STEVEN KAMALI HOSPITALITY, INC. ANNOUNCES MAJOR EXPANSION

Steven M. Kamali today announces the unprecedented expansion of his company, a full-service firm providing real estate, trend, development, operations, and branding counsel to the hospitality, restaurant, and nightlife industries. Kamali is the driving force behind some of the most successful venues in New York City and beyond, including Surf Lodge in Montauk and Smyth Tribeca, A Thompson Hotel; and this quarter, will triple the size of his staff and finalize numerous exciting projects—including full overhauls of dining concepts for both the Paramount and Carlton hotels.

“We’re doing better than ever,” said Kamali. “While others have chosen to scale back or lay low during the recession, we’re seizing every opportunity—and creating new ones—by leveraging our expertise, stellar track record, and enthusiastic eye for trends.”

RECENT SUCCESSES
Kamali began his career pinpointing real estate for New York City restaurateurs, and has brokered some of the most buzzed-about properties in the West Village, Meatpacking District, and Chelsea over the last 10 years.  He continues to expand on that success, with more than 16 deals signed in the last year—including a two-story Bagatelle restaurant that will open later this year in a former Rockefeller townhouse on 54th Street, and white-hot gastro-lounge Avenue on Tenth Avenue.

UPCOMING PROJECTS
Steven Kamali Hospitality is working closely with EMM Group to identify and develop a new restaurant and entertainment venues throughout Manhattan and beyond. At the same time, the company is expanding its consultancy arm, helping clients create successful dining and nightlife concepts through guidance on locale, branding, menus, chef selection, legal matters, trends, and more—effectively mitigating risks and ensuring success for investors. The firm has recently been retained to overhaul food-and-beverage operations for two of the largest hotel companies in the United States. The first project, for Highgate Hotels, includes re-imagining the Paramount Hotel’s 10,000 square-foot restaurant space, which was once perennial hotspot Diamond Horseshoe.   Steven Kamali Hospitality has also been appointed by Hersha Hospitality to help create food-and-beverage concepts for the New York City properties in its growing Independent Hotel Collection.  Two Independent hotels are currently under construction in Manhattan: one at 48th Street and Lexington Avenue, and the other at Fourth Avenue and 13th Street.

Also this winter, Steven Kamali Hospitality will help integrate a new food-and-beverage operator into the Carlton Hotel on Madison Avenue—including a revamp of the restaurant concept and room service.

THE NEW TEAM
This quarter, Steven Kamali Hospitality will move into a new office: a 3,000 square-foot space in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District that will serve as home base for the newly expanded team.  The firm welcomes nine new hires—including associates charged with expanding clientele in Miami, New York, and the Hamptons; and a food and beverage consultant who was previously a partner and head writer for AlwaysHungry.com who will bring an inventive approach to sales and marketing, social media, and branding.

“Each team member’s unique talents and perspectives will help us to continue to approach consulting and brokerage in a completely different way—acting as a full-service, start-to-finish partner for our clients,” said Kamali.