The End is Nigh :: Cooper Square Hotel Has Soft Opening Rates at $275 a Night

October 8, 2008 at 12:46 PM | 0 Comments

Luxist did an interview with young Gregory Peck, the hotelier behind the it's-never-gonna-open, wait-maybe-it-is, oh-wait-no-it's-not Cooper Square Hotel.

In the interview, he talks mostly about how he feels about the state of the hotel industry and not so much about the Manhattan property specifically. But our fave quote was definitely this one:

We spend a lot of time developing a unique concept and a narrative for what we want the hotel to be and then we execute it, painstakingly focusing on ever detail of the process.

"A lot of time" indeed. "Painstaking" is an adjective we'd use to describe what this construction process at CS has seemed like, too.

While the interview didn't say much about the Cooper Square's status or the infamous Peck-Moss feud, our tipsters did! We've got the inside scoop on rates, dates and reports of some, er, interesting reading material found in a room after the jump.

While the official opening date isn't until "the end of the month," the Cooper Square is in the midst of a soft opening. There was recently a party thrown for Keira Knightley's new movie The Duchess -- and an inside source that attended the soiree reported a sleek, completed lobby and a few finished rooms on display.

The verdict? The lobby was very swanky and chock full of ... books. Seriously, we hear there are books upon books in the lobby (we assume this is the much-hyped "library"), and -- get this -- in the rooms that were open during the party, our tipster found vintage Playboy magazines near the (gigantic) flatscreen TV's. Ballsy (no pun intended) and kind of awesome, no?

As the hotel is in its "soft opening stages," one of our sources tried to secure a room:

I wanted to get a room early November (sent an email via the website) here is the answer I got from the hotel reservation office:
"opening rate" e.g. the hotel is still undergoing a "soft opening" ; certain outlets of the hotel will not be available, i.e. the bar and restaurant.
· Cooper one room, which is furnished with a queen bed and overlooks the courtyard at $275.00 per night.
· Cooper 4 room: a larger room with a king bed and views of Manhattan, that would be available in our at $375.00 per night.

This is surreal. People are actually booking rooms at the Cooper Square. We never thought this day would come.

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by Jenna

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