Monday, March 29, 2010

Trump SoHo not SoSo

The Trump SoHo hotel and condominium has too many vacancies.


The 46-story building is scheduled to open April 9 in Manhattan. Sales were initially brisk, but only about a third of the 391 units are now in contract. What's more, it isn't clear how many of those will actually close, because that process won't begin until the hotel opens.

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$700M Waikiki project moves ahead

The owner of the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel is moving forward with a $700 million redevelopment project for the center of Waikiki that could start as early as mid 2011.


The project, which would be the largest redevelopment of Hawaii’s main tourist district since Outrigger’s $585 million Waikiki Beach Walk redevelopment, would get under way just as Disney puts the finishing touches on its $800 million Aulani resort on the other side of Oahu in the Ko Olina resort

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Pub landlord arrested after body found in freezer

The landlord of a Norfolk pub five miles from royal residence Sandringham House has been arrested after the body of a woman, believed to be his fiancé, was found in the freezer in a put outhouse.
Mike Tucker, 49, and Becky Thorpe, 29, had run the 18th-century Compasses Inn in Snettisham since Easter Sunday last year, and became engaged in September.
Thorpe had not been seen for a week before the frozen body – which will will not be formally identified until early this week – was discovered by an employee lastTuesday lunchtime.

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