by Gus Russo
Al Hart's City National Bank of Beverly Hills
Bel-Air Hotel, Los Angeles
Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills
Hyatt House (Sunset Strip), West Hollywood
Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills
Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles
Sunset Towers, Los Angeles
Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles
San Diego Hotel
U. S. Grant Hotel, San Diego
Manor House, San Diego
Del Mar Hotel, San Diego
Morris Hotel, Los Angeles
California Hotel, Los Angeles
Asbury Apartments, Los Angeles
Wyvernwood Apartments, Los Angeles
Hotel Hayward, Los Angeles
Rosslyn Hotel, Los Angeles
Lafayette Hotel, Long Beach
Wilton Hotel, Long Beach
Clark Hotel, Los Angeles
Breakers Hotel, Long Beach
Ocean House, Santa Monica
Normandie Club, Gardena
Buena Park Motel, Los Angeles
Hollywood Hotel, Los Angeles
Melody Lane Restaurants, Los Angeles
Clock Restaurants, Los Angeles
Garden Land Company, Los Angeles (consisting of over 3,000 acres in West L.A.)
Sand and Sea Club, Los Angeles
Emery Ranch, Buena Park
Spreckles Building, Los Angeles
Broadway Arcade Building, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Warehouse, Los Angeles
Lakewood Rancho Land Company, Orange County
Northrop Building, Beverly Hills
Brighton Building Annex, Beverly Hills
Normandie Hotel, Los Angeles
Davies Warehouse, Los Angeles
Arrowhead Springs Hotel, San Bernardino
Entire block on E Street, San Bernardino
Padre Hotel, Bakersfield
Sands Hotel, Bakersfield
Hacienda Motels, Bakersfield
Californian Hotel, Fresno
Taft Hotel, Taft
El Camino Hotel, King City
Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco
Pickwick Hotel, San Francisco
Bright-Holland Ranch, Lassen County (300,000 acres)
Hotel Senator, Sacramento
Hacienda Motel, Indio
Nevada
(In addition to the Chicago underworld's well-known Las Vegas holdings in The Flamingo, Stardust, Desert Inn, Riviera, and Tropicana)
Mapes Hotel, Reno
Riverside Hotel, Reno
El Rancho Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas
Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas
Gay Nineties Hotel, Las Vegas
Las Vegas Club, Las Vegas
Frontier Club, Las Vegas
La Rue's, Las Vegas
Colorado
Tabor Building
Chicago
Conrad Hilton (later Stevens, and still later The Hilton)
Drake Hotel
Palmer House
Seneca Hotel and Suites
Blackstone Hotel
Congree Hotel
Borg-Warner Building
DuSable Hotel
New Pershing Hotel
Sherman Hotel
Vernon Country Club
State and Madison Building
Edmund Theaters
Ken Theaters
Westminster Building
Hotel s and Properties Elsewhere
Nacional Hotel and Casino, Havana, Cuba
Warwick Hotel, Philadelphia
Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Warwick Hotel, NYC
Gotham Hotel, NYC
Hampshire House, NYC
Hilton Hotel, NYC
Sherry Netherland Hotel, NYC
Deshler-Wallich-Hilton, Columbus, OH
Neil House, Columbus, OH
Hollenden Hotel, Cleveland
Roadside Hotel, Lansing, MI
Mississippi Valley Trust Building, St. Louis
General Mills Building, Minneapolis
Meridian Hill Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Carver Hotel, Washington, D.C.
David Janis Hall, Washington, D.C.
Aquila Court Building, Omaha
Park Shelton, Detroit
Spencer Hotel, Marion, IN
Bel-Air Hotel, Belleair, FL
El Panama Hotel and Casino, Republic of Panama
Sources
1. County grantee-grantor records in California, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, and Ohio.
2. Probate records in California, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, and Ohio.
3. Kefauver Committee reports.
4. Chicago Crime Commission files.
5. Archives of New York Daily News, Chicago Daily News, and Chicago Tribune.
6. Dun & Bradstreet reports.
7. LAPD Intelligence Division files.
8. California State Corporation Commission.
9. California Secretary of State records.
10. Reports of the 1952 "Chelf Committee," U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary.
Appendix B: Pritzker Holdings
Following is a partial list of Pritzker holding companies (as of 1982), subsidiaries, affiliates, plus corporations in which the Pritzkers own large shares of voting power, compiled by Knut Royce for the Kansas City Times (3-8-82) from filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Standard & Poor's, and the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. *Subsidiaries of subsidiaries are indented.
