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Bond Noho Hotel Tones it Down, But May Never Exist

Among the many topics discussed by the Landmarks Preservation Commission yesterday was our old friend 8-12 Bond Street, better known as the on-again, off-again Bond Noho Hotel. The application before the LPC was to "amend the design of a previously approved seven-story building," and Curbed had a correspondent on the scene.

The LPC voted today on the redesigns of 8-12 Bond Street, also known as Benjamin Sleimani's Bond Noho Hotel. The commission's prior recommendations had been for the Bond Noho to tone it down a little and stop showing off, which Soleimani's people dutifully obeyed. New sketches of the entryway are downright bashful, leaving commission members confident that the reduced canopies over the sidewalks and "discreet" signage on the rooftop bulkheads "will not call undue attention to itself" nor will it "alter the character" of the neighborhood.

Or, you know, the whole thing could get junked. Massey Knakel has been circulating a listing for the property (which features the hotel rendering seen up top), with an asking price of $25 million. The property would be "delivered vacant which allows for immediate development to meet the ever increasing hotel/commercial office demand in New York City." The listing also points out that the buyer could probably get a residential rezoning if they so desired. Another boutique condo building? Just what Bond St. needs!
· Noho HotelWatch: Bond Off for Now, Crunch Crunched? [Curbed]
· Hotelier Assumes Noho Will Bend to His Will [Curbed]
· The Schrager Effect: Noho Readies the Cranes [Curbed]

Noho HotelWatch: Bond Off for Now, Crunch Crunched?

When we read these comments from Benjamin Soleimani, who wants to develop a boutique hotel on Bond Street, all we could think about was that scene in Anchorman when Brian Fantana leans over and says, "Take it easy, Champ. Why don't you sit this next one out, stop talking for a while?" In fact, it appears that's precisely what Soleimani is now doing. A Curbed tipster informs us that the attorney for 8-12 Bond Street has said the Bond boys are not proceeding with the current application for the Bond Noho Hotel, and will instead reapply after changes to the project and design, perhaps in January.

And in other Noho news, you of course recall the plan to turn the Crunch Gym building at 408 Lafayette (right) into a 190-room hotel. Well, a tipster who has been monitoring the situation tells us that Landmarks met last week and the hotel was on the docket, but records show "closed—no action" for both the rooftop addition proposal and the 74-711 application, which allows zoning variances for landmarked buildings. So, a delayed vote, or is it back to the drawing board with this one, too?
· Hotelier Assumes Noho Will Bend to His Will [Curbed]
· CurbedWire: Hotel Crunch [Curbed]
· CurbedWire: Crunch Getting Company on Lafayette [Curbed]

[408 Lafayette photo via PropertyShark]

Hotelier Assumes Noho Will Bend to His Will

We present the photo at right of the Cooper Square Hotel—which is actually more glassed-up now than in this slightly dated picture—because Bond Street hotel developer Benjamin Soleimani is about to enter a Cooper Square level of pain. Recall if you will, the CSH's epic liquor license struggles. Then refresh your memory on Superior, the new Public/AvroKO restaurant planned for 26-28 Bond Street, also denied a liquor license. Soleimani's plan for his building, called the Bond Noho Hotel, per the Sun:

He plans to pack it with a restaurant, a spa, a lounge, and a swimming pool on the roof with its own bar. On top of the 86 hotel rooms — which will go for between $450 and $1,500 a night — he is including a 5,000-square-foot area to rent out for parties.

Soleimani, a textbook masochist, added: "The hotel will be very cool, like the Gansevoort Hotel in the meatpacking district." Speaking of cool hotels, a Pomeranc weighs-in on the hotels destroying neighborhoods issue, saying the upcoming Thompson LES "will predominantly cater to people staying in the hotel, it will keep a serene atmosphere in the neighborhood." The next sentence? "The project, with which Mr. Pomeranc is aiming to draw 'Hollywood types, celebrities, and VIPs,' will also have 142 guest rooms and a swimming pool." There's nothing more serene than the shutter sounds of a thousand paparazzi.
· Nightlife Options Awaken Amid Hotel Boom [Sun]
· The Schrager Effect: Noho Readies the Cranes [Curbed]