Thow dabbled in real estate, says U.S. broker - Vancouver Sun
A Portland real estate broker is convinced he met disgraced financial adviser Ian Thow with another couple, all considering buying a posh condominium penthouse together. Ben Andrews, owner-broker with Willamette Realty Group -- Pearl District Group

New Resorts Proposed For Hollywood - justnews.com
Village by Planet Hollywood, a 25-floor luxury hotel and star-studded restaurant with conference and ball rooms, a spa and swimming area. The plans discussed Monday were not the first grand plans for the Johnson Street property. Just last year

A Wall Street Tabloid – Business News Headlines and Financial Gossip - DEALBREAKER
paced poker action, each player is invited to skip the line to an A-Lister After-Party at Dusk, Atlantic City’s most talked-about new nightclub right on the Caesars property. What transportation with Hampton Luxury Liner or the ACES Train

LaSalle Hotel Properties offering 5.3M shares - Forbes
The REIT also announced d Monday that it has acquired the luxury hotel, Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square for $95 million. Shares fell 37 cents to $18.74 after hours.

Unprecedented changes possible - Paris Beacon-News
CHRISMAN – Local school districts are currently bleeding money because they are not receiving state reimbursements in a variety of categories. Taking the Chrisman Unit 6 school district as an example, it becomes clear why administrators are

Global Hotel Prices Drop 14% - Earthtimes
flipside, 2009 proved to be a great year for the leisure market as travellers were tempted to the Emirate by falling hotel prices enabling them to take advantage of luxury for less paid by customers for 94,000 properties across 16,000

Liberty’s flagship store set for sale and leaseback - Financial Times
Liberty, the 134-year-old British luxury retailer mostly owned by MWB Group Holdings, has confirmed plans for the sale and leaseback Local property owners such as Shaftesbury and Great Portland Estates are thought to be interested, but they are

Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas is closing, but there’s still reason to - Los Angeles Times
Lake Las Vegas is nearly a half-hour’s drive from the Strip. Still, it seems odd that a Ritz-Carlton couldn’t weather the storm that Las Vegas properties are facing during the economic downturn. So, what happened? My first thought was that the

Stutz Business Center owner purchases Canterbury Hotel - Ibj.com
Turner Woodard, owner of the Stutz Business Center, announced Monday afternoon that he has closed on the purchase of the upscale Canterbury Hotel on South Illinois Street in downtown Indianapolis. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Woodard bought

LaSalle Hotel acquires Sofitel Washington DC - MSN Money
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - LaSalle Hotel Properties said Monday it has acquired the luxury hotel, Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square for $95 million. The 237-room hotel, located two blocks from the White House, opened in 2002. It is managed by Sofitel