What you see above is a rendering of the hotel planned for a lot on Degraw Street between 3rd and 4th avenues, a property that’s set to be the latest addition to the swelling Gowanus Hotel District. The architect on the project is Kutnicki Bernstein, and its developer, Alec Shtromandel, reports that “we will be commencing work in 8 weeks time, and should be finished in 12 months.” Before this one’s finished, the hotel at President Street and 3rd Avenue, which is now almost fully constructed, should be open. Meanwhile, work’s under way at the future Fairfield Inn site on 3rd Ave between Douglass and Butler. All of which is to say that it’s seeming likely that six Gowanus hotels (existing stock=Le Bleu, Holiday Inn Express, and Comfort Inn) will be up and running in a year or so. Three additional hotels, meanwhile, are planned for the neighborhood. Councilman Bill de Blasio has categorized the Gowanus hotel boomlet as something of a red light district in the making. Time will tell!
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