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Andrea Ruggiero, NY
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Andrew Elliott,
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- Cord Manager

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Jeffrey Bolen,
Marina del Rey, CA
- Table Leg

2009 Winner
John O'Connor,
Griffith, IN
- Shelf Support

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Michael W. Davis,
Rockford, MN
- Star Grommet

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Commune Hotels & Resorts is going Hollywood-literally. The boutique hotel
management company is planning two new-build hotels in that high-profile
LA enclave, under its Thompson Hotels and tommie brands. Both projects
are slated to break ground by the end of the year and debut in 2017.
The 200-key Thompson Hollywood (shown) will be located on Wilcox
Avenue, north of Sunset Boulevard. Plans for the 10-story building's ground
floor include a lobby, a 4,600-sq.-ft. restaurant, a 1,900-sq.-ft. bar and an
outdoor plaza. The hotel's penthouse level will include an outdoor pool with a
deck, a 1,430-sq.-ft. restaurant and a fitness center.
The tommie Hollywood locale is planned for a nearby site on Cahuenga
Boulevard, south of Sunset Boulevard. Project participants say that hotel is
in early planning stages. Commune plans to debut its new tommie micro
lifestyle brand this fall in New York.
The hotel management company says both new Los Angeles projects
are being led by a private developer with multiple ventures in the mixed-use
urban area. Commune officials declined to identify the developer, as well as
the designers working on the projects.
"The resurgence and robust future of Hollywood create a prime
opportunity for us to bring the first new-build Thompson hotel to Los
Angeles and introduce tommie to the West Coast," says Niki Leondakis, ceo
of San Francisco-based Commune. "The privilege of working closely with
our partners in the layout and programming of the two buildings provides
the opportunity to genuinely weave the new hotels into the fabric of the
neighborhood in each of the brand's distinctive ways."

"We now have the
right partners in place
to build a world-class
cruise line that will
redefine the cruising
experience for good."
- SIR RICHARD BRANSON, SHOWN HERE BOARDING THE HELICOPTER
THAT TOOk HIM TO A PRESS EVENT AT WHICH HE ANNOUNCED THAT
VIRGIN GROUP'S NEW CRUISE LINE WILL BE BASED AT PORTMIAMI AND
LAUNCH IN 2020, WHEN THE FIRST OF THREE MID-SIzE SHIPS BUILT BY
ITALY'S FINCANTIERI FOR THE VENTURE IS SLATED TO SET SAIL.

C O U R T E S Y O F C O M M U N E H O T E L S & R E S O R T S ( T H O M P S O N H O L LY W O O D ) ; C O U R T E S Y O F V I R G I N C R U I S E S ( B R A N S O N )

THOMPSON, TOMMIE HOTELS
HEADING TO TINSELTOWN

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