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The Grand Street Hotel Drive-By

Where: 27 Grand Street [map], New York, NY, United States, 10013
September 14, 2009 at 2:42 PM | by MsRebecca | 1 Comment

Driving down the West Side Highway in Manhattan this weekend, we failed to spot any naked guests gracing the windows of The Standard New York. But then we turned into Canal Street, and another thin, glassed building caught out attention. Located just west of the SoHo Grand, a block north of Canal, we thought: “Hmm, that has the unmistakable look of a much-delayed hotel under construction." But which one?

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Renderings of SoHo's Grand Street Hotel Have Surfaced

Where: 27 Grand St [map], New York, NY, United States
February 24, 2009 at 3:26 PM | by Jenna | 0 Comments

Music to our ears: now we have yet another hip boutique hotel to add to our list of eagerly-anticipated properties rising in NYC for our stalking pleasure. The eagle-eyed real estate gurus at Curbed have unearthed renderings of the new hotel rising at 27 Grand Street, the former site of the Moondance Diner in SoHo.

The property, according to owners Brack Capital Real Estate, will be a 70,000 square-foot boutique hotel with all the fixins: "the 114 room hotel will include a fitness center, meeting space, restaurant, garden, spa, rooftop pool and bars."

Curbed has a few more renderings to give you a closer look at the "cool woods with expansive sun lit windows cast[ing] radiant light on clean lines" inside the rooms — although this particular room rendering looks like the Cooper Square lobby had a baby with an IKEA Malm bedroom set, no?

Anyone got any deets on who's going to manage this hotel or any more dirt on expected opening dates (er, very rough estimates?) You know where to send 'em.

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2009 New York City Hotel Openings Preview

January 6, 2009 at 11:30 AM | by juliana | 9 Comments

We told you that the Hotel Hype machine would be alive and kicking in 2009 despite the gloomy-as-all-hell economic outlook for the hospitality industry and oh yeah, for the rest of the world. But 2009 is also shaping up to be a year with several new very cool hotels on the horizon, not just in New York but around the world. (All these were pipe dreams cemented no doubt in the boom hotel years from 2004-2006.)

So every Tuesday we are going to bring you a new edition of 2009 Openings Previews, starting today with the original--New York City. 2008 was a banner year for NYC hotels. Thompson opened up LES, feuding hoteliers Matt Moss and Greg Peck opened Cooper Square, Sean MacPherson is trying his hand at a hip budget hotel and Andre Balazs finally and barely just opened up The Standard NYC before 2008 took its last bow.

Those guys and their hotels are officially old news. Now, who's next?

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Progress Report: 2008 New York City Hotel Openings

March 26, 2008 at 4:54 PM | by juliana | 2 Comments

The Standard NYC, March 26, 2008.

At the start of the year we put out our annual New York City Openings Preview where we round-up some of the hotly anticipated hotels for the upcoming year. Since there's been a lot of buzz lately on a few of these properties we thought it was time for a progress report.

· Thompson LES: A February 2008 opening date has come and gone. The hotel is now expected to open in "Spring." However, it might be worth the wait. A giant photographic mural of Andy Warhol is expected to cover the bottom of the rooftop pool.  

· Thompson Smyth: Uh-oh. One step forward, five steps back in Thompson Hotel Land. The Tribeca outpost is now expected for Winter 2009.

· Greenwich Hotel: Opening on Tuesday!

· Sanctuary: We got some fuzzy renderings in the mail but an opening is not expected until 2009.

· Cooper Square: Drama amongst hoteliers Peck and Moss continues, late Summer opening is now expected.

· The Vu Hotel: March 2008 opening has been pushed back to "Summer."

· Standard NYC: Last we heard was Fall 2008. Thanks to real-time construction pics (see photo above) we have to say that probably still stands.

That's all we got for now. Any tips or updates? Send 'em our way.

