25-712: The CORE Club (styled Core: ) is a private members' club in New York City. It was founded in 2005 by Jennie Enterprise with funding from the property developer Aby Rosen . From 2005 to 2022 the CORE Club was based at 66 East 55th Street in Manhattan before moving to 711 Fifth Avenue in September 2023. The price to join ranges from $ 15,000 for an individual to $ 100,000 for a Founding membership, along with annual dues of $ 15,000 for an individual and $ 18,000 for
50-534: A couple. The CORE Club was founded in 2005 by Jennie Enterprise ( née Saunders) at 66 East 55th Street in Manhattan , in New York City . Enterprise had been part of a team designing Reebok Sports Clubs before she founded the CORE Group. Enterprise intended the CORE Group to be a global group of private members' clubs. Enterprise sought to establish her clubs without success for two years before she met
75-512: A dinner at the club in September 2018. In a 2011 article on the club for The New York Times , Guy Trebay described the members of the club as "ostensibly younger and possibly hipper but certainly richer and more unashamedly over-the-top than the literati and assorted members of the intelligentsia" that comprise traditional members clubs such as the Century Association , Colony Club , Union Club or Metropolitan clubs. Trebay felt
100-487: Is an acute awareness of the need to execute the right judgment at all times". Enterprise said in 2005 that the club was "so much more" than a "reimagined private club concept" as her " ... vision and our goal as an organization is to provide the conditions for transformation" with a " ... hyper-edited collection of people, art, books and ideas - a compelling collage". A branch of CORE is scheduled to open in December 2025 on
125-747: Is the CEO of Alex Mill , and head of Drexler Ventures. He was formerly the CEO and chairman of J.Crew Group , as well as the CEO of Gap Inc . Mickey Drexler was born to Jewish parents in the Bronx . His mother died when he was 16. He studied at the Bronx High School of Science , City College of New York , and University at Buffalo . He later received an MBA from Boston University . He used to live in San Francisco , California but moved to New York to continue working for Gap Inc. In
150-785: The Groucho Club (established in 1985), Soho House (1995) and Home House (1998); similar clubs operate in other cities and countries: for example, the CORE Club was established in New York City in 2005. These typically offer memberships by subscription and are owned and run as commercial concerns. They offer similar facilities such as food, drink, comfortable surroundings, venue hire and in many cases accommodation. Mobile working (using phone and email) had put pressure on traditional London clubs, some of which discouraged use of mobiles and laptops, or discussion of business matters. By contrast, business-oriented private members' clubs combine
175-662: The West End of London from the late 17th century onwards, were highly exclusive, offering aristocratic and wealthy men a refuge from work and family. The eligibility of potential members depended on their class and gender, with women banned from joining any of them. Early clubs also provided an environment for gambling, illegal outside of members-only establishments. Individuals needed to be formally proposed for membership, and candidates were subject to election by committees which scrutinised individuals' character and suitability. Several private members' clubs for women were established in
200-663: The Core Club" described by Warren St. James in the New York Times as being "filled with black and white photos of flappers, old America's Cup yachting photos and other images of the Jazz Age: a branding gimmick more fitting of a clothing company, perhaps, than a private club". The interior of the club was designed by Stonely Pelsinski Architects Neukomm (SPAN). The club reopened in a new location at 711 Fifth Avenue in September 2022. The club occupies 60,000 square feet of
225-663: The Corso Giacomo Matteotti in Milan , Italy in a 40,000 square foot palazzo. A branch in San Francisco is due to open in 2026 in the Transamerica Pyramid . Writing for Bloomberg News , James Tarmy described the CORE Club as a "safe berth" for its members on "their endless march" between American Express Centurion Lounges and conference rooms. The membership of the CORE Club is drawn from
250-554: The J.Crew brand as a truly upscale boutique. What was once a low-priced, American, dressy-casual brand became more an upscale, dressy-vintage American brand with "frills included". On June 5, 2017, it was announced that Drexler would step aside as chief executive. He had been unable to stop a several year slide as consumer tastes changed. Drexler noted that "J.Crew raised prices and underwent expansion during years when consumers became more and more thrifty". On January 18, 2019, Drexler announced his retirement as chairman, but will remain
275-465: The Starbucks chairman and CEO Howard Schultz . In 2005 members included gallery owner Marianne Boesky , lawyer and civil rights activist Vernon Jordan , American footballer Dan Marino , tennis player John McEnroe , architect Richard Meier , and musicians Patty Smyth and Roger Waters . Sean Combs launched his cologne at the club with Jay-Z and Nelly . Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex attended
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#1732775617075300-723: The club displayed pieces by Alexander Calder , Richard Prince , David Salle and Andy Warhol . Private members%27 club Private members' clubs are organisations which provide social and other facilities to members who typically pay a membership fee for access and use. Most are owned and controlled by their members even to this day. Some were originally gentlemen's clubs to which members first had to be elected; others are more modern commercial establishments with no class or gender bar, typically offering food, drink, comfortable surroundings, venue hire and business facilities, in return for members paying subscription or membership fees. The first gentlemen's clubs, mostly established in
