Saturday, December 19, 2009

Syndicated Equities Corp teams with Schrager on Chicago deal

(Crain’s) — A local group has agreed to be the lead investor in Ian Schrager’s bid to buy the Ambassador East hotel.

Syndicated Equities Corp. has signed a letter of intent to potentially put upward of $15 million of equity into the famed hotelier’s bid to revitalize the legendary Gold Coast hotel at 1301 N. State Pkwy., says Richard Kaplan, president and founder of the Chicago-based real estate investment firm.

Mr. Kaplan says his firm’s due diligence will be wrapped up in about a month and that the sale to New York-based Schrager Co. could close as early as February.

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