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Mondrian Hotel on Lafayette Street is a Go

Where: 150 Lafayette Street [map], New York, ny, United States, 10013

The NY Post reports today that the Mondrian Hotel on Lafayette Street in SoHo is official.

Rumors about the Mondrian SoHo popped up back in April and we didn't doubt them for a second with Mondrians popping up all over the country.

So what will the East Coast Mondrian have to offer?

The ultra-hip inn at 150 Lafayette St. will have 270 guest rooms, a glamorous restaurant, ballroom, exercise club and a penthouse suite with outdoor party space, reports The Post's Braden Keil. The developers, Morgans Hotel Group and Cape Advisors, say they plan to open their spinoff of the glamorous Hollywood original in late 2009.

This is all really good news for Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears because now they have a place to run to during a Manhattan Meltdown.

This is bad news for DeNiro, Pomeranc, Balazs and any other hotelier with a new hip hotel opening in downtown.  The more hotels does not mean the merrier hoteliers.

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· New Mondrian [NY Post]
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Mondrian NYC Hotel Rumored On Lafayette Street

Where: 150 Lafayette Street [map], New York City, ny, United States, 10013-3116

Down By The Hipster is reporting that the old Chinatown Dialysis Center on Lafayette is set to become the Mondrian Hotel NYC.

That's right, the Mondrian is coming to Chinatown. The project represents Morgans Hotel Group's triumphant return to New York City. Crazy right? We know. The work is being overseen by the conversion experts at HTO. They even have a permit! The hotel will definitely have some big name restaurant and nightlife establishments, but no contracts have been signed with anyone.

This sounds about right. Since the beginning of the year Morgans, and more specifically, Mondrian, have made it perfectly clear that they will be expanding fast and furiously. Well, let's make one thing clear--unlike Yotel or aloft they aren't just firing off expansion press releases without opening hotels.

Back in January Morgans renovated and reopened the James Hotel as Mondrian Scottsdale, and now it appears they are readying a Mondrian Hotel in downtown NYC.

What does this mean? DeNiro, Pomeranc, and Sean MacPherson better ready themselves for some more competition.

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· Rumored Mondrian NYC Map [HotelChatter]
· Mondrian Hotels [HotelChatter]
· Psst...DBTH Has a Secret [DBTH]