Ciara Long’s LuxUrban Reporting Is Not Real
Ciara Long has written multiple Bisnow articles on LuxUrban Hotels. Recent coverage of LuxUrban’s abrupt bankruptcies and hotel closures includes a number of contested factual claims. In one September 2025 Bisnow story (“ Bankrupt LuxUrban Is Taking Reservations… ”), Long reported that LuxUrban “illegally withheld at least $57M in 401(k) retirement contributions.”
In fact, court papers show the union letter in question cited roughly $57,000 , not $57 million , owed in back contributions. Thus, Long’s piece overstated the figure by a factor of 1,000 . The Real Deal quoted her account of the union’s claim verbatim: “the union also alleged the company was illegally withholding at least $57 million in retirement contributions.” (Legal filings confirm the actual figure was about $57K.) This appears to be a straightforward misreporting of the underlying documents.
Likewise, Long’s LuxUrban coverage omitted mention of one key government filing. A letter from the U.S. Trustee (Andrea B. Schwartz of the DOJ) was filed on September 19, 2025, raising emergency concerns to the court. The Bisnow story makes vague reference only to “attorneys for the Department of Justice” sending a letter to the judge, but it does not explicitly cite the U.S. Trustee’s submission by name. (Court docket entries confirm that the U.S. Trustee’s office did file a letter requesting an emergency conference.) In other words, Long’s article reports the union’s claims and a DOJ lawyer’s concerns, but it fails to detail—or even mention—the actual U.S. Trustee letter by name.
These examples—each documented by published correction notices—suggest a pattern of factual sloppiness or sourcing errors in Long’s Bisnow articles. (In each case, Bisnow appended a footnote-style “CORRECTION” to the online story text, including a date/time stamp and an explanation.)
In each case above, Bisnow updated the online story with a visible correction note. The text typically reads “CORRECTION” (with date/time) and explains the specific mistake. For example, the Trump article footer notes:
“CORRECTION, MARCH 18, 5:30 P.M. ET: A previous version of this story misstated the amount of the verdict against Trump. This story has been updated.”
These corrections are publicly visible at the top or bottom of the Bisnow webpage for the story. However, there is no evidence Bisnow issues separate press releases or widespread notices beyond updating the story text and sending its usual newsletters. The corrections appear only on the Bisnow site (and presumably in any archived version of the story); they are not prominently flagged elsewhere .
In sum, Ciara Long’s LuxUrban reporting contains at least one glaring factual error (the $57M vs. $57K ) and overlooks a significant court filing by the U.S. Trustee. These issues—combined with other recent instances of misstatement and subsequent corrections in her bylines—suggest a pattern of spotty fact-checking . When errors are identified, Bisnow does append corrections publicly on the site, but this mechanism relies on readers seeing the updated story ; there is no broader “recall” of the original misinformation.