Where to stay when you leave.
5/08/2008 at 4:44 PM
Tags: Downtown Manhattan Hotels, Nobu Hotel, Robert DeNiro, Andaz Hotels, Hotel Hype, Condotels
We're giving up our half-hearted ban on Robert De Niro coverage now that he's got the Nobu Hotel in the works.
The Financial District property will be half-hotel, half-condo and include a spa and a Nobu restaurant outpost. (In case you can't make it the less than two miles to the Nobu in Tribeca.)
The NY Post has it that 77 condos will be up top--where they belong--and the floors below will house the 128 hotel rooms. The restaurant will be on level three. Rockwell Group will handle the interiors, while Moed de Armas & Shannon did the glassy facade.
Curbed notes that this is one of many new condotel developments in the FiDi, joining the W Downtown and the Four Seasons on Church Street. We'll remind you that the Andaz on Wall Street is also joining the club soon.
Related Stories:
· Just Say Nobu [NYP]
· DeNiro to Open a Nobu Hotel, Blacklist Probably Still in Effect [HotelChatter]
[Photo: New York Post]
by pbb
5/01/2008 at 5:32 PM
Tags: Robert DeNiro, Nobu Hotel, Hotel News, Hotel News Briefs, Gloria Estefan, Hilton Hotels, Hotel Spas, NYLO Hotels
There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.
Robert DeNiro must be a pretty confident guy. After just opening a hotel which shall not be named last month, he's going to do it again in NYC's financial district. The NY Post reports:
The "Raging Bull" star - who already owns several restaurants and hotels - will open a Japanese-themed condo-hotel complex in Financial District. His Nobu Hotel will offer condos as well as hotel rooms, a spa - and, not surprisingly, a Nobu restaurant.
The hotel on 50 Broad St. will have 140 units, half of which are condos. The hotel minibars will hold green tea and sake will be available from room service. And we assume, we're still blacklisted from this place too.
· Gloria Estefan joins DeNiro in that silly crowd of celebrities turned hoteliers. The Miami Sound Machine frontwoman will be opening the oceanside Coste d'Este Resort in Vero Beach, FL this June.
· The Borgata in Atlantic City has officially gone smoke-free. Tri-state area lungs rejoice!
· Hilton Hotels has partnered with French luxury cosmetics and toiletries company L'Occitane to redesign the hotel company’s full service spas, menu of services and spa product offerings.
· NYLO Hotels have broken ground on their third hotel. Located in Irving, Texas it will be called NYLO Las Colinas. NYLO Warwick in Rhode Island is set to open this July.
by juliana
