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Smyth Tribeca Still Under Construction and Will Be For a While

Where: 85 West Broadway [map], New York, NY, United States, 10007

7/03/2008 at 1:00 PM
Tags: Thompson Hotels, Hotel Construction, Hotel Hype, Hotel News, Tribeca Hotels, Manhattan Hotels, Hotel Restaurants

We think our love for delay-watching Thompson Hotels is quite clear, what with all the fodder we have from other debacles Six Columbus and Allen Street.

Now we turn our eye to their new property filling out and pepping up in Tribeca, Smyth, where Thompson hotelier Jason Pomeranc is giving himself some nice buffer time with a predicted Winter 2009 debut.

Scoping out the site ourselves revealed that not only are they progressing nicely despite structural concerns, but you can already walk through their lobby at 85 West Broadway.

Don't think you're just around the corner from checking in; what we mean is they've injected a pedestrian walkway right into the first floor construction, allowing any passers-by to tromp right through what will someday be a scene to rival the Saturday night wait for Plunge at The Gansevoort.

Unlike some other under-construction hotels we know, Smyth is not so much into the voyeuristic thing, thankfully installing mirrored windows on all floors and even skipping on the terraces save for what will be the requisite swanky rooftop action.

As this will be a hotel/residential hybrid offering 15 private residences "Upstairs" from the 100 regular hotel rooms, you can bet that the push to sell the 1- and 2- bedrooms has begun (priced between a solid $1 million and just under $5 million).

There's even news on what the restaurant will be: Jour et Nuit from Frederic Lesort. According to New York Magazine, Frederic pushed for a 4am closing time like what the Tribeca Grand Hotel gets away with, but instead was forced to settle for 2am, despite promises to the community board that there will be "no night scene" there.

Ok sure, there won't be a night scene at the Smyth Tribeca just like there isn't a brunch scene at Pastis.