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Now that the confusion regarding the location of the Nobu Hotel has been cleared up, Braden Keil has the reveal on what the Financial District's Robert De Niro-backed luxury hotel/condo will look like—and surprise, it's another huge all-glass tower for our little island. According to developer Kent Swig there will be 77 "super-luxury" condos on floors 41 through 62, and 128 hotel rooms and 13,000-square-feet of retail space below. The Nobu restaurant will be on the third floor of the six-story transparent base. Moed de Armas & Shannon designed the curvy exterior of 45 Broad Street, and the ubiquitous Rockwell Group will be handling the guts. So! The Nobu Hotel, the W Hotel & Residences, the Four Seasons—can the FiDi really handle all of these hotel hybrids?
· Just Say Nobu [NYP]
· CurbedWire Special: De Niro's FiDi Hotel NOT at 50 Broad [Curbed]
· De Niro Jumps on FiDi Bandwagon: Nobu Hotel Coming! [Curbed]

One part of the Coney Island redo that might not get bogged down in political fighting and (possible) lawsuits until the some in the next decade is Steeplechase Plaza. The plan to create a 2.2 acre plaza around the iconic Parachute Jump moved forward yesterday with the selection of a EDAW and the Rockwell Group to create a design and plan for the plaza, which is named after the famous amusement park demolished by Fred Trump in the 1960s. The plaza could include an open-air stage, restaurants, a restored B&B Carousel, some amusement rides and, possibly, a skateboard park. (The rendering above is an early concept. Actual results will vary significantly.) A design for a pavilion was picked way back in 2005. Rockwell produced renderings of the city's latest Coney Island plan. The $4 million planning and design phase of the plaza, which is billed as an "entertainment nexus of the Boardwalk," will take about 12 months. As for the rest of the process, who knows.
· Firm tapped for Steeplechase Plaza [NYDN]
· Team Selected to Design New Coney Island Steeplechase Plaza [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
· Skating and Sailing Beneath Coney Wonder Wheel? [Curbed]

Thor Equities had its Coney Island Freakenspiele and Bizarre Bazzar. Coney Island V3.0, as released last week, has a 40,000 square-foot ice rink beneath the Wonder Wheel that would be used for "sailing" in the summer and a 350-foot-tall spinning column being described as "Brooklyn's Eiffel Tower" (sorry, Parachute Jump). Both Thor's version and the Bloomberg-Doctoroff-Burden iteration have a huge roller coaster looping through the works. Today's Post reveals that the Rockwell Group is behind the latest concept for a new 15-acre amusement park and retail area in Coney Island. Rockwell has had its hands in many New York City ventures including the warmly-received Pier 17 plan and the equally popular Burling Slip playground proposal. Sailing?
· Smooth Sailing at Coney Ice-Land Skate Rink [NYP]
· Coney Detail: Amusements in Middle, Tall on Edges [Curbed]