the buzz around town, despite what the website may say. I hear Nicky HIlton is having to start from scratch at a new location. There is some controversy with the current location.
In terms of a nice/decent hotel in South Beach for $200, good luck! Not in the winter season with the Super Bowl a few weeks away. Try the Catalina, though. I'm not sure what their pricing is, but it's certainly cheaper than the Shore Club or Delano. And it's chic and cute.
Have fun in Miami!

Posted by: Lindsay | Jan 16, 2007 10:32:48 PM"

So maybe the hotel will start from scratch how it says?

by AFdude on 2/21/2007 at 3:57 PM



markj
HotelChatter
Well... (none / 0)

Anything is possible, but I bet she hangs low for a bit--at least on the hotel front.  We shall see.

by markj on 2/21/2007 at 4:49 PM


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