--- title: "London Nightclub Operator Buys 675 Hudson Street for $100M" url: https://burnaze.com/article/a03937f9-64d9-44a1-a373-a9e351ef1251 source: "Commercial Observer" original_url: https://commercialobserver.com/2026/07/caprice-holdings-buys-675-hudson-street/ author: "Mark Hallum" category: "Real Estate" published: 2026-07-14T21:08:20.000Z modified: 2026-10-31T13:19:38.859Z image: https://commercialobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/07/Robert-Cayre-675-Hudson-St-credit-NYC-Landmark-Planning-Commission.jpg?quality=80&resize=1200%2C630&strip= --- # London Nightclub Operator Buys 675 Hudson Street for $100M **TL;DR:** London-based club venue operator Caprice Holdings has bought the property at 675 Hudson Street for $100 million. Caprice plans to alter the 19th century property and turn it into the New York location for a private club known in London as Annabel's. *By Mark Hallum, originally published in Commercial Observer on 2026-07-14. [Read the original](https://commercialobserver.com/2026/07/caprice-holdings-buys-675-hudson-street/).* ## Story After unveiling plans for a rooftop nightclub at the 14th Street Triangle, London-based club venue operator **Caprice Holdings** has bought the property for $100 million, according to property records made public Tuesday. **Robert Cayre**’s **Aurora Capital Associates** sold the five-story building at **675 Hudson Street** to Caprice, which plans to alter the 19th century property — if the **New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission** (LPC) signs off on the work — and turn it into the New York location for a private club known in London as **Annabel’s**. The buyer’s address on the deed in property records is tied to Caprice, which is a sister brand of Annabel’s. Both brands were previously under British businessman **Richard Caring**‘s hospitality empire, but were acquired by Abu Dhabi-based firm **DIAFA** earlier this year. Caprice secured $165 million in financing from **HSBC** for its new purchase, according to property records. Aurora acquired the Meatpacking District property in a 2023 bargain sale for $50 million, a deed transfer indicates. It’s unclear who brokered the sale. Aurora and Caprice did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A previous LPC hearing saw agency officials express reservations about the rooftop addition to the landmarked Hudson Street property, stating that the proposed curved glass structure designed by **BKSK Architects** did not match the character of the building. Comments in the margins of the latest presentation to the LPC recommend that the new owners “improve [the] design relationship between rooftop addition and underlying historic building.” Other comments noted that a “curvilinear form of rooftop addition is fighting geometry of historic building; scale should be reduced.” 675 Hudson is also known as the **Herring Building**. Construction began in 1849 with further additions throughout the next half century, and it originally served as a factory making masonry supplies. ## Entities - Real Estate (sector) - Commercial Observer (publication) - Mark Hallum (person) - financing (topic) - HSBC (investor) - property acquisition (topic) - historic preservation (topic) - Diafa (company) - Richard Caring (person) - Caprice Holdings (company) - Aurora Capital Associates (company) - Robert Cayre (person) --- Originally reported by Mark Hallum, Commercial Observer (https://commercialobserver.com/2026/07/caprice-holdings-buys-675-hudson-street/). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/a03937f9-64d9-44a1-a373-a9e351ef1251).