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In honor of a post on the Doree Chronicles noting that room prices for Gowanus’s high-end Hotel Le Bleu now start at $136 per night, we’ve put together a timeline showing the property’s rates (wished-for and real) over the past few months.

September ’07: Le Bleu not yet open; website shows rooms starting at $365
October ’07: Le Bleu GM says he’s confident people will pay $300-$500/night when hotel opens
November ’07: Hotel opens; rooms start at $306/night
December ’07: Le Bleu website shows rooms available from $270/night
January ’08: Rooms start at $136/night

Hotel Le Blah [The Doree Chronicles] GMAP
At Long Last, Hotel Le Bleu Opens [Brownstoner]
Hotel Le Bleu Reviews Trickle In [Brownstoner]


What's Your Take? Leave a Comment

  1. 9″22 – Nobody questioned how well Novo is doing.

    Your insecurity is showing.

    But hey, since you’ve got the Novo scoop, any clue on what’s happening over at Argyle? They seem to have stopped working weeks ago.

  2. “Over 70% of the buyers at Novo and Crest are singles under 35.”

    First off, that’s some might specific demographic info you’ve got there, wow.

    Anyhoo, good luck to Le Doom. Perhaps they have finally found the right price: ONE THIRD of the original.

    Can they make it on that? Can they last until the Avenue of the Fuglies blossoms into what it could be, given the necessary time, capital and political will?

    My bet is no. I could be wrong, but so far this has been playing out exactly as expected.

  3. I can’t even believe this hotel is actually real and not some SNL skit. A lux hotel on the Gowanus Canal. Steve Martin could play the unctious and shady front desk clerk and the short comediene with the doll’s arm growing out of her head could be the bellhop.
    I can’t believe somebody financed this.
    No wonder our financial institutions are facing a meltdown.