After Andre Balasz, the hotelier behind the edgy Standard, backed out of the deal for the Temple Court at 5 Beekham Street, the building will be developed by not one but two hot-shot hoteliers: A joint venture between GB Lodging LLC, which has worked on the Ace New York, and Commune Hotels & Resorts, the parent company of Thompson chain of hotels. Read More
Andre Balazs is not known for his quietude, having developed hotels the world over famous for their parties and celebrities—the Standard Hollywood has naked people in the lobby, the Standard Manhattan has them the windows. So it is surprising to hear the hot hotelier tell Grub Street that the new Standard East Village, inside the old, alien-looking Cooper Square Hotel, will be more “residential, more quiet—more introspective, if you will.” Read More
Yesterday we broke the news that downtown was getting its first ice rink, at the appropriately named W Hotel Downtown.
Well, it looks like there will be two rinks south of 14th this season, if not more. Curbed reports that the Standard Hotel is turning its patio into a rink, as well.
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Lodging blog Hotel Chatter today has compiled a preview of the "most buzzworthy" hotel openings for 2008 and discusses each one’s chances for actually opening on time.
Among them: The Cooper Square Hotel near Astor Place, slated to open this coming spring. Given neighborhood concerns and "rumored falling out between developers/hoteliers Gregory Read More
