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Play 'My Little Pony' at Four Seasons Hampshire

Where: Dogmersfield Park, Chalky Lane, Dogmersfield, Hook, Hampshire, United Kingdom, RG27 8TD

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that horses come between toys and boys when it comes to the upbringing of a lady. Unfortunately, most of us don’t have the dough to support a horse, or a spare field to fling it in.

When it came to our requests, our mothers just ignored us. But those who are a bit more indulgent might like to take their offspring to the Four Seasons Hampshire and shelling out on an Own a Pony Experience.

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Financial Woes For Dream New York?

Where: 210 West 55th Street [map], New York, NY, United States, 100019

Uh-oh. Something's goin' down at Dream NYC, and it ain't nearly as good as those $113 room rates we were seeing for the summer: The Real Deal reports that a $100 million loan secured by the hotel "was put on a special servicer status," which, TRD says, indicates "the possibility it may become delinquent." In April, the loan payment was late — but the note wasn't in default.

But what do the possible financial issues have to do with you? Nothing — yet:

Though the special servicer status is worrisome, very few loans have gone from special servicer status to default in New York City. There were just nine delinquent securitized loans in New York City totaling $272 million from a total of 1,886 loans valued at $58.6 billion as of the end of April

Hampshire Hotels owns the building but not the underlying property, though it does control that property through a long-term lease.

Could there be trouble a-brewin' with the Dream, with Hampshire and with Vikram Chatwal? And could this mean Dream Downtown (slated to open in 2010, as far as we know) is having financial probs too?

As usual, money gets in the way of Dreams. Ha.

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Snapshot :: Vikram's Downtown Dream Hotel is (Ship)Shaping Up

Is what you see above: A) another nautical building sticking off the back of the Maritime Hotel?  B) a homeless shelter? Or is it C) Vikram Chatwal's $70 million dollar chunk of the Meatpacking District?

As is only proper in the business of building New York hotels, ALL THREE crazy statements are very true. The property at 346 West 17th Street, formerly The Covenant House homeless shelter, was purchased by Vikram's father's company Hampshire Hotels late last year.

Looking like The Maritime in drydock, the Downtown Dream so far has a gutted interior, a fully painted mud-grey exterior and construction that appears to be moving right along...for now.

According to Vikram's company website, his Downtown Dream is due to debut in early 2009, just in time to give The Maritime a run for its summer rush. And yes, just in case you need to hear it again, the Downtown Dream is right next to the Maritime Hotel so that should be a very interesting situation when it opens.