S. wrote: “I was getting my nails done at the new spot where Rainbow Nails used to be on Church, and I happened to glance over at the old Duane Street Hotel since I saw a lot of action in the window. I noticed the beds were being made and also saw people sweeping and cleaning the dust from the windowsill. Also, people were hanging out inside the Modern Bagels store. Have they sold the property to a new hotel? Or they making this place something else?”

The Duane Street Hotel, 130 Duane at the southwest corner with Church, closed in May 2021, and in its place came Sonder, the short-term rental company that serves as a workaround for Airbnb. But Sonder went bankrupt last fall, closing this location in November, and I thought the place was empty — but a quick google got me to OYO Rooms — an Indian multinational hospitality chain that operates leased hotels, homes and living spaces. The company’s website said they “empower entrepreneurs and small businesses with hotels and homes by providing full stack technology that increases earnings and eases operations.”

This location is called the Belvilla District 6 Formerly Sonder.

The company was founded in 2012 is headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. As of January 2020, it has more than 43,000 properties and 1 million rooms across 800 cities in 80 countries.

A room with a king bed for Tuesday was $166; for Saturday it is $435.