A casino -- it would be the city's 13th -- is also "an option," said R. Donahue Peebles, who has developed hotels and condominiums in Miami Beach and other projects in Washington.
Mr. Klein, who has developed hotels and office buildings in Connecticut and on Long Island, has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Mitchell, who lives in Coral Gables, Fla., and has developed hotels, shopping centers and other commercial real estate, received the $80 million in loans from Integrity, the indictment says.
Mangrove Tree Resort World, the newest addition to Hainan's rapidly developing hotel industry, will be one of the biggest resorts in mainland China, when construction is completed next year.
"We've been looking long and hard at the showerhead," said Nicholas Lakas, the director of Element Hotels, a new extended-stay brand designed by Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, whose well-known brands include Sheraton, Westin and W Hotels. Starwood is one of several hospitality companies developing hotel brands or rebranding old ones.
Among Mr. Lieber's top stock picks are the luxury hotel developers Banyan Tree Holdings of Singapore, which manages and develops hotels in the Asia-Pacific region, and Orient-Express Hotels, which runs a global chain of high-end boutique hotels.
They are named after two Mozambique islands where he was developing hotels and holiday homes.
"Arthur is part of that," said Mr. Schrager, who now develops hotels and other properties.
Mr. Sitt, chief executive of Thor Equities, plans to develop hotels and stores on his remaining 5.6 acres.
There are also plans to develop hotels and resorts further down Myanmar's wild and sparsely populated southern coast, which extends 500 kilometers, or about 300 miles, south.
The union recently persuaded the Bloomberg administration to create a special permit requiring City Council approval to develop hotels in manufacturing districts.
