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Las Vegas To Get A Nobu Hotel

Filed under: Dining, Luxury Travel & Hotels, Celebrity Design

Actor Robert De Niro, chef Nobu Matsuhisa and Tom Jenkin, President, Western Division of Caesar's Entertainment are posed above to celebrate the announcement that Caesars Palace Las Vegas will be creating the world's first Nobu Hotel at the Ceasar's Palace on the Las Vegas Strip. The Nobu Hotel will take over the existing Centurion Tower which will be renovated and redecorated and a 9,500-square-foot Nobu Restaurant and Lounge will open at the base of the tower. There is already an existing Nobu over at the Hard Rock Hotel. The hotel tower will have 180 guest rooms, 16 suites and a penthouse all of which will have an elegant minimalist Japanese makeover similar to the style of existing Nobu restaurants. No date has been given for the the opening of the hotel.

Tags: caesars palace, las vegas, las vegas strip, nobu, nobu matsuhisa, robert de niro, robert deniro

Cruise Like Madonna & Harrison Ford Aboard the Mariner III

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Yachts & Sailing, Celebrity Shopping

Last month we told you about Johnny Depp's yacht being offered for charter this summer. If the $130,000 per week he's charging seems a bit steep, you can still cruise like a celebrity aboard the classic Mariner III (above) for a fraction of that price. The stylish 122-ft. fantail motor yacht, built in 1926, appealed to Harrison Ford so much that he used the craft as his personal quarters for three-and-a-half months while filming a movie in the Caribbean. Other stars who have chartered the classic cruiser include Madonna, Kate Winslet, Robert DeNiro, Bruce Willis and Brooke Shields, and she's also played host to several fashion shoots including the Victoria's Secret catalog. Now docked at New York City's Chelsea Piers in the summer months and the Palm Beach Yacht Club in winter, she's available for charter in New England, Southern Florida and the Caribbean at $30,000 a week. With rich varnished teak, gleaming brass, and hand crafted beveled lead crystal windows from Paris adorning the luxe interior, the yacht features seven staterooms plus quarters for a crew of six.

[via JustLuxe]

Tags: classic yacht, Harrison Ford, Madonna, Mariner III, motor yacht, Palm Beach, Robert DeNiro, yacht, yacht charter

Sunday Real Estate Round-Up

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

From the New York Post:
--Linda Fiorentino is selling her New York apartment. The one-bedroom is listed for $1.225 million. The listing for the rather modest apartment is here.
--Architect Peter Cook, who is separated from Christie Brinkley, has been studying for his residential broker's license at Southampton College perhaps in order to sell his properties himself.
--Businessman Andrew Murstein has just spent $13 million for eight acres in Westhampton Beach, where he may build a mega mansion.
--A new price record for Harlem, a buyer will be purchasing an apartment at 111 Central Park North for $6.6 million.

From the NY Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
--Grace Hightower, the wife of Robert De Niro has bought a $3.44 million limestone townhouse which she plans to gut and renovate.
--Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish gold medalist and goalie has paid $1.75 million for a condo at the Bromley on West 83rd.
--Burton B. Staniar, the chairman of Knoll furniture has purchased a new apartment for $9 million.
--Boutique-hotel developer Stephen Brighenti has sold his duplex in the 110-year-old Berwind Mansion for $4.7 million. Mr. Brighenti's old duplex is in the eastern half of the mansion's lower and first floors; the west side belongs to the fashion designer Adolfo. The mansion's parlor floor is on the market for $9.495 million. The listing for this gorgeous gilded dwelling is here. The new owner of Brighenti's home could create quite a gorgeous spread for himself.

From the LA Times Hot Property:
--Ashlee Simpson has sold her Encino home for $5.7 million. The home has a 2,200-square-foot master suite which includes a 700-square-foot closet that includes a washer and dryer.
--Drummer Matt Sorum has purchased a ranch-style home in the Sunset Strip area for close to its asking price of $2.7 million.
--Charlie Wilson, part of the funk trio the Gap Band, has put his horse ranch near Agua Dulce and Acton on the market at $5.3 million. The listing is our estate of the day.
--An eight-bedroom Beverly Hills house once owned by the Spanish-born concert pianist José Iturbi is listed at $12.5 million. The home contains classic furniture plus musical instruments owned by Iturbi which the new owner will have first crack at owning.

Tags: california, grace hightower, linda fiorentino, new york, real estate, RealEstate, robert deniro