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Head over to The Informed Traveler blog and check out Mary’s article on the Jumeirah Essex House and their brand new renovation (pictures and details included of course).
The Essex building previously housed a St. Regis and Westin Hotel (they shared the lobby, but with different elevator banks), but is currently owned by Jumeirah.
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Our friends at Luxist.com just wrote an article on “The Lavish Plans For 75 Wall Street.” They note that the former office building of JP Morgan Chase in Manhattan will be changed from office building “to luxury condos and a hotel.” 75 Wall Street’s 250-room hotel will be part of the new Hyatt Brand ‘Andaz’ […]

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 […]