http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T08:16:11Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Sam%20Chang http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/2/21/81528/4435 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/4912/99Washington.jpg" class="top"></p> <p>New York budget hotel mastermind <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Sam%20Chang">Sam Chang</a></b> is back to work on his stalled Tribeca property at <b>99 Washington Street</b>, the last rumors of which we heard <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/2/13437/85072/hotels/W_Hotel_and_Others_Headed_for_Downtown_New_York">in 2007</a>. Seems work on the 44-story project will finally recommence, at least according to a tipster who sent us <a href="http://www.tribecatrib.com/news/2011/feb%20ruary/905_sam-chang-resurrecting-plans-%20for-44-story-financialdistrict-hotel.html">a report in The Tribeca Trib</a>, which says that Chang and his partners will present the latest plans at a March 2 community board meeting. The report also says it's slated to become a Holiday Inn.</p> <p>According to previously disclosed details, the hotel is meant to have 350 rooms. Gene Kaufman Architects, of the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Tri-Pack%20Hotel">Tri-Pack Hotel</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+373+Fifth+Avenue/local/4308">Hotel 373</a></b> among others, will handle the design. pbb 2011-02-21T10:33:07-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/20/10940/9404 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/tri_packfacade1.jpg" class="top"> <p>Ohhh wow. The <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Tri-Pack%20Hotel">Tri-Pack</a></b> is open. Hooray! <p>We got <a href="http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/sam-chang-to-sell-west-39th-street-three-pack-next-month-hersha-hospitality">The Real Deal</a> in our inbox yesterday with some wonderful news: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/sam chang">Sam Chang</a>, the Manhattan budget-hotel guru himself, has finally lined up a buyer for the Tri-Pack &#151; something he'd been having a hard time doing, which (we assume) was partly to blame for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/28/143710/448/hotels/We_Can_Stop_Stalking_the_Tri_Pack_For_a_While">opening delay</a> here. <p>Recall that the Tri-Pack (or so we've dubbed it) is a Hampton Inn, Candlewood Suites and a Holiday Inn Express on West 39th Street, near Times Square. The Hampton Inn actually opened on Tuesday of last week, followed by the Candlewood Suites on Friday. The Holiday Inn is opening its doors today. <p>Unfortunately, TRD says Jenna 2009-07-20T10:13:24-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/12/95515/3874 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/elementhouston.jpg" class="top"> <p>Not to bum you out on a Friday or anything, but we were hearing some sorta-sad whispers about a pack of budget hotels planned for Manhattan that are getting seriously delayed. Specifically, budget hotel guru <b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Sam%20Chang">Sam Chang</a></b> &#151; the dude behind many, many affordable hotel developments in the NYC area &#151; and his McSam Hotel Group have delayed starting construction on five projects planned for Manhattan. We already knew McSam's <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Tri-Pack%20Hotel">Tri-Pack </a></b>hotel was having some issues and delays, but some of the upcoming hotels are already facing major setbacks before any shovels have hit the dirt. <p>But what hotels are they? We took a lookie-look at the glorious <a href="http://www.hvs.com/staticcontent/library/nyu2009/survey/NewSupply.html">HVS Hotel Market Overview</a> this morning Jenna 2009-06-12T10:49:00-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/20/13744/9364 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/SamChang.jpg" class="top"> <p>Having only just <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/17/11553/7228/hotels/No_Sleep_Til_There_Are_More_Budget_Hotels_in_Brooklyn">reported</a> on the Hyatt Place coming to Downtown Brooklyn from New York super-developer Sam Chang, we're thrilled to hear from <b><i><a href="http://ny.therealdeal.com/articles/chang-plans-first-hyatt-place-in-manhattan">The Real Deal</a></i></b> that plans for a Manhattan outpost are also well in the works. <p>Due to snuggle into Midtown East at <b>208-210 East 52nd Street and 3rd Avenue</b>, the 225-room, 29-story hotel will be the first Hyatt Place in Manhattan, and boy do we need one. Why all the excitement, even though NYC already has a <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Hyatt+New+York/ian/106069">Grand Hyatt</b></a> ten blocks south? You see, Hyatt Places are all about budget business travelers who have to haul around laptops and other gadgets and want the hotel resources to support these tech toys. JetSetCD 2009-04-20T13:55:18-05:00 40.7565930 -73.969435 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/17/163520/175 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/theplaza_charles.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>The three most important words in real estate: location, location, location. And with people from around the world rushing to visit <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/us/NY/New%20York"><b>New York</b></a>, the Big Apple's hotel industry is sitting quite pretty. <p> From Grand Central Terminal to the Lincoln Center, Times Square to the Financial District, supply cannot meet the demand. Here in the city that never sleeps, even more hotels are being planned and are under construction. City figures early last year showed that 50 hotel developments were in planning stages all over the city, with more than 8,000 rooms in various states of construction.<p> Of course, whether they'll actually open is another story, say some of the experts who spoke to the <a href="http://www.nysun.com/real-estate/hospitality-industry-weathers-real-estate-storm/"><i>New mytwocents 2008-04-18T11:38:58-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/