private industry hospitality founded 2002 ; 14 years ago 2002 headquarters 5900 wilshire boulevard los angeles california united states area served worldwide key people sam nazarian products hotels restaurants nightlife real estate owner sam nazarian number of employees 1000 divisions sls las vegas website sbe.com founded in 2002 sbe is an american hospitality real estate and entertainment company . led by founder chairman and ceo sam nazarian the company owns hotels restaurants nightlife and real estate groups . 1 sbe s partners include designer philippe starck photographer matthew rolston and chefs jos andr s katsuya uechi and danny elmaleh . in 2014 sbe agreed to lease the top two floors of 5900 wilshire a skyscraper in los angeles california . in may 2016 sbe acquired morgans hotel group which owns or operates 13 boutique hotels including new york s hudson the mondrian in los angeles and the delano in miami beach . sbe will now own or operate 20 hotels including properties under the flagship sls brand . contents 1 sbe hospitality brands 1.1 restaurants 1.2 create 1.3 sls hotels 2 former 2.1 the abbey 3 references 4 external links sbe hospitality brands edit restaurants edit in partnership with philippe starck and chefs katsuya uechi jos andr s and michael mina has resulted in the restaurant katsuya with various locations in california . they have also extended their katsuya brand to south beach miami . in 2017 it is estimated that they will open 17 katsuya locations in 2007 . 1 in addition to katsuya sbe has gladstones a seafood cuisine in malibu and cleo a mediterranean restaurant in their redbury hotel in hollywood . xiv in partnership with michael mina opened on the sunset strip in october 2008 . 1 sbe opened the bazaar with jos andr s in the sls hotel in beverly hills in 2008 . 2 sbe is also invested in hamburger chain umami burger . 3 create edit create nightclub is an entertainment venue located at 6021 hollywood boulevard los angeles california united states . 4 5 jordan birnbaum invested in vanguard hollywood when it was initially started and known as qtopia events . 6 holding a ten year lease on hollywood boulevard the company was publicly launched in june 2002 without a liquor licence and with the intention of being used as a recording studio by day . qtopia events was not successful and birnbaum took over management and re branded the company as vanguard hollywood . by 2004 vanguard broke even and obtained a liquor licence . over 40 million was generated over the next five years before birnbaum sold vanguard in 2009 . 7 the club was acquired by sbe and revamped in 2013 . 8 later that year sbe partnered with insomniac events and renamed the club create . 9 sls hotels edit sls brickell sls lux sls las vegas in 2007 sbe acquired the sahara hotel and casino . 10 in february 2013 sbe head sam nazarian announced the groundbreaking for the 415 million conversion of the hotel into the sls las vegas . it will contain 1 600 rooms a casino four nightclubs a branch of fred segal and restaurants including the bazaar by jos andr s katsuya by starck and umami burger . the hotel opened august 23 2014 . in may 2016 sbe acquired morgans hotel group which owns or operates 13 boutique hotels including new york s hudson the mondrian in los angeles and the delano in miami beach . sbe will now own or operate 20 hotels including properties under the flagship sls brand . 11 former edit the abbey edit the abbey is a bar and nightclub in west hollywood california . originally established as a local coffee shop in 1991 by david cooley the bar was eventually purchased by sbe . 12 it is one of the highest tax revenue producing businesses in west hollywood california . 13 the abbey has been featured in a number of television series of interest to the lgbt community including being the venue of the logo original series wisecrack . the club and its owner david cooley have also featured in the logo series open bar and jacob and joshua nemesis rising and the tv series the janice dickinson modeling agency . transgender actress candis cayne was featured in several lip synch shows there in 2008 . model and dancer steven dehler is a regular performer at the abbey . in late summer 2015 david cooley announced he had purchased back his establishment from sam nazarian s sbe . cooley announced the purchase at his iconic haunt the abbey food and bar located at 692 n. robertson blvd. during his speakeasy themed birthday party on aug. 11 . sbe no longer owns or has a controlling interest in the abbey food and bar . references edit a b c sbe corporate . the bazaar at sls beverly hills rendered . gelt jessica august 11 2011 . umami burger s brand sizzles with sbe backing . los angeles times . archived from the original on june 7 2013 . create layout create nightclub los angeles nightclub insomniac events sbe.com . nightlife . retrieved 3 june 2015 . l.a. can party big too l.a times august 04 2005 jordan birnbaum professional career vanguard hollywood focus . jordan birnbaum . retrieved 3 june 2015 . a revamped vanguard aims to be front and center on l.a. s edm scene . latimes . retrieved 3 june 2015 . insomniac and sbe announce new hollywood edm club create . latimes . retrieved 3 june 2015 . wharton biography of sam nazarian . http www.wsj.com articles sbe entertainment to acquire morgans hotel group 1462822391 gay out magazine in december 12 2007 . west hollywood tax revenue q4 2012 spring 2013 . external links edit sbe entertainment group abbey food & bar sls hotels & residences create nightclub nightclub owner sam nazarian gives up control of las vegas hotel la times sam nazarian wins casino license must submit to random drug testing la times retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sbe entertainment group & oldid 743513125 categories 1991 establishments in californiacompanies based in los angelescompanies established in 1991entertainment companies of the united stateshospitality companies of 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