Noah Shachtman

1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Noah Shachtman

   A New Twist in the Battle for the Billionaires’ Hotel (opens the original)

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   He totally has the $2 billion, they swore. It was sitting in a major bank, they said, right this very second. Saudi businessman Motasem Khashoggi, his representatives and business partners promised, could simply write a check to buy New York City’s iconic Pierre Hotel, where Oracle boss Larry Ellison, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, former Disney chief Michael Eisner, and fashion mogul Tory Burch all keep a Central Park apartment, and own shares in the co-op that controls the century-old

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2. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Noah Shachtman

   Sell Thy Neighbor: Inside the Real Estate Deal Scandalizing NYC’s Pierre Hotel and Its Glitzy Residents (opens the original)

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   Here it was, the big reveal. After years of planning and wrangling, after more than $10 million spent on engineers, and lawyers, and architects; after all of the rumors, and headlines, and finger-pointing, the big presentation was ready to be made. About 42 seconds after it started, things went off the rails. A “shitshow,” as multiple people would later describe to Vanity Fair the two-and-a-half-hour meeting on the morning of July 29th. The setting was the Cotillion Ballroom, the chandeliere

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