http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T03:42:20Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/New%20York%20Times%20Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/23/10136/788 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/nytimeshotel.JPG" class="top"><p> News is out today that the old <b>New York Times Building</b> on 43rd Street will be turned into a massive entertainment complex, complete with luxury shops, a Bowlmor lanes bowling alley, nightclubs, restaurants and a high-end hotel smack dab in the middle of it all with an 11th floor sky lobby a la Mandarin Oriental.<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/nyregion/23building.html">The NY Times</a> reports on the ambitious plans of owner/developer Lev Leviev, an Israeli billionaire: <blockquote><p>Now Mr. Leviev is back with a partner and a new plan to turn the 15-story building, where printing presses once churned out newspapers, into a glamorous three-decker sandwich, with a vertical mall that includes luxury shops on the lower floors, along with exhibition space and a juliana 2009-12-23T10:40:07-05:00 40.7579070 -73.989302 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/