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2008 New York City Hotel Openings Preview

December 12, 2007 at 12:09 PM | by juliana | 1 Comment

Each year as little girls and boys around the world are behaving themselves in hopes of getting a sackload of presents under the tree on Christmas morning, we here at HotelChatter are culling together our annual New York City Hotel Openings Preview. This is where we take a look at what is on the horizon for tourists heading to NYC in the year ahead.

According to the NYC & Company, New York City will add 20,000 newly built and renovated hotel rooms by the end of 2010, with most of that happening in downtown and even in outer boroughs like Brooklyn and Queens. With so many rooms coming online in the coming years we hope it means that competition will drive prices lower for hotel guests. We are still skeptical of that happening and wonder -- with higher per room development costs (sometimes over $1 million a room!) and average guest rates hovering above $600, will 2008 be the year that Manhattan hotels see a developer pull back or a guest revolt? Probably not, this is still NYC.

So now it's time to rundown the most buzzworthy 2008 New York City hotel openings--according to us, of course. 2007 brought us plenty of non-starters and delayed projects, but dark horse Six Columbus actually opened to good reviews and $200/prices. So just remember as you read our predictions, anything can happen in the NYC hotel game.

Here is our 2008 New York City Hotel Openings Preview.

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2007 New York City Hotel Openings Preview

December 12, 2006 at 2:09 PM | by markj | 5 Comments

According to the NYC & Company, New York City is adding nearly 5,000 new hotel rooms to its current inventory of 70,723 by the end of 2007. That is a lot of hotel rooms, right?

Regardless, we have way too much fun following all the supposed NYC hotel openings, and once in awhile these places even toss us a bone and sell rooms for half price during their opening phase--yeah, that is still about $250 a night in Manhattan. So it is time to rundown the most buzzworthy 2007 New York City hotel openings--according to us, of course.  As always, these are scheduled openings, and scheduled can quickly turn into delayed or even dead projects.

Read more to get our prognostications on six Manhattan hotel openings HotelChatter will be keeping a watchful eye on in 07. We will update the story throughout the year as hoteliers open or delay their NYC openings.

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New York City Hotel Openings Update

September 5, 2006 at 11:19 AM | by markj | 0 Comments

An emailer asked us if we could give them the what's what on the current New York City hotel scene.  

Specifically, the emailer wanted to know what hotels have opened in New York City recently, or are scheduled to open soon.

So, here is our latest off the cuff list.  Don't expect comprehensiveness, but this is what we are currently following in NYC:

Back in December of 2005 we put together our 2006 New York City Hotel Opening Preview.

On that list, Blue Moon Hotel and Vikram's Night Hotel have both managed to get heads in beds, while DeNiro's Downtown Hotel and Loft Hotel Tribeca have both significantly pushed back their openings, though there is still a shot both will open by the end of 2006.

Pomeranc's Pomeranc's Six Columbus is supposed to open this fall, maybe even as early as November, but don't hold your breath. Downtown, Allen Street aka Thompson LES project seems to have started faster than anticipated, and the folks over there are anticipating a Summer 2007 opening. (More on Pomeranc World tomorrow.)

Oh, and there is this little place called the Gramercy Park Hotel that we might have mentioned in passing when it opened last month.

Here are the other new, or soon to open New York City hotels currently on our radar:

·   Courtyard New York Manhattan :: Opened July 2006

·   Holiday Inn Express in Brooklyn :: Opened August 2006

·   Hilton Garden Inn Tribeca
Behind schedule, but construction is going on at 6 York St. Probably not opening until sometime in 2007.

·   The Plaza :: Early 2007

·   Wingate Inn Manhattan
Currently selling rooms for June 27, 2007--now that is advance notice.

·   Hard Rock New York
In Fall 2007 we will know if this dingy Schrager hotel corpse can be saved.

Have more info on these places? Did we miss one? Tip us off, or leave us a comment below.

Related Stories:
· 2006 New York City Hotel Opening Preview [HotelChatter]
· Gramercy Park Hotel reviews [HotelChatter]