One of Miami’s most popular zoological parks has changed owners, with Jungle Island selling for $60 million to ESJ Capital Partners, a full-service asset management firm in Aventura. The 18-acre park on Watson Island will also undergo a three-phase renovation and expansion, while adding a private beach club. The first part will open this summer […]
By Gus Delaporte September 24, 2013 7:30 am In search of a foothold in the New York City market, Warner Hospitality—better known for Hard Rock Hotel & Casino projects—sent executives Michael Fuller and Christopher Najbicz to explore potential opportunities. After a search that took them up and down the island of Manhattan, the duo stumbled upon […]
Lisa Fickenscher September 18, 2013 12:05 p.m. The Williams College club had been an alumni retreat for nearly 100 years. Now, it will reopen in December as The William. The Williams Club at 24 E. 39th St., which closed several years ago, will begin a new life in December as The William, an extended-stay hotel […]
By Delen Goldberg Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011 | 6:16 p.m. With less than 48 hours until its New Year’s Eve grand opening, Hyde Bellagio was still receiving finishing touches Thursday afternoon. The new club is one of three debuting for 2012. 1 OAK at the Mirage also opens New Year’s Eve, and RPM Nightclub […]
The Best City in the U.S.A. for Food and Wine New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta and Los Angeles may be some of the finalists but the winner for best food and wine is clearly Las Vegas. There are 170 Master Sommeliers in the world (the result of wine knowledge and blind tastings are part […]
April 9, 2007 Michael Costa Michael Morton, co-owner, N9NE Group, left, and George Maloof, owner, the Palms Casino Resort. Shown here is the N9NE Steakhouse. In the ultimate city of one-upmanship, who are the original upmen? Michael Kornick argues that Las Vegas hotels were not on the cutting edge of food and beverage nightlife until […]
Michael Fuller lays out his N9NE Group plans Martin Stein Thu, Mar 2, 2006 (midnight) As we reported last week in our online edition (hey, we’ve got to get breaking news in somehow), Michael Fuller—local DJ, founder of the Foundation Room’s popular Godspeed Mondays and owner of MovingSun Studios—is the new corporate director of marketing for […]
