OUT Traveler: Lords South Beach- From Rendering to Reality- 11/08/2010

Brian Gorman does not hang around. Within a month of arriving in Miami the hotelier has transformed the former Hotel Nash into chic St.Tropez fantasy, Lords South Beach. With 53 rooms, an Absolut-partnered bar, and scene-stealing restaurant Cha Cha Rooster, Lords (1120 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach), represents a quantum leap in gay hotels, with a rare and welcome focus on design and ambience. With three plunge pools, a penthouse and cabanas, and a 9-foot tall fiberglass polar bear to greet guests in the lobby, the hotel wears its playfulness on its sleeve…