H6 Inc .
(HG Inc., according to New Jersey gaming division documents, is a holding company for all the common stock of the Hyatt Corp. and of several subsidiaries.)
Hyatt Corp.
HCB Corp.
W.P. Equities
Stamford Equities Corp.
Refco-Properties Inc.
Hyatt Development Corp.
Hyatt Minneapolis Corp.
Hyatt Greenville Corp.
Oasis Development Corp.
Hyatt Columbus Corp.
BRC Corp.
Hyatt Milwaukee Corp.
Hyatt San Diego Corp.
Rosemont Purchasing Co.
Hyatt Crystal City Corp.
West Palm Hotel Inc.
Fiyatt Flint Corp.
Hyatt Long Beach Corp.
FMG Inc.
Hyatt Management Corp. of New York Inc.
Texas Facility Management Inc.
Florida Facility Management Inc.
Facility Management Inc. of Maryland
"'Data concerning voting power and subsidiaries may have changed since the filings with Standard & Poor's, the SEC, and the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement.
Facility Management Inc. of Illinois
Facility Management Inc. of California
Facility Management Inc. of Southern California
Hyatt Management Corp.
HT-Operating Corp.
HMC Management Corp.
Facility Enterprises Inc.
HCG Corp.
HCN Corp.
HCQ Corp.
HCV Corp.
HT-Boston Inc.
HT-Nami Inc.
HT-Houston North Belt Inc.
Hyatt Galleria Inc.
Hyatt Resorts Management Corp.
Refco Marine Services Inc.
Two-Two-Three Corp.
Hyatt Corp.
(Source: New Jersey Gaming Division)
California Hyatt Corp.
Hyatt Wilshire Corp.
Edgewater Hyatt Corp.
Hyatt Del Monte Corp.
S.C. Hyatt Corp.
Hyatt Des Moines Corp.
Thruway Hyatt Corp.
Hyatt Furnishings Corp.
Riviera Hyatt Corp.
Hyatt Hotels Corp.
Hyatt Hotels Corp. of Maryland
Northridge Industries Inc.
Tradewinds Hyatt Lodge-Fresno Inc.
Tradewinds Restaurant-Fresno Inc.
/> Two-Two-One Corp.
Two-Two-Four Corp.
Two-Three-Six Corp.
Beef N'Barrel-Palo Alto Inc.
LTT Properties
JTD Corp.
HCC Corp.
Dallas Regency Corp.
Hyatt Tahoe Management Corp.
Hyatt Regency Corp.
Regency Houston Corp.
Tudor California Corp.
HC Airlease Inc.
Hyatt on Wells Corp.
Mormon Group Inc .
(Source: Standard & Poor's)
American Safety Equipment Corp.
Cerro Copper Products Co.
Cerro Copper Tube Co.
Cerro Sales Corp.
Cerro International S.A.
Cerro Mining Co. of Canada Ltd.
Fetterolf Coal & Construction Inc.
M.F. Fetterolf Coal Co. Inc.
M.F. Land Co. Inc.
RegO Group Inc.
RegO Co.
Marmon Co.
Marmon Group Ltd.
Marmon Group Inc. (Michigan)
Marmon-Keystone Corp.
Marmon Group of Canada Inc.
Hammond Corp.
Behring Corp. (66%)
RegO Group
(89.6% owned)
(Source: Standard &C Poor's)
4201 W. Peterson Corp. Co.
GL Corp.
(GL Corp., according to Standard & Poor's, is the parent company of Marmon Group Inc.)
(Source: 1979 filing with SEC)
Accutronics Inc.
Accutronics, Wisconsin, Inc.
Amarillo Gear Co.
Ankh Insurance Co.
Bay Meadows Inc.
Bintwerp Inc.
Boca Housing Inc.
Boykin Enterprises Inc.
Broward Estates Inc.
