General Manager Sam Calello said interest in the hotel was so great that he immediately booked several Christmas parties. Nonbusiness travelers can make reservations for weekends at lower rates. The opening comes during a waterfront development boom. There is about 6.5 million square feet of quality office space Downtown with another 2 million Square feet that will be ready for occupancy by next year, city officials say. With a growing waterfront business community, there has been a clamor for more amenities, including hotels and restaurants.
More hotels are on the way.
Hartz Mountain Industries is constructing a 14-story office building at 90 Hudson Street and has exercised its option to purchase 70 Hudson Street for another office building. City officials believe Hartz is interested in building a hotel at 50 Hudson Street. A 189-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel is expected to be constructed just north of the Pavonia Avenue PATH station on Washington Boulevard, and at Second Street and Hudson streets, land is being graded for construction of a 213 room Candlewood Business Suite Hotel. On a pier just off Exchange Place, Mack-Call Inc., owner of Harborside Financial Center, is proposing a 300 room hotel.