I really wish Steve Witkoff absolutely the best it’s important to Las Vegas. What did you like about the Fontainebleau? They owned the Hard Rock, and we eventually got into the mix for that hotel. We were very close, in early 2017, to buying it, but we had a gap - not a large gap - in our equity, and we presented our business plan to Brookfield (to get them as a possible partner). Myself and Juniper Capital Partners, we were pursuing the Fontainebleau for a year, in 2016. Had you been looking to buy the Hard Rock for a while? The interview was edited for length and clarity. They plan to turn it into a Virgin-branded property by the end of 2019.īosworth spoke with the Las Vegas Review-Journal at Planet Hollywood Resort after appearing on a panel at a National Association of Real Estate Editors conference. He and other investors - including Juniper Capital Partners, multiple Canadian groups and flamboyant British billionaire Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group conglomerate - bought the off-Strip casino in March from Brookfield Asset Management.
