greenwich connecticut founder barry sternlicht robert faith headquarters united states services hotels retail commercial lending website www.starwoodcapital.com starwood capital group is an american private investment firm headquartered in greenwich connecticut . 1 the businesses owned by the firm include starwood property trust inc. starwood energy group global l.l.c. starwood real estate securities l.l.c. and sh group . it was co founded by barry sternlicht and robert faith who later went on to found greystar real estate partners . 2 in 2000 starwood capital exited its investment in starwood hotels & resorts inc. in 2003 the company exited its investment in istar financial inc. 3 4 in 2005 it acquired groupe du louvre which owns crystal maker baccarat . in 2009 a consortium led by starwood capital bought 40 percent of the loan portfolio of corus bank a failed company . 5 in 2010 starwood capital group lost an auction to buy extended stay hotels to centerbridge partners . starwood filed an objection against the sale to centerbridge with the bankruptcy court in manhattan . 6 on july 12 2010 riviera holdings owners of the riviera hotel and casino in las vegas nevada ; and riviera black hawk in black hawk colorado filed a chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in las vegas together with a reorganization plan under which secured lenders led by starwood capital group would receive new debt and stock . in 2012 the company began construction on a chain of hotels under the name of baccarat hotels and resorts which will feature crystal chandeliers from baccarat . 7 the flagship hotel will be in new york city new york on the site of the old donnell library center which it had bought from the 21 club . other complexes are scheduled to open in 2014 and 2015 in dubai united arab emirates ; rabat morocco ; carthage tunisia ; marrakech morocco ; and foshan shanghai ; and tianjin china . 8 also in 2012 starwood partnered with toll brothers to develop the pierhouse at brooklyn bridge park 9 in brooklyn 10 for us 280 000 000 . in december 2013 starwood bought properties from the swedish retail group kooperativa f rbundet for 3.9 billion swedish kronor or 593.3 million . 11 the seven prime location retail parks and shopping gallerias are located in stockholm gothenburg malm and uppsala in sweden . 11 between 2013 and 2014 starwood acquired three british hospitality groups de vere group gb 232 million 12 four pillars hotels gb 90 million 13 and principal hayley group gb 360 million . 14 in february 2014 in a 1 for 5 stock distribution starwood property trust spun off starwood waypoint residential trust a single family rental real estate investment trust . 15 on 26 march 2014 starwood capital became an indirect minority shareholder of a.s. roma 9.36 % through purchasing 20 % shares of as roma spv ; as roma spv was the direct major shareholder of neep roma holding 60 % ; neep roma holding was the major shareholder of as roma spa 78.038 % . 16 in the summer of 2014 starwood purchased 7 upscale malls from taubman centers for a total of 1.4 billion . the malls are located in virginia florida north carolina texas and michigan . 17 the firm agreed to terms to acquire 23 262 apartment units from equity residential . the deal will close in q1 2016 and is valued at 5.365 billion . the apartments are spread across five states in 72 communities . starwood is purchasing the portfolio unencumbered . 18 see also edit companies portal connecticut portal list of connecticut companies belden village mall belmar lakewood blue back square capital mall chicago ridge mall franklin park mall gateway mall lincoln nebraska great northern mall ohio kitsap mall louis joliet mall northridge mall parkway plaza plaza west covina rimrock mall solano town center southlake mall indiana southpark mall strongsville ohio stony point fashion park westland mall hialeah the promenade bolingbrook fairlane town center macarthur center metreon northlake mall charlotte north carolina the mall at partridge creek the mall at wellington green the shops at willow bend the arboretum of south barrington references edit contact us . its chairman and chief executive officer is barry sternlicht . starwood capital group . retrieved june 28 2010 . http www.cpexecutive.com business management executiveprofiles bob faiths mission to buy build manage drives greystar starwood businesses past and present . starwood capital group . retrieved june 28 2010 . staff july 13 2010 . riviera bankruptcy may put starwood in control . the news times . retrieved july 17 2013 . magin james l. october 6 2009 . starwood capital takes over failed corus . pacific business news retrieved july 17 2013 . humer caroline june 15 2010 . starwood fights extended stay sale to centerbridge . reuters . retrieved july 17 2013 . karmin craig ; hudson kris april 24 2012 . starwood s crystal vision . the wall street journal . retrieved july 17 2013 . 1 . baccarat hotels . pierhouse at brooklyn bridge park . retrieved 2014 05 14 . your brooklyn bridge park yuppie overlords got the deal of the century . gothamist . retrieved 2014 05 14 . a b young vicki m. 27 december 2013 . starwood capital acquires swedish retail properties . wwd . retrieved 27 december 2013 . exclusive de vere venues ceo tony dangerfield steps down . conference news . 11 july 2014 . retrieved 10 january 2015 . starwood capital group buys four pillars hotels . the caterer . 17 january 2014 . retrieved 10 january 2015 . lloyds to sell off hotels in 360m deal . the telegraph . 28 february 2013 . retrieved 10 january 2015 . starwood property trust announces completion of spin off of starwood waypoint residential trust . wall street journal marketwatch . 3 february 2014 . retrieved 5 february 2014 . starwood capital group enters strategic partnership to help develop as roma s new stadium campus pdf . starwood capital . 26 march 2014 . retrieved 14 july 2014 . starwood closes acquisition of 7 malls from taubman for 1.4 b . 20 october 2014 . retrieved 9 december 2014 . starwood capital to buy 5.37 billion suburban multifamily portfolio from equity residential costar group . www.costar.com . retrieved 2015 12 08 . external links edit starwoodcapital.com the company s official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title starwood capital group & oldid 737722876 categories companies based in fairfield county connecticutgreenwich connecticutinvestment companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in connecticuthidden categories use mdy dates from july 2013year of establishment missing navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 4 september 2016 at 17 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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