NHC LLC v. Centaur Construction Company Inc. et al

  1. March 16, 2023

    $1.8M Added To $23M Award In Nobu Hotel Fraud Case

    An Illinois federal judge has tacked on $1.8 million in prejudgment interest to damages levied against a construction company found liable for fraud during an August trial in designing and building the Nobu Hotel Chicago.

  2. August 18, 2022

    Jury Awards $23M In Damages For Nobu Hotel Chicago Fraud

    A construction company tasked with designing and building the Nobu Hotel Chicago and two of its executives are liable for fraud over misrepresentations it made during the project, an Illinois federal jury found Thursday, awarding the hotel's developer nearly $23 million in total damages.

  3. August 17, 2022

    No Fraud In Nobu Hotel Chicago Project, Jury Is Told

    The developer of Nobu Hotel Chicago knew about accounting problems and delays in the project and knew it couldn't be built with a $48 million budget, but it refused to sacrifice quality and luxury to save money, wrongly claiming instead that it was damaged by the project's design contractor, an Illinois federal jury heard Wednesday.

  4. August 12, 2022

    Contractor Lied About Nobu Hotel Chicago Project, Jury Told

    An Illinois contractor spun a web of lies about the construction progress of a Chicago hotel operated by a hospitality company co-owned by actor Robert De Niro, seeking money for work that wasn't being performed and for subcontractors who were not being adequately paid, an Illinois federal jury heard Friday.

  5. March 21, 2022

    Robert De Niro's Hotel Co. Gets Win In $48M Contract Row

    An Illinois federal judge held Friday that an Illinois contractor breached its contract with a hospitality company owned by actor Robert De Niro and others for the design and construction of a hotel in Chicago's West Loop, but left it to a jury to decide whether the company engaged in fraud during the $48 million project.