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GFI Capital Resources is in the throes of sealing a deal with the Ace Hotel to open in downtown Brooklyn close to the Barclays Center. GFI Capital told the Commercial Observer that it has closed on a number of small properties on Bond Street near Schermerhorn with its equity partner, Spruce Capital.

An LLC buyer paid $2,000,000 for several empty lots on that corner, including 61 Bond Street, pictured above, in December in a deal that we suspect is related. Two other hotels are already rising on Schermerhorn, including an EVEN Hotel at Nevins and a Holiday Inn at 300 Schermerhorn. The president and CEO of GFI Capital is also a partner in the Ace Hotel New York, the one that’s located at 20 West 29th Street in Manhattan.

Do you think this would be a good addition to the neighborhood?

Ace Hotel Likely Coming to Downtown Brooklyn [NY Observer]
Photo by Nicholas Strini for PropertyShark


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  1. I will miss that Goodwill. We donate all of the clothing and accessories that we no longer need there, and it is the kind of place needed by a significant number of Brooklynites to shop for clothing they can afford. Anyone know when it may close, and if they will try to relocate?

  2. The downtown Macy’s has always been a dump compared to Herald Square or Kings Plaza. They really need to spruce it up, it’s like a 1980s version of a dying 1920s store in there.