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Here’s what the hotel at 40 Nevins Street will look like! The rendering comes from Barone Management, who is partnering with CBCS Equities to build the development. Despite DOB permits specifying 12 stories and 182 units, Barone’s website says there will be 204 rooms and 13 stories. There will also be a full restaurant, a fitness center and conference facilities in the not-yet-branded hotel. It’ll be finished in third quarter of 2014. At a recent site visit we found construction equipment on site, but no actual work. You can see a picture after the jump. Meanwhile, over at 300 Schermerhorn, excavation work is well underway. That’s the 14-story, 247-unit Holiday Inn that should be finished by December 2014. Here’s a very old rendering for that one.
Two Hotels, Both by Kaufman, Slated for Schermerhorn [Brownstoner] (more…)

Demolition for The Hub is not the only interesting thing happening on Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Two empty lots are showing signs of life, and it looks like both will be hotels. The first lot, on the corner of Nevins and Schermerhorn, has signage up for a “Nevins Street Hotel” project. The DOB approved plans for a 12-story, 182-unit building last year before the site sold this January. Permits approved just last month maintain the twelve stories and the architect, Gene Kaufman. The developer on record is New York City-based firm Barone Management; the ETA is April of 2014. And over at 300 Schermerhorn Street, right between Nevins and Bond, a Holiday Inn is definitely confirmed. DOB renewed permits for a 14-story, 247-unit hotel this summer, but we weren’t sure if plans for the Holiday Inn still stood. Believe it or not, Gene Kaufman is listed as the architect on record for that hotel, too! Here’s the only rendering for those plans. The Mehta family, which paid $11 million for the lot in 2007, is still the developer and plans to finish construction by December 2014. A reader, who sent the photograph above, wonders, “Is this long-zombified block soon going to be breathing with life again? I hope so.” Click through for pics of the Holiday Inn site.
Downtown Development Site Sells [Brownstoner]
Permits Renewed at Stalled Schermerhorn Hotel Site [Brownstoner] (more…)

This news was published a week ago in Hotel Chatter but it’s worth repeating: Downtown Brooklyn’s Hotel Indigo, previously Hotel 718, is officially open. Last we heard, the hotel was expected to open this October. Here’s what Hotel Chatter has to say about the interiors: “The hotel boasts nice hardwood floors, room service, matching art on the walls and, of course, free WiFi. These are the little touches that you’ll find inside every Indigo… Size-wise, the rooms are pretty decent — and the bathrooms in particular have plenty of room, which is always good.” Rates range from around $259 to $599 a night. The article does not mention if the restaurant opened or not. The hotel came into the Lam Group’s ownership only a few months ago; they bought it for $31 million. That turnaround was quick!
Indigo Brooklyn Is Not A Stop On the Underground Railroad, but the Rooms Are Nice [Hotel Chatter] GMAP
Photo via Hotel Chatter