Subrata Roy’s Plaza Hotel to Be Auctioned for Mortgage Default

Situated off Central Park, Donald Trump was also one of the owners of the iconic hotel.

The iconic New York Plaza Hotel, as seen from outside. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter)

Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy-owned Plaza Hotel in New York is slated to be auctioned next month, according to Bloomberg. If that happens, it will end
two years of uncertainty on the ownership of the property.

British businessmen and philanthropists David and Simon Reuben, who held the mortgage have reportedly fixed the auction for April 26, according to sources quoted by Bloomberg. Along with the Plaza, a trendy Manhattan property Dream Downtown hotel is being sold as a package. The combined mortgages for the two properties stand at about $500 million, sources add.

Roy, who has been in jail since 2014 for defrauding investors, also owns Dream Downtown along with Chatwal.

The Plaza Hotel was the site of the 1985 signing of the historic Plaza Accord to devalue the US dollar. (Photo: Reuters)

Situated off Central Park, the ownership of the storied property has changed repeatedly over a period of more than a century. The earlier owners include current US Presidential Candidate Donald Trump who got married to his second wife there. Prince Alwaleed bin-Talal of Saudi Arabia, who was the next owner still holds a minority stake in the hotel.

It was also the site of the 1985 signing of the historic Plaza Accord to devalue the US dollar.