Lights On, No One Home Quite Yet at Duffield Sheraton
The Downtown Sheraton, which along with its sister hotel Aloft next door we’ve been tracking closely since construction began in 2007, is getting close to opening. When we rode by a few days ago, the lights were on and the furniture was in place in the lobby and you could see the curtains and shades…
The Downtown Sheraton, which along with its sister hotel Aloft next door we’ve been tracking closely since construction began in 2007, is getting close to opening. When we rode by a few days ago, the lights were on and the furniture was in place in the lobby and you could see the curtains and shades in the windows above. The word we hear is that the launch should happen some time in May.
Development Watch: Aloft on Duffield [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Aloft Topped Out [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Aloft/Sheraton in High Gear [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Aloft on Duffield [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Downtown Sheraton/Aloft [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Aloft Hotel Starts to Take Shape [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 222 Duffield Keeps on Chugging [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Sheraton Hotel Fully Aloft [Brownstoner] GMAP
Duffield Doubleshot Halfway There [Brownstoner] P*Shark DOB
Development Watch: Duffield St. Hotels [Brownstoner]
On Duffield Street, Two Stories Down, 23 to Go [Brownstoner]
I WAS TOLD WE’LL GET ROOFTOP BAR ON EITHER THIS OR THE ALOFT. NOW THAT WILL BE SWEET…. HOTEL, LIKE THE MARRIOTT, WILLL GET VERY HIGH OCCUPANCY RATES RIVALING ANY HOTEL IN THE Northeast
Wonder what Brenda would Brenda suggest a flea market or something? Take your meds…
It’s a SHERATON Brenda, not a Four Seasons. It’s appropriate for that location.
Pretty funny Brenda, but how short are your legs? The Sheraton is about halfway between my office and BAM and I can get over for a movie in about ten minutes.
LOL brenda hahahah
*rob*
you really know how to show people a great time, Brenda.
Nobody gonna accuse you of being Pollyanna.
The guests, those lucky devils, will be steps from the alluring Fulton “Mall” for fine shopping and dining; they can avail themselves of what must be the only Macy’s with no virtually no front window displays and no perfume sample bottles (“because they get stolen,” I was told). For culture, if they don’t fancy the long, long hike up to BAM, they can nip around the corner to Willoughby Street to see the art installations gathering cobwebs in the empty storefronts of the doomed buildings left in limbo by the fiscal crisis. They can view the faded hand-made signs affixed to the crumbling townhouses across the street, attesting to their neglected history as possible Underground Railroad sites (well, except for the ones already demolished). At night, they can stroll the deserted landscaped spaces of Metrotech and imagine what it’s like on a weekday full of busy office workers, or they can repair to Junior’s for strawberry-and-mouse-topped cheesecake and mediocre deli food. Or they can try the local’s favorite: “Top Potato on Elm: Try Our Famous Roast Chicken.” Location, location, location!
Sheraton/Starwoods website accept reservations beginning June 24. A reservation for a night in late July came up with $179 a night.
half the new condos in nyc leave lights on in various apartments to make it look like people live there.
*rob*