NEW YORK CITY-A federal bankruptcy judge has confirmed the planfirst announced last month to transfer ownership of the W NewYork—Union Square to a group led by Host Hotels & Resorts LP.LNR Partners Inc., the special servicer on the high-end hotel’s$115-million mortgage, had filed papers last week in US BankruptcyCourt in Delaware objecting to the transfer on grounds that themortgage debt holders hadn’t given their consent.

In an order dated this past Friday, Judge Kevin Carey ruled thatthe plan filed by Hotels Union Square Mezz 1 LLC and Hotels UnionSquare Mezz 2 LLC was in accordance with the US Bankruptcy Code andcould proceed. The plan calls for some of the proceeds from thetransfer to be used to satisfy the $61-million claim of seniormezzanine lender DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, but otherwiseleaves the mortgage holders out in the cold. A spokeswoman for LNRtells GlobeSt.com the company has no comment.

A new Host-led venture will buy the 285-key hotel at 201 ParkAve. South under the plan approved by Carey, with DekaBank beingrepaid and LEM Mezzanine receiving current and future payments onits original mezz loan. An affiliate of LEM had bought the W thispast fall in a foreclosure auction for $2 million and theassumption of $212 million in debt. Hotels Union Square Mezz 1 andMezz 2 filed for Chapter 11 protection this past March.