As The Observer predicted in October, it looks like the Hotel Chelsea is bound to become just another boutique spot.
Both Andre Balazs and Ian Schrager are said to be interested in the Chelsea, and now Page Six is reporting that “several bids are in but no deal has been struck.” Could Read More
The Chelsea Hotel has seen plenty of drama over the years, from the drunkards and artists boarding in its rooms to those boarders and the management. Now, it looks like a bidding war could break out between two of the city’s biggest hoteliers.
While it had been reported that Ian Schrager was not interested in Read More
Perhaps Andre Balazs feels threatened. Or perhaps he sees a redbrick opportunity.
Just a few blocks north of his blockbuster Standard Hotel, the Chelsea sits astride 23rd Street. As The Observer reported after the building was put on the block in the fall, “hoteliers Ian Schrager and André Balazs, as well as the real Read More
The Hotel Chelsea has had a long, illustrious, debauched run. From its simple beginnings in the 1880s as an apartment cooperative and the city’s largest building in the heart of what was then the theater district to a bohemian hayday that saw such residents as Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Mappelthorpe and Read More
