Sell Thy Neighbor: Trump Official Howard Lutnick and the Clandestine Deal to Sell NYC’s Glamorous Pierre Hotel

Everyone from Michael Eisner to Tory Burch to Larry Ellison owns an apartment—maybe two—at the landmark hotel overlooking Central Park South. New reporting from Vanity Fair—including a secret dossier, private text messages, and a leaked recording—reveals the machinations of a contentious deal to sell the building to a Saudi buyer and force out the residents and staff, and the central role of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

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