Sneakers Out, Minibars in at 237 Duffield Street
The design for a Gene Kaufman-designed hotel on the west side of the street, across from the Underground Railroad houses, has been in the public domain for several months. Until now, though, we hadn’t seen any plans for the hotel on the east side of the street just to the south of the Underground Railroad…
The design for a Gene Kaufman-designed hotel on the west side of the street, across from the Underground Railroad houses, has been in the public domain for several months. Until now, though, we hadn’t seen any plans for the hotel on the east side of the street just to the south of the Underground Railroad houses. This rendering of a 22-story, 107-room hotel to replace the VIM store at 237 Duffield Street recently just popped up on the Karl Fischer website. According to the site, the 108,000-square-foot building is scheduled to cost $40 million and be completed in 2008. That timeline seems a stretch given that there’s not even an application for demolition listed on the DOB website. Anyone know anything more? Is this just in suspension while the city flexes its eminent domain muscles?
GMAP P*Shark DOB
You could lose 10 sneaker stores on the Fulton Mall and still have another 10 in which to buy your shoes. I get my 3-packs of whitey-tighties at Century21 these days anyhow. So long, VIM.
“is this the beginning of the end as we know it of the fulton mall??
I certainly hope so.
is this the beginning of the end as we know it of the fulton mall? Will the whole place now get developed.
I recall reading a story about a year ago that stated that the retailers selling sneakers, cell phones and grills pay very high rents (because the traffic is good). would new development push retail rents even higher and push these guys out? If so, where the hell am I going to get my Air Force 1s?