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Has The Cooper Square Hotel Been Sold to Grand Hotels?

Where: 27 Cooper Square [map], New York, NY, United States, 1003

UPDATE: A tipster tells us that there are some talks going on between Cooper Square and "Tribeca Associates and others" and that this deal could be wrapped up in a week or two. We'll keep you posted.

Vanishing New York has posted an interesting little tidbit that a tipster passed onto us over the weekend---The Cooper Square Hotel may have been sold to Grand Hotels, they who already possess The Soho Grand and the Tribeca Grand. So could this soon be the Cooper Grand?

Before we get ahead of ourselves, this is just a rumor (for now) but it would not surprise us as the Cooper Square has had so many troubles since its inception from opening delays to owner scuffles to neighborhood complaints. So having the Grand Hotels step in and run the place could be a very good thing. Or maybe not, as Vanishing New York puts it:

But would this mean a summer bereft of dirty panties, douchebags, and orgasm sound effects?

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Is Gregory Peck Still Onboard at the Cooper Square Hotel Project?

The last time we checked in on the Cooper Square Hotel project, Gawker reported that Gregory Peck (yes, the hotelier, not the actor) had been removed from the venture.

But a tipster who lives next door to the site has heard differently:

I live right next door to the site. Myself and my neighbors were extremely happy to hear this since we see first hand how much Peck and Moss are stepping all over their neighbors and neighborhood with this project. (We have a protest movement going so to speak with our own newsgroup about it, clandestine flyers, public meetings, etc). Anyway someone at my building got word that that wasn't true. That Peck has only been assigned to handle money matters and Peck will do all the PR stuff. (This was heard by someone in the community board 3).

Anyways, I was just wondering if you are sure what you have heard is still true.

Well, we can tell you one thing--the PeckMoss website is still pretty dead. Other than that, we're a little unsure of what could be happening here. Peck Moss was fired from designing the hotel but will handle money and PR? That just sounds odd.

Anyways, we'll be looking into this but send us your tips or comment below.

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