Hollywood’s $500 Million Bet on Brooklyn Could Send Bushwick and Red Hook Home Prices Soaring

Brooklyn, NY, Echelon Studios

Two Brooklyn neighborhoods are poised to see massive growth as Hollywood moves in. Bushwick and Red Hook will each be the site of a film studio, together valued at $500 million, from Los Angeles-based Echelon Studios. While one would be hard pressed to find a neighborhood in Brooklyn that hasn’t seen staggering transformation in the … Read more

Sotherly Defaults on DoubleTree Hollywood’s Loan 

Sotherly Defaults on DoubleTree Hollywood’s Loan 

Sotherly Hotels defaulted on its $49.2 million loan on a Hollywood resort near the ocean.  The debt on the 10-story DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Hollywood Beach with 311 keys, at 4000 South Ocean Drive, entered special servicing after missing the Oct. 1 due date to pay off the loan, according to Morningstar Credit and Sotherly’s … Read more