Following the wine boom, the town has developed several top-tier restaurants and hotels.
"I went into business with a partner developing hotels in Florida," he said.
Phillips has developed hotels in Great Neck, Manhattan and Miami.
There are plans to sink hundreds of millions of dollars into the community to develop new attractions, shops, hotels, and restaurants.
He later helped design and develop hotels in Asia.
There are significant challenges to developing extended-stay hotels in New York, experts say.
Over the years, a handful of efforts have been made to develop hotels in Harlem, but none of them so far have succeeded.
The company announced plans in August to spend $110 million in five years to develop hotels, restaurants and other attractions.
He tries to develop hotels and vacation spots all over the world by controlling creatures' minds and using them as workers.
He moved to France and developed several casinos and hotels at the French Riviera.