Hotel Le Bleu Opening Still Stalled
Guests are going to have to wait a little longer to check into Hotel Le Bleu, the first boutique hotel to grace the banks of the Gowanus Canal. A booking agent told us they’re not accepting reservations until October 1st, but when we swung by yesterday, Le Bleu’s manager said there was a possibility it…
Guests are going to have to wait a little longer to check into Hotel Le Bleu, the first boutique hotel to grace the banks of the Gowanus Canal. A booking agent told us they’re not accepting reservations until October 1st, but when we swung by yesterday, Le Bleu’s manager said there was a possibility it would open within the next couple of weeks. (The city still has to do final inspections on the property.) The delay is the latest in a series for the hotel, which was originally scheduled to open on July 9th. According to Newyorkology, rates were starting at $280 back when it was scheduled to open in early summer; Le Bleu’s website now shows them beginning at $365. Le Bleu’s manager told us the original rates reflected the summer season, and that fall prices were always going to be in the $350-$400-a-night ballpark. While we’re really excited about a luxe hotel opening in Gowanus (check out the photo on the jump—the Andres Escobar-designed interiors are, dare we say, kinda sexy), the rates seem increasingly detached from reality. Think there’s a possibility Le Bleu’s going to end up in the red?
Hotel Le Bleu Website GMAP
Hotel le Bleu Delays Opening Again [Newyorkology]
Here’s a tidbit. *If* the hotel tanks and gets a hardship exemption to go residential–that block is zoned for PS 321, even though it’s on the west side of 4th Avenue.
Well, I don’t know about you “slick”, but for folks like my parents, the difference between $218 for the Holiday Inn on Union and $359 for Hotel Le Bleu is significant. And as someone else noted, I think the peekaboo bathroom would be a turnoff. They’ll opt for the cheaper room at the Holiday Inn. Or spend $300+ and stat in Manhattan. Then again, they aren’t the target audience for a boutique hotel. On the other hand, this is truly not the location for a boutique hotel. Maybe in 10 years when the transformation of Fourth Avenue has progressed a bit further or been declared a failed notion.
Have you guys seen the prices the Holiday inn is getting?
Last time I checked it was $200+/night. A few extra $$$ for a decent hotel seems reasonable to me.
from the hotel’s website: “hotel le bleu is ideally situated near Prospect Park, M, R, F, 9th Street & 4th Ave subway lines, Grand Army Plaza, and the Brooklyn Bridge.”
near the Brooklyn Bridge? 3-4 miles away is “near”? the park and gap aren’t exactly across the street, either.
Hotel this worthless Atlantic will built once Yards be is the.
Hotel le Doom. I love the total disconnect between the fantasy tree-dotted image on the official website, and the utter wastelend that is the current reality of that stretch of 4th Avenue. They should install a webcam just to catch the cretfallen faces of customers as they get out of the cab.
Not insane. Realistic.
um. if they don’t get those rates, they’ll lower them.
are you people insane? or just so pessimistic that you are unable to see two feet in front of you?
you act as if you wish the place will tank.
SOHO GRAND!