The Plaza Hotel: The Long and Winding Ownership History of the Plaza Hotel

Earlier this month, it emerged that Katara Hospitality-a subsidiary of the sovereign wealth fund of the tiny, oil-rich Gulf nation of Qatar-had agreed to acquire the iconic Plaza Hotel in Midtown for the price of $600 million. The deal represents the latest chapter in the long and rather convoluted ownership history of the famed neo-Renaissance-style [...]