325-531: The company made a dramatic shift to private label brand merchandise and expanded rapidly to become an iconic part of 1990s pop culture , such as "khakis, basics and casual Fridays". Television advertisements featuring songs such as "Mellow Yellow" and "Dress You Up in My Love" showcased the relaxed American casual look that defined the Gap brand. During his time at Gap Inc. he had worked alongside Steve Jobs , who
350-403: The decor of the club "revels in the shiny aura of the newly arrived" as opposed to the "well-waxed and cigar-scented havens burnished by custom and softened by wear" with "... overstuffed armchairs squared off at the perimeter of Oriental rugs, private humidors and afternoon teas" of the traditional member's clubs of New York's social elite. The art in the CORE Club is loaned by its members. In 2011
375-523: The economic and social elite of New York City. Writing in the New York Times in 2005 Warren St. James described the club as being a place for "a geographically and socially diverse set of wealthy people to gather and meet others of the same disparate tribe" and an "ambitious act of social exclusion". Guy Trebay, writing in The New York Times in 2011 felt that the club's members had an "almost cartoonish relationship to conspicuous consumption and
400-840: The late 19th century; among them the Alexandra Club , the Ladies' Institute, the Ladies' Athenaeum and the University Women's Club . Many of the traditional gentlemen's clubs now allow women as members, though a few, including - until May 2024 - the Garrick Club in London's Covent Garden , still refuse women membership. More modern but otherwise similar private members' clubs have since been established. Most of these, however, are for-profit commercial enterprises neither owned nor controlled by members. London examples include
425-487: The mid-1970s, Drexler was a merchandising vice-president at Abraham & Straus in Brooklyn, New York . He has also worked at Ann Taylor , Bloomingdale's , and Macy's . He was on Apple Inc ’s board of directors from 1999 until 2015. Drexler is often credited with Gap's meteoric rise during the 1990s. Prior to his involvement, Gap had been a relatively small chain selling private and public brands . Under Drexler
450-634: The next five years. An additional 200 members joined the club in 2005 with the payment of $ 55,000 entrance fees. Notable members of CORE have included financier Steven A. Cohen , the designer Kenneth Cole , philanthropist Beth Rudin DeWoody , the Commissioner of the National Football League Roger Goodell , businessman James F. McCann , Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold , financier Anthony Scaramucci and
475-431: The property developer Aby Rosen through a mutual friend. Rosen offered Enterprise a "couple million" in seed money and space in a new building on East 55th Street. With Rosen's support and his contacts Enterprise was able to recruit members and raise an additional $ 10 million. Enterprise then recruited researchers to find potential members before sending them a "marketing kit" with a book called "Good Life: A Prehistory of
500-400: The style, food and drink of a contemporary private members' club with the business facilities of a serviced office or coworking space. Notable examples of private members' clubs include: This organization-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Millard S. Drexler Millard "Mickey" S. Drexler (born August 17, 1944) is an American businessman, who
525-450: The top four floors of 711 Fifth Avenue. The club has a library, theater, and dining rooms, and private meeting rooms and 11 suites for overnight guests. Amenities at the club include a gym and spa, beauty salon and health bar. The Dangene Institute at the CORE Club offers a service that offers "skinovation" with "noninvasive, nonsurgical kinds of age-optimization, longevity, and just [eliminating] imperfections, generally". The Dangene Institute
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#1732775617075550-822: The unwavering conviction that Thorstein Veblen had it all wrong". Jennie Enterprise has said that her membership criteria is " ... if somebody has an interesting story to tell, they'd be a great member." The CORE Club had 1,500 members in early 2022. Only 30% are residents of New York City. The initiation fee for the club was $ 50,000 in 2018 with a $ 17,000 annual fee. The 100 founder members were asked to contribute $ 100,000 and nominate another person. The founder members included J. Christopher Burch , Millard S. Drexler , Ari Emanuel , Patricia Kluge, Aby Rosen , Steven Roth and Stephen A. Schwarzman and Terry Semel . The club has an equal number of female and male members. The founder members were repaid their investment with interest over
575-484: Was a board member of Gap Inc. at the time and a friend of Drexler. On May 22, 2002, however due to a sales slump and ballooning debt, plus his management style which clashed with the Fisher family, Drexler was abruptly forced to announce his retirement by Gap founder Donald Fisher . Drexler stayed on as CEO until September 26, 2002, when Paul Pressler was named as his successor. Drexler was bitter about his ouster but it
600-462: Was established by Dangene Enterprise ( née McKay-Bailey), Jennie's wife. The couple changed their last names to 'Enterprise' upon marriage. Jennie Enterprise said in 2011 that "You're not going to find an unhappy person in the Core club ... If someone on the staff is having a bad day, an off day, we tell them to stay home" and that "We don't have negative energy entering the Core club universe. And there
625-561: Was validated when sales rebounded one month after his departure. The J.Crew Group, an American clothing and accessories retailer based in New York City , was founded in 1983 with the launch of its catalog and expanded into brick-and-mortar retailing in 1989 with its first store at the South Street Seaport in New York City. J.Crew hired Drexler as chairman and CEO in 2003 after his abrupt departure from Gap. Applying similar strategies from Gap, Drexler sought to reposition
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