Richard Gere into Squirrels, Not Gerbils

11/03/2006 at 1:04 PM
Tags: Celebrity Scoop, Hotel News, Richard Gere

Richard Gere is another celebrity hotelier who has run into some problems opening up his dream hotel.

We thought he may go down a la George Clooney-Las Ramblas but apparently Gere has gotten the A-OK from the Bedford, NY township to reconstruct a 19th century inn into a 125-seat restaurant, and:

outfit the barn with a cafe for horseback riders on bridle paths, add a yoga studio and resurrect the hotel as a nine-roomer

Page Six reports the name of the place will be Squirrely Acres but we sincerely hope not.

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Is Richard Gere the New George Clooney?

7/10/2006 at 5:18 PM
Tags: Las Ramblas, Hotel Hype, Richard Gere

Richard Gere's very own hotel project, a 14-acre country hotel in Bedford, New York, has been turned down by the town who said the plans did not include any handicap access.

Gere and his partner Russell Hernandez spent $2.7 million on the property "with hopes of converting the 18th century barn into an upmarket complex, complete with country inn and restaurant."

For now the duo are going back to the drawing board to figure out how to keep the barn's historic structure while modernizing the entrances for handicap access.

We don't like to bring up Las Ramblas but it's worth a mention here. However, at least Gere had some plans to put forth before a town board. Clooney and friends didn't even get that far.

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