Ciara Long’s LuxUrban Reporting – Accuracy and Corrections
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. 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 Sept. 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.
Beyond this instance, Long’s reporting record shows multiple corrections for serious inaccuracies. For example:
Newmark earnings story (Feb. 2025): Long originally wrote that Newmark “expects to grow its earnings by 40% by the end of 2026” and that its “capital markets volume grew by 20% year-over-year,” implying revenue growth. Bisnow later issued a correction noting the 20% figure was growth in deal volume, not revenue .
Trump bond story (Mar. 2024): Long initially misstated the civil fraud judgment against Trump as $454 million. A correction clarifies “a previous version of this story misstated the amount of the verdict against Trump” .
Apple/REIT lawsuit story (June 2024): Long misattributed a quote to a landlord (Richard Born). Bisnow removed the quote and appended a correction: “A previous version of this article misattributed a quote to Richard Born … The quote has been removed.” .
These examples – all documented by published correction notices – indicate 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 explanation, as shown above.)
Corrections and Their Dissemination. 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.
Summary. 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).
Sources: Bisnow news stories and official filings as cited above , together with related media coverage
