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Hotel Formerly Known As Loft Hotel Tribeca Drama Continues

December 7, 2006 at 10:57 AM | 3 Comments

The Loft Hotel Tribeca, which was scheduled to open back in April 2006, and is now scheduled to open in December 2006 as the Duane Street Hotel, according to what seems to be the official hotel website (and verified by a pre-recorded message at the pre-sales office) could be opening soon. At the very least we see the original renderings back on the official website.  We did some further investigation after our original tipster, who we quoted earlier this week when we received an email where the header read LOFT HOTEL TRIBECA asked us to correct the tip.

Please correct your header - the information that was sent to you (below underlined) is regarding another hotel by Sam Chang at 6 York Street, 1 block south of Canal St, on 6th Avenue-This is not about the Loft Hotel - This is entirely another project.

So what is going on here? Well, we do see that the Duane web site still claims "a unique refuge of timeless comfort and intimacy" is coming to Tribeca, so maybe all this was just a name/ownership change. Did Chang bail on the Loft Hotel Tribeca for this new York Street project?  Who knows, but we have also received a couple of tips this week questioning Mr. Chang's development tactics.  We aren't going to publish those emails, or try to sort all this out right now.  If someone from Luxe wants to weigh in on what is up with Loft Hotel Tribeca Duane Street Hotel, or if those of you emailing us about Sam Chang want to get your opinions out there--go for it in the comments section below.

Between Chang and DeNiro this whole Tribeca hotel scene is a mess--hey Pomeranc, get in here and don't take 5 years to do so--capiche?

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Loft Hotel Tribeca

HotelChatter Tipster: Loft Hotel Tribeca Sleeps With The Fishes

December 4, 2006 at 5:04 PM | 0 Comments

We just got an email tip about the ever changing status of Loft Hotel Tribeca.

If you are following along, Loft is/was Sam Chang's Tribeca hotel project that was suppose to open back in April of 2006, promising would be guests "to have a unique refuge of timeless comfort, service with unrivaled care, and courtesy that is not found elsewhere." Here we are in December, still waiting for timeless comfort in Tribeca.

The latest:

Sam Chang has sold the building to Robert Winston of Winston Hotels who is leasing it to Hilton Garden Inn to operate.

There have been many delays with the construction schedule, the hotel is now due to open Spring 07.

Meanwhile about 90% of the ground floor, equal to about 4,000SF, has been rented to a company called 6 York Street.
6 York Street is made up of restaurateurs Shaol Natan (Restaurant Thalia) and Jeremy Cassilli (Lobby & Accapella)
They plan to open a restaurant and cafe called CleaverHouse designed by a company called a.k.a. (Angel Kunnos Associates)

The chef will be Mathieu Palombino of BLT Fish and David Bouley.

a.k.a. is also currently working on a new hotel project in Chelsea, Manhattan, apparently all information is confidential.

So there you have it. New link, renderings (above), and web site seems to verify this news.

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