Kimpton's Vu Hotel is Almost Ready

September 5, 2008 at 10:20 AM | by ChristineM | Comment (1)

[UPDATE: The VU Hotel is probably not opening in a "few short weeks" but it is still on tap for a Fall 2008 opening.]

After pushing the opening date back a few times, Kimpton's Vu Hotel is expected to open on the mean streets of Manhattan in just a few short weeks.

Hot on the scene when boutiques blossomed, Kimpton will no doubt tell a different story at this 222-room pied-a-terre where "snow whites, ruby reds and chocolate browns" will rule.

As this is New York, style rules and Kimpton is promising beds dressed in Frette linens and Fuji soak tubs in select rooms as well as a penthouse suite with a rooftop deck and private Jacuzzi.

But for those who deem the penthouse too rich for their blood, Hudson River views and libations will be on offer at the 15th floor rooftop, which is yet-to-be named like the hotel's first-floor restaurant where locally grown ingredients are promised to pervade its menu of small plates as well as lunch and dinner offerings.

Having deigned to design twice already in New York--once with the Muse Hotel and again with 70 Park Avenue hotel--Kimpton will be going a little more hardcore with the Vu Hotel, given its Hell's Kitchen location and proximity to Chelsea, where style-mavens abound.

The Vu is also likely to turn into the "it" hotel for convention-goers planning to spend quality time at the Javits Center. Rates will start around $425 a night.

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