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special feature

new york

By Alia Akkam, JoAnn Greco, Kathleen Kervin,
Alissa Ponchione, and Stacy Shoemaker Rauen
Photos courtesy of the featured hotels

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EMPIRE
EXPANSION
Hotel development isn't slowing in the city
that never sleeps

The numbers speak for themselves. According
to Bruce Ford of Lodging Econometrics, New
York currently has 210 hotels in the new
construction pipeline, totaling 33,875 rooms
(it's the only city with more than 30,000 rooms
projected; the next six markets are looking at
more than 20,000). Last year alone, 25 hotels
with 4,332 rooms made their debut in New York,
and as of August of this year, an additional 17
hotels have opened (that's 2,756 keys) with 21
more hotels scheduled by the end of the year.
And 2016 may be a record-breaking year if all
goes as planned, with another 59 hotels for
almost 8,000 rooms. As might be expected, they
range from a few very exclusive brands to a host
of offerings from major companies like Hyatt,
Hilton, and Marriott.
On the heels of the Park Hyatt and Baccarat
openings come several other much-anticipated
luxury offerings. There's the 190-key SLS New
York on Park Avenue South with interiors by
Philippe Starck, which is planned to be the sbe
brand's fourth outlet and pegged to open next
summer. Also promised next year, the second
U.S. location by Spanish brand RIU, a new-

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1+2. Renderings of
public spaces in the
190-key SLS New York,
designed by Philippe
Starck and set to open
next summer.

3. Designed by GKA,
Choice Hotels' 135room Cambria Suites
recently debuted in
Chelsea.

build in Times Square with 600-plus rooms
featuring "elegant, avant-garde décor." And the
city's second Four Seasons Hotel, developed
by Silverstein Properties with 185 keys and 157
private residences, will be located in 30 Park
Place, a slender, 82-story tower designed by
Robert A.M. Stern Architects.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. In
terms of lifestyle offerings, there's Virgin Hotels'
New York debut, a 400-room new-build in
the ever-popular NoMad neighborhood, with
architecture and interiors from VOA Associates;
a first and second locale for the Marriott-Ian
Schrager Edition, the latter which will offer
452-rooms in Times Square; and the 370-room
Public, another Schrager brand, in a SoHo newbuild by Herzog & de Meuron.
The second, and perhaps hottest, New
York hospitality trend: the explosion of the
hotel scenes in Brooklyn and Queens. The
former remains especially in demand, with
development focused on central locales like
downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights-
including the 195-key 1 Hotel in tony Brooklyn
Bridge Park, developed in partnership with

Toll Brothers-as well as trendy Williamsburg,
where for instance, London brand the Hoxton
is making its U.S. debut. Also Queens-always
well stocked with airport hotels-is gaining
ground in the boutique arena, particularly in the
environs of Long Island City.
Unsurprisingly, the big players are using
the city for both their new brands and a testing
ground for innovative concepts for their staples.
Wyndham Hotels just opened its second TRYP,
a 336-room property in Times Square; Hyatt
Hotels recently debuted its property in Herald
Square (among others) with a Garment Districtinspired design by Edgewater, New Jersey-based
VLDG; and Choice Hotels' 135-room Cambria
Suites debuted in Chelsea, where local designer
GKA took cues from its location in the flower
district, infusing public spaces with oak plank
flooring, mirror mosaics, bronze-tinted glass,
and several wall hangings of abundant jeweltoned blossoms in bloom by artist Liora Manne.
Including all that New York has to offer is
nearly impossible, but here's a look at some of
the latest and greatest-and what's to come.
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