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Lakeside Resorts & Residences Break Ground

26. April 2007

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We are back in the Dallas area for another condo-hotel. This one, the Lakeside Resort & Residences, is the first luxury high rise for the charmingly named town of Flower Mound, The Lakeside will be an 18-story tower located on Lake Grapevine. The building will be home to a 289-room four-star hotel with a luxury [...]

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Trump Baja Spa Tower

26. April 2007

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The second phase of Donald Trump's Baja project has been announced. The Spa Tower at Trump Ocean resort will be home to 182 condo-hotel units. The project, located about 30 minutes from San Diego, will feature rooms with an organic feel. The suites will use organic furnishings, materials and colors taken from the local environment [...]

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The Lavish Plans For 75 Wall Street

26. April 2007

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The former downtown headquarters of JP Morgan Chase, 75 Wall Street, a rose-colored brick tower, is making the switch from office building to luxury condos and a hotel. The building will be home to an Andaz hotel, the recently announced new luxury lifestyle arm of Hyatt. The 250-suite hotel will take up the lower part [...]

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BMW Designs Luxurious Boeing 787 Interior for Russian Tycoon

24. April 2007

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Lavishness has no precincts. One of the hottest trends with the uber-rich is to be in possession of more expensive jets. We have earlier featured the lush BMW interiors of Airbus A350. Lately, Boeing contacted BMW’s DesignworksUSA group to create for them a conceptual interior for the already sumptuous Boeing 747. You can imagine the [...]

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Princess K Yacht Launches

23. April 2007

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Princess K, a 110-foot Magellan yacht from Kingship was launched on April 12, 2007. The yacht has a steel hull and aluminum superstructure. She has two 3406E DITA Caterpillar engines and can hit a speed of 14 knots with a range of 5,000 nautical miles. The interior was designed by Luiz Debasto and Naval Architecture [...]

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Christiania Vodka

23. April 2007

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Is there a step-up from Grey Goose? Ranking up with Elit and other pricey vodkas is Christiania, a vodka manufactured in Norway. The vodka is made with organic Trondelag potatoes and pure Norwegian water. it is six times column distilled, charcoal filtered and aerated using a unique air filtration process. The brand is named after [...]

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Roblar Winery Opens New Wine Center

18. April 2007

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The Santa Ynez wine region is set to have a new destination. Roblar Winery is opening a new winery, cooking school and visitor center on April 28. The Roblar Winery & Vineyards will celebrate the grand opening with gourmet food pairings, chef demonstrations and live music. The lodge-style estate has a grand tasting hall, gourmet [...]

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Cirrus Generation Three Planes

18. April 2007

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Someone page Angelina Jolie, her plane manufacturer of choice, Cirrus Design,has announced the new SR22-G3. The Generation Three is the new incarnation of the SR line, the popular plane favored by those interested in flying small planes. Aero-News reports that the Generation Three has a a glass cockpit with advanced avionics and the new plane [...]

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Major Skyscraper Set To Rise In Toronto

7. April 2007

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Another big condo/hotel comes to Toronto (joining Trump and a whole host of other projects). This one involves a developer from Kazakhstan. The Toronto Star reports that the building at the corner of Yonge and Bloor will be known as 1 Bloor and the developer, Bazis International, has permission to start work on the $450 [...]

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Sabre 52 Express Yacht Launches

7. April 2007

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March isn't the best time to go boating in Maine but Sabre Yachts recently launched their Sabre 52 Salon Express, the largest motoryacht in the company's history in Portland, Maine on March 16. . The Sabre 52 has a classic trawler styling with an elevated helm deck that has twin Stidd helm chairs. addthis_url [...]

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