BD Hotels builds, owns and operates
capsule hotels. It owns and operates 24 hotels in
New York City, including the Blakely Hotel, the
Maritime,
the Bowery, and
the Jane
The Jane is a boutique hotel located at 505–507 West Street (Manhattan), West Street, with its main entrance at 113 Jane Street in the West Village section of the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
The building was or ...
hotels.
History
BD Hotels was founded in 1986 by Richard Born and
Ira Drukier
Ira Drukier is an American hotelier and philanthropist. He co-owns BD Hotels, a hotel chain in New York City.
Biography Early life
Ira Drukier grew up in Rego Park, Queens, Rego Park, a neighborhood of Queens in New York City.Alex WilliamsLords ...
who owned and managed ''The Pod'' hotel chain in New York.
In the early 2000s, Born decided to develop hotels that carry small rooms but offer great location and style. The Pod51 opened in 2007 in the former Pickwick Arms Hotel. The second opened in the former men's club Allerton House on E. 39th St.
BD Hotels purchased this building in 2010 for $28 million.
Timeline
In 2008, the Chetrit Group started to push away BD Hotels from managing the
Hotel Chelsea.
In 2012, BD Hotels ranked 11th on
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’s list last year of the biggest Manhattan hotel owners, managing 1,336 rooms across seven properties.
In 2013, BD Hotels announced its joint-venture with Raphael and
Robert De Niro
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, Empire Global Ventures, Amerasia S&T Corp and Tribeca Enterprises to develop Project 179, an 850,000-square-foot complex in
Shanghai’s financial district.
In May 2016, BD Hotels made a joint-venture with de Niro and
Capco
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to turn the
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in
London into an 83-room hotel, The Wellington Hotel, set to open in 2019. BD Hotels and de Niro share stakes in the Greenwich hotel.
Description
BD Hotels owns and operates 24 hotels in New York City, including the
Maritime,
the Bowery, the Greenwich and
the Jane
The Jane is a boutique hotel located at 505–507 West Street (Manhattan), West Street, with its main entrance at 113 Jane Street in the West Village section of the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
The building was or ...
hotels.
The company also control 12 residential and commercial buildings.
BD Hotels specializes in buying renovations instead of new buildings to meet fewer competitors and lower purchase prices.
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