1 Hotel Cleveland & New York

Andrew Calvo | June 12, 2008 | 0 Comments

Finally we’ve heard some word from 1 Hotels about an additional location for their 1 Hotel & Residences as well as a construction update on the 1 Hotel & Residences New York.

First, the 1 Hotel & Residences Cleveland.

The 1 Hotel & Residences Cleveland is on the right side of the curved building in the front

At first you may say – Cleveland? What’s going on in Cleveland? Why are they opening up a location there rather than, say, Boston, or Los Angeles – much more higher caliber and higher profile locations? Well, if you look into the development its being constructed in – it makes perfect sense!

Future location of the Flats East Bank

The Cleveland location is going to be the centerpiece hotel in the “Flats East Bank” which is a large mixed-use development that is being built on redeveloped industrial property on the Cleveland waterfront. The Flats apparently is a huge development that has gained a lot of attention during its planning stages. The Flats is being developed to be the nations first LEED-ND development, which stands for LEED-Neighborhood Development, which follows normal LEED Certification, but also combines it with smart growth on a much larger scale rather than one single building – it expands it to an entire neighborhood.

This is a perfect fit for the 1 Hotel brand because the cornerstone of the brand is it being a LEED Certified hotel brand – all the hotels will be LEED Certified, and the hotels are also being designed with an green environmental influence. What better a way to build the nations first LEED-ND certified development than by including the nation’s first LEED Certified hotel brand?

The 1 Hotel & Residences Cleveland will be a 16 story building with 150 hotel rooms and 50 condo units which will be located on the higher floors. There has been no word yet on when the hotel will be open – but since the entire development is scheduled to open in 2010, so I’d imagine the 1 Hotel to open up in 2010 or 2011.

1 Hotel & Residences New York

The 1 Hotel in New York City’s Bryant Park was one of the initial locations announced for the 1 Hotel brand back in 2006, yet the site which currently contains a parking lot has sat untouched since then. Every once in awhile I heard something like – it was going through the planning board, it had to be reconfigured to please the planning board, etc etc. Well it seems as though it is finally being approved and ground will be broken in August! That still leaves another two or three years until it can finally open – but at least there is progress!

Now if only they would update the 1 Hotels website!!

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