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The End is Nigh :: Cooper Square Hotel Has Soft Opening Rates at $275 a Night

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 27 Cooper Sq [map], New York, NY, United States, 10003

| October 8, 2008 at 12:46 PM | 0 Comments

Luxist did an interview with young Gregory Peck, the hotelier behind the it's-never-gonna-open, wait-maybe-it-is, oh-wait-no-it's-not Cooper Square Hotel.

In the interview, he talks mostly about how he feels about the state of the hotel industry and not so much about the Manhattan property specifically. But our fave quote was definitely this one:

We spend a lot of time developing a unique concept and a narrative for what we want the hotel to be and then we execute it, painstakingly focusing on ever detail of the process.

"A lot of time" indeed. "Painstaking" is an adjective we'd use to describe what this construction process at CS has seemed like, too.

While the interview didn't say much about the Cooper Square's status or the infamous Peck-Moss feud, our tipsters did! We've got the inside scoop on rates, dates and reports of some, er, interesting reading material found in a room after the jump.

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Snapshot :: Does Anyone Even Care About The Cooper Square Anymore?

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 27 Cooper Sq [map], New York, NY, United States, 10003

| September 9, 2008 at 5:55 PM | 1 Comment

Jebb was so kind as to drop a gift into the HotelChatter Flickr Pool for us: check out this photo of the Cooper Square Hotel shedding its scaffolding. He adds on his website:

The Dildo of Darkness [Ed Note: LOLz] had its entryway scaffolding removed on 3rd Avenue this morning.

The Cooper Square Hotel lobby appeared somewhat finished with working light fixtures, too.. at least, that's what we could see through the parts of the windows that were not covered with brown craft paper.

Thanks for the update; but we're sort of like, "meh." We got sick of waiting for you, Cooper Square. We're not those kinda girls. We're out.

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Gregory Peck Gets Serious About Cooper Square

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 27 Cooper Square [map], New York, NY, United States, 10003

| August 14, 2008 at 1:58 PM | 0 Comments

This summer is shaping up to be the summer of hoteliers in magazines. The latest to join the group is Gregory Peck who gets all serious in the Sur la Terre magazine about his hotelier business (Sorry, no online link available!)

The piece is just a simple Q&A with Peck about how he got started in the hotel world (he used to work for Northstar Capital which funded several Ian Schrager hotels) and what his hotelier philosophy is about.

Oh yeah, and a little bit about Cooper Square. Nothing that we or Klaus Ortleib haven't already told you though.

Some tidbits after the jump.

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The Cooper Square Hotel Has a Website and Might Even Open Eventually

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 25 Cooper Square [map], New York, NY, United States, 10003

| July 22, 2008 at 2:17 PM | 1 Comment

Well, folks: hell seems to have frozen over.

The Cooper Square Hotel has a website.

Yes, you read that correctly. It's totally bare-bones and has no real content on it, but it gives us hope that the hotel will in fact open someday.

The hotel has been delayed forever -- and in the midst of major drama with Gregory Peck, some folks had even speculated that the project would be scrapped altogether around this time last year -- but is all the drama finally over?

Not only does the website now exist, but Down by the Hipster reported today that the hotel has been marketing itself to fall Fashion Week event planners. Does this mean a fall opening is for sure?

Oh! And the most exciting part: Down by the Hipster also posted some renderings of the interior spaces that have been circulating already - check those out after the jump.

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Know Your Manhattan Hoteliers

| June 23, 2008 at 3:02 PM | 1 Comment

Ask and you shall receive. In a story the other week about the possible cold war thaw between feuding hoteliers Gregory Peck and Matt Moss (actually, that was just wishful thinking. The frenemy war rages on still), we asked for a copy of the Page Six magazine featuring some of NYC's hottest hoteliers.

And a kind soul sent us a copy!

In it, you see Jason Pomeranc (with ever-present arm candy/fashion publicist/girlfriend Ali Wise), Matt Moss and Greg Peck (totally did not pose together), scary Sean MacPherson and partner Eric Goode, the ever-dapper Andre Balazs, grunge hotelier Alex Calderwood of the Ace Hotel brand and chefs/restauaranteurs Todd English and Ken Friedman.

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More Details on Gregory Peck's Crescent Hotel in San Fran

Where: 417 Stockton Street [map], San Francisco, CA, United States, 94108

| June 19, 2008 at 12:48 PM | 0 Comments

On Monday, we let you know that hotelier Gregory Peck was continuing on his own way (without "frenemy/hotel partner" Matt Moss) by opening the Crescent San Francisco in the city's Union Square nabe.

All we knew then was that he was going to redo the old Allison Hotel. Today we have some more detes.

The Crescent Hotel Group (Greg's company) is developing and redesigning the Allison. The Crescent Hotel Group will also manage the hotel once it opens. That opening could happen in nine to twelve months.

Like the Crescent BH, the hotel will have a restaurant and lounge. There will be 83 rooms, some with views into Union Square. With the other rooms presumably, the standard San Fran city view will apply.

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Gregory Peck To Open The Crescent San Francisco

Where: 417 Stockton Street [map], San Francisco, CA, United States, 94108

| June 16, 2008 at 12:53 PM | 0 Comments

While it's unclear whether San Francisco will be getting an Alcatraz Hotel or not, the city by the Bay will have a new hotel in Union Square from hotelier Gregory Peck.

As we mentioned last summer Peck was looking to spin off his Crescent Beverly Hills hotel and while we were hedging our bets that Palm Springs would be the place to do so, it turns out Peck is headed to San Fran.

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The Cooper Square Hotel :: Will It Ever Open?