The Communities Group Inc. of Broward County
Downtown Management Co.
Film Properties Inc.
Gibbs Manufacturing & Research Corp.
Halmac Inc.
Hammond Corp.
Hammond Organ Corp.
Hammond Organ Western Export Corp.
Hammond Service Centers Inc.
James Foundry Corp.
Keystone Pipe 8c Supply Co.
Keystone Tubular Service Corp.
K. Ueda Co. Inc.
L.A. Downtown Inc.
Lakeview Inc.
La Salle Travel Inc.
La Salle Traventures Inc.
Lockhart Manufacturing Co. Inc.
Long-Airdox Construction Co.
Mainlands Construction Co.
Margate Development Co. Inc.
Marmon Automotive International Co.
Marmon Insurance Agency Inc.
The McCall Publishing Co.
Miles Metal Co.
Movie Development and Finance Inc.
Movie Service Functions Inc.
Movie Service Functions Inc. II
Organos Hammond de Mexico S.A. de C.V.
Oxford Tile Co.
Penn Aluminum International Inc.
Penn Brass & Copper Co.
Refco-Cambridge Inc.
Refco Consolidated Inc.
Refco Del Ray Inc.
Refco Enterprises Ltd.
Refco-Equities Inc.
Refco-General Inc.
Refco-Holdings Ltd.
Refco Indianapolis Corp.
Refco Investments Inc.
Refco-Louisiana Inc.
Refco-Louisville Corp.
Refco-Montreal Inc.
Refco-New Orleans Inc.
Refco-Poydras Plaza Inc.
Refco-Properties Inc.
Rio Mar Associates Inc.
Rue Royale Corp.
Select Communities Realty Inc.
Tarpon Construction Co. Inc.
Tex-Apt. Inc.
Tubular Service Corp.
Wells Lamont Corp.
Willow Creek Construction Corp.
Woodmont Construction Co.
Woodmont Development Co.
Woodmont Management Co.
Workwall Inc.
Alpha Mining Inc.
Anderson Copper and Brass Co.
Cerro CATV Devices Inc.
Cerro Coal Trading Co.
Cerro Copper & Brass Co.
Cerro Corp.
Cerro de Pasco Corp.
Cerro Gas & Oil Corp.
Cerro-Marmon Corp.
Cerro Mineral Exploration Co. Inc.
Cerro Purchasing Corp.
Cerro Sales Corp.
Cerro Wire and Cable Corp.
CJI Inc.
Colony West Country Club Inc.
Compania Industrial del Centro, S.A.
The Country Club at Tarpon Lake Villages Inc.
G.M. & W. Coal Company Inc.
Golvest Corp.
The Housing Group
International Industrial Services Inc.
International Services Inc.
July Investment Corp.
M.F. Land Co. Inc.
Leadership Cable Systems of Palm Beach Inc.
Leadership Communities Inc.
Leadership Homes
Leadership Homes of West Florida Inc.
Leadership Housing Inc.
Leadership Housing Systems Inc.
Leadership Housing Systems of Florida Inc.
Leadership of Hawaii Inc.
Leadership Realty &c Management Inc.
Leadership Title Agency Inc.
LHI Recreation Co.
LHS Management Corp.
Mainlands Realty Inc.
Maui Land Investors Inc.
Orangeburg Plastics Co.
Richmar Development Corp.
Richmar Inc.
Rockbestos Cables International Inc.
Somerset County Coal Corp.
South Canal Utilities Inc.
Stereo Tape Club of America
James M. Stott Coal Co.
Tamarac Utilities Inc.
Tarpon Lake Corp.
T.U.I. Inc.
Westcliff Escrow Co.
Woodlands Construction Corp.
Communities Title Co.
Salem Corp.
(Refco Consolidated, controlled by the Pritzker family, owned 22.8 percent of the common stock, and the Birds-boro Corp., controlled by Pennsylvania Engineering Co. and the Posner family, owned 22.2 percent.) (Source:
Standard & Poor's)
Herr-Voss Corp.
Wilputte Corp.
Industrial Resources Inc.
Industrial Contracting of Fairmont Inc.
Mountaineer Resources Inc.
Salem Construction Co.
West Virginia Electric Corp.
