"Vedno sem za to, da se stvari spremenijo, na novo premislijo in izboljšajo," je objavljeno na spletnih straneh 40 Bond Streeta, gre pa za citat Iana Schragerja, nekdanjega hotelirja in zdajšnjega gradbenega podjetnika. "Zdaj bolj kot kdajkoli prej čutim, da je status quo nesprejemljiv. To, kar sem naredil iz svojih nočnih klubov in hotelov, nameravam storiti tudi iz domov drugih ljudi." Nekdanji lastnik kluba Studio 54, ki je leto 1980 preživel v zveznem zaporu, potem ko so agenti davčne uprave v njegovi pisarni odkrili vreče z 2,5 milijona dolarji neprijavljene gotovine, in ki se je po vrnitvi iz zapora lotil prenove hotela ter ga spremenil v blagovno znamko za "šik klientelo", se je zdaj lotil osmišljanja mestnih stanovanjskih prostorov.
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"I’m always out to change things, rethink them, and make them better," announces the website of 40 Bond, quoting hotelier turned-real-estate developer Ian Schrager. "Now more than ever I feel the status quo is unacceptable. This is what I did with my nightclubs and hoatels and I intend to do with people’s homes." The former Studio 54 club owner, who spent 1980 in federal prison after IRS agents found bags of $2.5 million in unaccounted-for cash in his office and emerged from jail to reinvent the hotel as a chic lifestyle brand, is now taking on urban domesticity.
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