According to a new NY Sun article from April 19th - which HotelChatter alerted us to, a “developer has proposed building a 90-plus-story hotel near the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.” If built as planned, rising 980 feet, this hotel would be the nation’s tallest. Three different development firms are fighting for the state contract to build the structure at 35th Street and Eleventh Avenue, and the proposals range from 1,200 to 1,300 room hotels. Last year, New York approved the expansion of the Javits Center for an additional 340,000 square-feet and the hotel is just one part of the planned expansion.

Read the full NY Sun article here.