Salem Industries Canada Ltd.
Salem Engineering (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Salem Engineering Co. Ltd.
Salem Herr-Voss Co. Ltd.
Coaltek Corp.
A.L. Lee Corp.
Salem S.A.
Salem Furnace Co.
Affiliates ( 5 0% owned or noted)
ForSalem S.p.A.
Nippon-Herr Co. Ltd.
Finnsalem Oy (40%)
Salem-Dowson & Dobson (Pty.) Ltd.
AIt ami I Corp.
(GL Corp., controlled by the Pritzker family, held 34.3 percent of the voting power while J.P.K. Fontaine owned 18.5 percent.)
American Box Co.
Fontaine Truck Equipment Co.
Aluminum Forge Co.
Transall Truck Equipment Co.
Basca Martinville Corp.
Superlock Manufacturing Inc.
Playboy-Els "more Associates Sources
1. Reid, The Grim Reapers, Chicago chapter.
2. Demaris, Boardwalk Jungle. Chapter 24.
3. Block, Masters of Paradise.
4. Kansas City Times, 3-8-10-82.
5. Truell & Gurwin, False Profits.
6. Lewis and Allison, Cheating of America. "Haven's Gate" chapter.
7. Jack Clarke int
.
8. New York Times, 12-11-01.
9. "Shattered Dynasty," Vanity Fair, May 2003.
10. "Hyatt's Kingdom of Rooms," "Hyatt, Korshak, Las Vegas and the Teamsters," and "Letters," New YorkTimes, 8-29-76, sec. 3, p. 1.
11. "The Castle Bank of Nassau Story."
12. Chicago Tribune, 11-1-01.
13. Chicago Crime Commission, Arthur Greene file, memo from Virgil W. Peterson, 8-26-58.
14. Chicago Crime Commission, Arthur Greene file, pages 65-98 from McKesson to Peterson, Business Investigation Summaries.
15. To file from William K. Lambie Jr., Associate Director, 11-18-81.
16. Memo concerning Pritzker, Pritzker and Clinton on 134 N. LaSalle Street, from the Chicago Crime Commission documents from Virgil Peterson, 6-23-60.
17. Chicago Tribune, 2-19-57.
18. Letter to James S. Hamilton from Virgil Peterson on the Pritzker family, 01-17-57.
19. Hamilton sent a report of one page on Abram Pritzker to Peterson, 1-9-57.
20. Letter to Virgil Peterson from James Hamilton, 5-14-56.
21. Letter to Peterson from Hamilton, 2-28-55.
22. Chicago Crime Commission report by Dixon on a labor matter, 9-24-44.
23. "Business Diary: The Donald Trumps Pritzkers with Lawsuit," Crain's Chicago Business.
24. Jon Anderson, "Pritzker on Pritzker, a Mogul Talks About His Family Dynasty," Chicago Tribune, 11-24-85.
25. "At 90, Pritzker Still Feels like a Million," Chicago Sun-Times, 11-21-85.
26. "Do the Pritzkers Have McCall's on Block?" Chicago Tribune, 10-8-85.
27. "Pritzkers, Patricof Explore Bid for UPI," Chicago Tribune, 9-30-85.
28. "Bottom Line: A Pro Manager for McCormick," Chicago Tribune, 9-18-85.
29. Chicago Tribune, 9-16-85.
30. "Pritzker Fears Another Braniff Bankruptcy," Chicago Sun-Times, 11-29-84.
31. "Pritzkers Ponder Sale of Stake in Levitz After Bid Is Thwarted," Chicago Tribune, 8-14-84.
32. "Braniff Talking Merger," Chicago Sun-Times, 8-8-84.
33. "Pritzker to Buy Miami Furniture Chain," Chicago Sun-Times, 6-30-84.
34. "College of Hard Knocks, B. Pritzker, President," Chicago Tribune, 3-23-86.
35. "A. N. Pritzker, Pioneer," Chicago Sun-Times, 2-11-86.
36. "Levitz Investors Sue Pritzker," Chicago Sun-Times, 6-08-84.
37. Chicago Tribune, 6-02-84.
38. "New Offer for Eastern?" Chicago Tribune, 4-24-86.
