Another Hotel for Duffield Street
We told you about the demolition of 231 Duffield Street, thought to be one of the houses with a connection to the Underground Railroad, back in March. Now, courtesy of the Brooklyn Eagle, we know what’s slated to rise on the site: V3 Hotels, which is already putting up a 24-story hotel next door at…
We told you about the demolition of 231 Duffield Street, thought to be one of the houses with a connection to the Underground Railroad, back in March. Now, courtesy of the Brooklyn Eagle, we know what’s slated to rise on the site: V3 Hotels, which is already putting up a 24-story hotel next door at 237 Duffield, will also build a 19-story hotel at Number 231. The new project, designed by Thomas O’Hara, will have 130 rooms and cost $20 million to build. The V3 hotels are across the street from the Sheraton/Aloft combo across the street. Hotel row!
Downtown Brooklyn To Get Another New Hotel [Brooklyn Eagle]
231 Duffield RIP [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark DOB
Demolition of 231 Duffield Street Begins [Brownstoner]
This just in from Crains: Starwood hotels just got downgraded. They are the ones building the two hotels across from the Abolitionist homes. See
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20090708/FREE/907089995
Filmer – that my friend is called a double dip, but in Brooklyn those who pass the green look the other way.
I’m no architect, but a 130 room hotel won’t fit on just that patch of land.
When I saw the Brooklyn Eagle article, I thought it was a couple months old. The rumors that I have heard tell me that V3 lost its financing months ago, which is probably why 237 Duffield has been sitting abandoned for so long. I spoke with someone who claimed to be working on the design concept for 231 Duffield, and he said that nothing is happening- maybe the only real news is that they hired Thomas O’Hara.
Filmmer, I’m not quite sure what you are getting at (re: Greg Atkins).
What I found interesting in the Brooklyn Eagle article was the fact that they said that the project would be “self financed”
Is there really this much demand for hotels?
Maybe they’re anticipating a huge demand for tourists who will want to watch the Atlantic Yards Arena get built…
is anyone else even slightly uncomfortable with the fact that Greg Atkins, director of development for the project, was formerly Marty Markowitz’s chief of staff- during the downtown rezoning.