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CurbedWire: Discount Tolls, E. Houston Hotel Opening, More

WILLIAMSBURG, LONG ISLAND CITY—The Toll Brothers are thisclose to trotting out Crazy Eddie. A reader sends along this, from a Toll Bros email: "we are offering $10,000 off closing costs when you purchase a new home at Northside Piers, North8 or 5th Street Lofts between now and Monday, October 15, 2007." Huzzah! So, which one will you be buying? [CurbedWire Inbox]

LOWER EAST SIDE—A trusted source passes along word that the boutiqueish East Houston Hotel will open on Friday. Fuck. Yes. Then again, we could get stuck with another dreaded "two weeks." [CurbedWire Staff]

TRIBECA—Everyone knows that Tribeca Space on Murray Street is totally screwed, and a Curbed reader wants to fan those flames some more: "I remember the inital post last spring about the weird second bedrooms (among other problems). Rumor is that the developer is being forced to recharacterize the second bedrooms as home offices (which requires a new submission to the AG). In addition, the is a rumor that there is a new tax problem. Looks like there will be no closings in 2007." And it continues. [CurbedWire Inbox]

TRIBECA, SOHO—We love long dissertations on property taxes, so here's one right now: "I've recently learned that a number of buildings in Soho and Tribeca have been hit with massive property tax increases (in the neighborhood of 100%). Apparently one of the factors the city is looking at in doing the assessments is how much rental income is going to the coop. Because buildings breaking the 80/20 rule have large cash payments from rentals run through the building, the city sees that rental income when the coop does the tax filing. Although the coop may be tax exempt the city is saying that the building itself is more valuable because of the increased rental income. BUSTED." [CurbedWire Inbox]

Two Weeks Until East Houston Hotel? Not Likely

A special Curbed tipster noticed that the doors of the East Houston Hotel were wide open yesterday, so she stepped in to snap this cam-phone shot. Soon after, one of the men inside asked her what the heck she was doing, before saying they'd be open in two weeks. Now, this hotel has been a long time coming—and we know how these things go for small LES boutique hotels—so we won't be holding our breath. But we like the EHH, as it's a little more restrained than some of its nearby competition. Developing...

One more finger-obscured shot this way. >>

Checking In With the East Houston Hotel

Right off the bat, sorry about the headline. But seriously, what gives with the East Houston Hotel? Sure the Lower East Side needs another boutique hotel like it needs a barge pool full of pee, but we've been waiting on this sucker for over two years, and Gridskipper's big reveal made mention of a February opening. Is this 6 Columbus all over again? Maybe, maybe not. A special Curbed phototipster—OK, it was Racked—writes:

I walked by the East Houston Hotel this afternoon and took a few pictures -- the windows were pretty well papered up, but I got a shot of what looks to be some mattresses stacked up in the ground floor lobby area. Seems as if some progress has been made in the past few months, but is moving pretty slowly. I liked the wallpaper visible through one of the second-story windows. Very promising.

Yes, we give props on the wallpaper, but can this show get on the road already? If the new-construction Pomeranc-on-Allen opens before the tenement-converted EHH-on-Eldridge, then our brains might explode.

Mattress evidence revealed! And a glimpse at the snazzy logo.>>