Where: 27 Cooper Sq [map], New York, NY, United States

| June 13, 2008 at 4:25 PM | 0 Comments

Not much new to report here folks. Cooper Square Hotel is still not open. And it still has no website.

So we're highly skeptical of a late summer opening which was the last predicted date for the hotel (after the April/May 2008 time frame came and went)

Indeedy, we are even hearing some rumblings of a late fall opening, leading us to ask "Will we even care about this hotel when it finally does open?" Eh...we probably will. Afterall, we still got giddy when Six Columbus finally opened.

On another note, we hear Page Six Magazine managed to get the feuding hoteliers Matt Moss and Gregory Peck together for an article in its latest issue. Could this be the end of the cold war between the former besties?

(PS. We live in LA now. Not having the Post delivered to us daily is almost as bad as not having Dunkin' Donuts. Almost. Send us a copy of the article if you got one).

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PM Linkage: Guess What? Matt Moss and Gregory Peck Don't Like Each Other

| February 27, 2008 at 6:25 PM | 0 Comments

Dear Diary,

We can't believe it! Matt Moss and Gregory Peck, once besties growing up on Long Island, are like totally never speaking to each other again.

We kinda figured there was some trouble brewing when we interviewed Gregory Peck over the summer about the Cooper Square Hotel and he couldn't put us in touch with Matt Moss, only Matt's publicist. And then Matt's publicist was like "Whatever!" And then we had to rush off to P.E.

Anyways, the New York Observer totally outed the fight today and all these grown-up investors are like really POed that Moss isn't keeping them in the loop.

But like OMG, Matt Moss totally went behind Greg Peck's back and is starting MK Hotels with Klaus Ortleib and this is the group that will run the hotel. This is exactly what our Ouija board exclusively told us!! Major Dramz! But that's all for now. Gotta sing along to High School Musical. Luvya!

In other news safe for your diary:
· Palms Place will have celebrity residents like Hulk Hogan, Paul Stanley of KISS and Jessica Simpson. Well, we didn't say A-list celebrities. [The Vegas Eye]
· The Water Club at the Borgata will open in June. [Newsday]
· Looks like Diablo Cody celebrated her Oscar at the Four Seasons. We'd know that flower anywhere. [Egotastic]
· NYC might get a Ferry Building Hotel! [NYT]
· SNL coming to Vegas? [Rush&Molloy]

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Snapshot: Cooper Square Looks Almost Done

Where: 27 Cooper Square [map], New York, ny, United States, 10003

| December 26, 2007 at 4:30 PM | 0 Comments

Flickr member Jebb of the East Village Podcast has dropped in a new photo of the Cooper Square Hotel in Manhattan. The exterior looks almost done but with a string of recent hotel delays affecting NYC and the rest of the hotel world, we don't think Cooper Square will open before Spring. But have no fear, we'll be keeping a close eye on the "enormous vibrator." (Jebb's words not ours.)

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He's Not Imaginary or Invisible Anymore: Matt Moss Speaks Out on Cooper Square

Where: 27 Cooper Square [map], New York, ny, United States, 10003

| November 14, 2007 at 9:45 AM | 0 Comments

In a New York article, Matt Moss finally weighed in on the Cooper Square Hotel, a project he's developed with his frenemy Gregory Peck.

The hotel's backers are looking to buy three adjacent lots and the residents are to say the least, concerned. As you know, this is a pretty feisty bunch and they have resisted the hotel from the very beginning.

But what has them really concerned now is the planned second-floor terrace which ends just 30-inches from an apartment building next door. Thus they are presuring the community board to withhold a liquor license until the hotel can ease the residents' fears. And here is where Matt Moss speaks:

"The block association gave us a list of their concerns," says developer Matthew Moss of the Peck Moss Group. "We agreed right off the bat to half of them or so, but some of the things they wereasking for were a little difficult for us to agree to" and those are items that are still being discussed.

Still Moss agreed to soundproof the windows and air conditioners in nearby apartments so the residents won't have to deal with hotel party noise. The only glitch is that the landlord in the East 5th Street apartment building won't let installations proceed.

And the saga continues. We bet Gregory Peck is just relieved his name wasn't mentioned this time around.

Related Stories:
· Dubai on the Bowery [NY Mag]
· Gregory Peck and Matt Moss: They was just frontin' [HotelChatter]
· Gregory Peck Talks Cooper Square [HotelChatter]

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Party Dispatch:: The Crescent Beverly Hills' LA Fashion Week Party

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 403 N. Crescent Drive [map], Beverly Hills, CA, United States, 90210

| October 22, 2007 at 12:42 PM | 0 Comments

Last Tuesday, we hit up the Crescent Beverly Hills for a Los Angeles Fashion Week party hosted by hotelier Gregory Peck and fashion designer Katy Rodriguez, who is also the co-owner of L.A. boutique Resurrection.

The party had a few purposes--one being to show off the Crescent BH's patio lounge area (obvs), but also to celebrate the launch of Audrey Bernstein's lifestyle and hospitality website, Oh Audrey and to showcase the newest issue of Big Magazine's "Big Show" issue, devoted entirely to fashion.

The party itself was rather low-key with guests from fashion and movie industry mingling both outside on the patio and inside the small lobby/general area. This cozy little space rather felt like someone's living room with party people kicking back on leather couches or sitting cross-legged on the floor as votives burned around the room.

Since our camera is a total booze-hound, the only picture that came out great is of the giant rum bottle from sponsor 10 Cane which had pretty girls serving passion fruit and lime daiquiries. But fortunately, we got our hands on some professional pictures which are posted after the jump.

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