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Assa Properties
Founded by Solly and Isaac Assa, Assa Properties has been developing and investing in major residential, retail and commercial properties since 2000. The firm has acquired over three million square feet of premier assets located throughout the United States and Mexico. Starting in 2002, Assa Properties began acquiring buildings within the New York City Area, namely 743 Fifth Avenue, 2 Herald Square and 6 Times Square - originally the Knickerbocker Hotel built by John Jacob Astor - with an eye towards building luxury retail and hotel experiences in some of the New York City's most distinctive neighborhoods. They have since evolved their original vision with two new developments, Cassa Hotel and Residences and Galerie, full-service, luxury hotels and condominiums that will offer premium hotel services to their full-time residents.
TEN Arquitectos/Enrique Norten
TEN Arquitectos, which Enrique Norten founded in 1986, maintains offices in New York and Mexico City. The firm has worked on a broad array of award-winning and acclaimed architectural projects of diverse types and scales, including furniture design, single-family apartments and houses, residential, commercial and cultural buildings, parks, and urban design and redevelopment projects.
Current projects include the Guggenheim Museum Guadalajara (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico); Brisas W (Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico); Orange County Great Park (Orange County, CA); and a new vision for Rutgers University's College Avenue Campus (New Brunswick, NJ). Amongst TEN Arquitectos' most recognized projects are the One York Tribeca Residential Building (New York, NY), the National School of Theater at the National Center of the Arts, Mexico City; and the Televisa Mixed Used Building, Mexico City (1st Price "Mies Van Der Rohe Pavillion" of Latin American Architecture, Barcelona, Spain, 1998).
CetraRuddy
Founding principles John Cetra and Nancy J. Ruddy have been providing quality projects in architecture, planning, interior design and product design for more than 20 years. Leading a team of over 75 highly crafted, technically excellent projects that have secured CetraRuddy its award-winning reputation. CetraRuddy's sophisticated problem-solving capabilities are integral to the designs of diverse project types that include hospitality, residential, cultural/educational, investment commercial, commercial interiors and wildlife habitats.
Recent hotel and hotel/residences include the Aloft Starwood Hotel in New York, Ark55 Hotel in midtown Manhattan, One Charlotte in Charlotte, NC, and Choice Marina Resort in Cochin, India. Other prestigious projects include One Madison Park, The Barbizon, The Stanhope, Orion, 141 Fifth Avenue, and Tiger Mountain and the Butterfly House at the Bronx Zoo.
Desires Hotels
From the neon lights of Ocean Drive in South Beach to the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, from the iconic Delmar Loop in St. Louis to the heart of Times Square, Desires Hotels is a collection of independently created modern boutique hotels. High in style, distinct and creative, each of these lifestyle hotels have one-of-a-kind architecture and interior design, allowing guests to expect just as much from their hotel as they do from their destination. Savvy travelers seeking a lifestyle-oriented experience will appreciate the "Your Desires" program that tailors a unique experience to every guest. Joining the collection in 2010 will be Hotel Zamora in St. Petersburg, FL and The Charlee in Medellin, Colombia.
