December 17, 2007 |
Short Order
The Nobu team has decided it’s time to cash in (or is that cash out?). Nobu and his partners have been talking to Thomas J. Barrack Jr., founder and top gun at Colony Capital, big players in hotels, resorts, casinos and the force behind Xanadu, the 2.2. million square foot sports, leisure, shopping and family entertainment complex sprouting in the Meadowlands. Expect Nobu Hotels and Casinos, Fast Food Nobu, maybe even miso lollypops and Nobu sneakers. Why not? It’s all about branding. Well, how long did we expect to keep the guys down on the farm after Steve Hanson’s rich harvest? Hansen’s $158 million deal with Starwood Capital for just half his B. R. Guest fiefdom seems to have ignited a rash of restaurateurs looking for rich suitors.
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