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Sam Nazarian’s sbe Unveil First Sites for Project HQ in Montreux, Switzerland and Detroit, Michigan
sbe | June 6, 2024
Well Poised for Continued Domestic and International Expansion, Project HQ Has 15+ Additional Hotels Under Discussion With Applications in Both Adaptive Reuse and Conversion Developments LionGrove Has Committed to Building 10 HQ Hotels Across the Caribbean and Along the Sun Belt of the US sbe Announces a $50MM Key Money & Sliver Equity Fund for HQ Hotels that will Propel Its Growth and Further Expansion sbe Announces the Expansion of its Hotel Platform Leadership Team with the Addition of Over 15 Highly Experienced Industry Veterans from Around the Globe LOS ANGELES, June 6, 2024 -- Project HQ Hotels & Residences, led by Sam N...
Freed Developments Announces 5-Star Luxury Hotel and Residences Project, an $800M Skyscraper Set to Transform the Toronto Skyline
Freed Developments | February 13, 2024
New Freed Developments project will feature first-ever Freed Hotel and the first Katsuya Restaurant by Sam Nazarian's Disruptive Group by sbe in Canada Freed Hotel will feature exclusive artwork by Takashi Murakami titled "Together with the Flower Parent and Child" TORONTO, Feb. 13, 2024 - Visionary real estate developer Peter Freed of Freed Developments announces first-ever Freed Hotel and Residences tower located at Adelaide and Duncan, just west of University. This $800M skyscraper will bring both Katsuya by Sam Nazarian's Disruptive Group by sbeand artwork by renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami to Toronto.D...
sbe Starts Hiring of 1,000 New Team Members for C3 Amid COVID-19
C3 | April 16, 2020
Sam Nazarian to Commence Recruitment Immediately to Staff 138 Ghost Kitchens Opening by End of 2020 Nazarian will Prioritize Employees Furloughed at Other Restaurants and Properties Due to COVID-19 MIAMI, April 16, 2020 -- Sam Nazarian, Founder and CEO of sbe, the leading lifestyle hospitality company that develops, manages and operates award-winning global brands, today announced that recruitment has begun for 1,000 newly-created positions across the country for sbe's C3 (Creating Culinary Communities) subsidiary. As part of the opening of [food halls] and 138 ghost kitchens before the end of the year, C3 is hiring across the entire organi...
AccorHotels Completes Its Acquisition of a 50% Stake in sbe Entertainment Group; Founder & CEO Sam Nazarian Will Control the Remaining 50%
AccorHotels | October 9, 2018
Through this partnership, AccorHotels' will pursue its strategy to expand its offering in the luxury lifestyle hospitality segment and its footprint in gateway cities across North America. This long-term investment will allow sbe to leverage AccorHotels' leading global hospitality platform while remaining an independent luxury lifestyle operator. sbe will continue to be led by its Founder and CEO Sam Nazarian as well as its expert management team while retaining its global headquarters in New York. Sébastien Bazin, Chairman & CEO, AccorHotels: Sébastien Bazin, Chairman & CEO, AccorHotels: "I am very proud of this u...
sbe Opens SLS Baha Mar Within $4.2 Billion Resort Destination in The Bahamas
sbe | December 4, 2017
MIAMI – December 4, 2017 – Introducing a new level of lifestyle hospitality to The Bahamas, the 299-room SLS Baha Mar hotel is now open within Baha Mar, the $4.2 billion beachfront resort destination in Nassau with an elite collection of global luxury brands set along 3,000 feet of sparkling white sand beach and crystal clear waters. "This is an exciting time for The Bahamas and our sbe team, as the international expansion of our SLS footprint is a huge step for the brand, along with the 11 additional SLS properties in the pipeline," says Sam Nazarian, Founder and CEO of sbe. "We are thrilled to open our doors at SLS Baha Ma...
sbe Signs 10 Global Hospitality Deals in North America, Latin America, and Middle East
sbe | October 20, 2017
NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2017 -- sbe, the leading lifestyle hospitality company that develops, manages and operates award-winning international hospitality brands, has confirmed another 10 deals to bring its hotels, residences, and restaurants to new territories in Latin America and the Middle East, through a mix of management and licensing agreements. Building on its already robust pipeline, the company stands to double its global hotel footprint by 2021. Additionally, an estimated 24 restaurants and lounges are going to be part of the new and existing hotel pipeline, further emphasizing the company's stance on offering a 360-degree expe...
sbe Opens Mondrian Doha in Qatar and Mondrian Park Avenue in New York
sbe | October 6, 2017
NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2017 -- This week, sbe, the leading lifestyle hospitality company that develops, manages and operates award-winning international hospitality brands, welcomed their first guests to Mondrian Doha in Qatar and Mondrian Park Avenue in New York. Both properties opened their doors in two of the greatest cities in the world on the very same day. Sam Nazarian, founder and CEO of sbe, said: "Mondrian is a brand with international allure and we're thrilled to announce the openings in Doha and New York – two of the most dynamic and vibrant cities in the world. Mondrian is an extremely valuable brand to sbe and we ...
sbe in Advanced Discussions with Hakkasan Group for Potential Merger
sbe | March 22, 2017
NEW YORK, March 22, 2017 -- sbe, the leading lifestyle hospitality company that develops, manages and operates award-winning hospitality venues globally, today announced that it is in advanced discussions to merge Hakkasan Group into the sbe family. sbe Founder and CEO, Sam Nazarian stated, "sbe is in advanced discussions with Hakkasan Group regarding a potential merger. As currently contemplated, sbe would welcome Hakkasan's global portfolio of prestigious restaurants and best in class nightlife assets into sbe's international platform of lifestyle hospitality and entertainment assets to create the most dynamic hospitality...
