What’s going on here? Z hotel to bring Gansevoort vibe to industrial LIC?

Ravel and this make less sense than the Comfort Inn and the ones in Dutch Kills… a bit of a hike to the trains for timid out-of-towners, no?

If you are going to succeed in a spot like this, which is possible, you do have to think big and create something that will have a draw of its own. If it’s spectacularly done, people will go despite the location.. in fact, the out-of-the-way industrial location adds novelty for example with the Dutch Kills bar. Which is also a very smart and forward thinking location choice. Beside, gansevoort is mostly patronized by Jersey-ites. This could be a destination for Long Islanders and maybe some of the WTB savages will go there instead.

Post-apocAlyptic. My bad. Clearly in need of more morning tea.

Yes, I do. Just clutching at straws here that, given the date of the article (pre-realization of economic downturn), this project might no longer have the financing to be completed. And that maybe, just maybe, this throwback was referenced as an April Fools Day joke.

The lunch buffet is key. As is the late-night hours. Totally weird place to hang out, though. And by weird, I mean awesome. The service is relativewly non-existant, however.

This Project is actually going to be a LEED Certified Green Hotel, one of my clients is a Green Consultant for them….

I doubt they will be getting $250/night in that location… at least not to start.

if you build it, they will come

But not when it comes to luxury condos in LIC. Look how many they built, and how many have not come.

Will the Z Hotel bar have hand cut ice? If not, I think the hand cut ice union might just have to put up the inflatable rat out front.

That hotel did pick a good location in terms of not having a single residential neighbor who might complain about drunk people ambling about the neighborhood at all hours of the night. It’s virtually NIMBY-proof.

where is my $15 drink?

#9 I’ll bet they OWN the land and building and the mortgage is Paid off….so with very little overhead…they don’t NEED to raise prices to Manhattan levels.

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I love 5-star. So cheap, hot, spicy and good!!