The New York outpost of the French hospitality institution has 97 keys, a spa, a gym, a movie theater and rooms that start at $1000 a night. / 6 comments
The 97-key hotel will have two restaurants and a bar on the ground floor, and they are taking shape. / 2 comments
The eight-story hotel on Desbrosses is scheduled for completion in April, ready for occupancy next June, with 97 rooms and three restaurants. / 4 comments
The eight-story hotel will be completed in April 2022 and open for guests in July 2022. Basic room rates will be $1200, with suites going for up to $50k...a night. / 10 comments
The loans are for sale, but the building is moving ahead; a badass at PQ; 87 Leonard sues its developer; Mariah's triplex digs on Franklin. / 2 comments
What's worse: living next to construction equipment and an open pit for years, or putting up with the noise of construction while you are trapped at home? / 14 comments
The hotels under construction at 86 Warren and 456 Greenwich cannot continue work, despite some action on Warren Street last week. / 6 comments
Plus the city changed the speed limit on West Street: it is now 30 as of Saturday!! and Gourmet Garage is sold to a ShopRite operator; the millions of dollars of art in BPC; a memorial to tourists eaten by wolves.
The partners developing the big hole in the ground at 456 Greenwich have accused the Ponte family and Related of plotting to ruin their plans for a luxury French hotel. / 6 comments
Plus, more local lycra from Lululemon; construction of the hotel on Greenwich begins again; Thames Street sees the light; tunes for the river from the Downtown Alliance. / 1 comment
Plus: Newsstand light pollution; more of 91 Leonard has been revealed; Japanese ceramics store on Crosby; making the best of a sidewalk-shed situation. / 3 comments
All signs point toward the hotel under construction on Greenwich being called Le Fouquet's New York, with an outpost of a famous Paris restaurant. / 1 comment
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