Background and History
Mr. Nick Colachis has been involved in the entertainment industry for over 25 years. He has open the world’s best Nightclubs, worked with the world’s best chefs, and entertained some of Hollywood’s greatest celebrities and actors.
Nick Colachis graduated from the University of Southern California, Marshal School of Business in Business Entrepreneurship. In 1981, he started the Looking Good! Calendar Company and produce the ‘Men of USC’ and ‘Woman of USC’ calendars.
The calendars had world wide appeal and success. Mr. Colachis was featured on the cover of the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Inc. Magazine, Forbes, Interview, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and on the Phil Donahue Show.
In 1984, he received the very prestigious award of “Entrepreneur of the Year” because of his success with Looking Good!. Because of his access to great looking models, in 1985, Mr. Colachis rented Myron’s Ballroom on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, and started a nightclub and restaurant. The ballroom was built in the 1940’s. He named it Vertigo Nightclub
Within the first year of opening, nearly every celebrity in Hollywood had visited Vertigo. And by 1987, it was rated the second best nightclub in the world by the Hollywood Reporter.
In 1992, Mr. Colachis partnered with songwriter/singer Prince and Paisley Park Enterprises and opened the world famous Glam Slam nightclub and restaurant.
Six years later, he hired a set of architects to design a new kind of dance club and restaurant to be located in the newly anticipated Kodak Theater Academy Awards Center in Hollywood, and partnered with Wolfgang Puck.
Mr. Colachis leased approximately 30,000 square feet on the 4th and 5th floors of offering spectacular southern views of the Los Angeles skyline. Nick named the club V3, but it was later changed to the Highlands. In December of 2001, the Highlands opened. During his ownership, the Highlands grossed over $7.6 million and had an operating profit of over $1,200,000 per year.
Mr. Colachis will be opening his new exclusive world-class nightclub and restaurant in Los Angeles this year. He is calling the nightclub TRU$T.
Mr. Colachis, Mr. Ryan and NICK HOLDINGS are dedicated to the facilitation world-class Nightclubs; with its Celebrity contacts, fashion designers, and media outlets, to promote, fund and contribute to children’ charities around the world.