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New Theater District hotel will feature teeny little rooms
By adamg on Thu, 07/16/2015 - 5:54pm
The BRA board today approved a plan for a 23-story "microhotel" at the corner of Tremont and Stuart streets that will have 346 rooms of just 175 square feet apiece.
The proposed Marriott Moxy Hotel will rise on what is a small BRA-owned lot now used solely for large advertising banners.
Because of the lot's small size, the hotel will cantilever over Stuart Street. It will feature a rooftop bar and large-ish LED ad screens for that mini-Times Square effect.
Project details (6.5M PDF).
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Always wondered about that space
Anything is better than pavement and ads.
Does anyone know what used to be on this lot?
Its bee a vacant lot for as long as I can remember, and that goes back a long time.
Good idea
I stayed at the CItizenM in Amsterdam which had 150 sq ft rooms. One whole side was the window, so it was always light and never felt claustrophobic. In the lobby there was a nice bar, two communal tables for eating breakfast or dinner and a bunch of alcoves that felt like someone's living room. It was a much more social space than most hotel lobbies. I hope that they are planning to make the lobby/public space as fun as CitizenM's.
So this is ok?
But a Trump hotel is not?
Sure ...
Just like the previous administration allowed a Target but not a WalMart.
Believe it when I see it...
FFS, this thing has been going through different proposals for like 7 years now...
Cantilevered buildings should
Cantilevered buildings should be banned.
Don't sell the air above our public streets for private gain.
BRA Gain
The BRA loves these deals - they charge rent for our street to allow the hotel to hang over it. They don't get tax money -they have to do deals like this to fund themselves.
Future site of storrowings?
How high will the cantilevered section be above Stuart Street?
Looks like only the sidewalk
From the floor plans and renderings in the NPC.
Some dorm rooms at my college
Some dorm rooms at my college were about that size, and were the most desired rooms because they were for one person.
Later on, they crammed more students into the dorm and made them doubles.
I will not be surprised at all when it is explained to us
why those rooms still cost $500 a night.
This reminds me of the Seinfeld episode
Where people slept stacked on top of each other in a chest of drawers like "a Japanese business hotel".
Capsule Hotel
A business hotel is like this thing - very small room with a bed, a TV and a modular bathroom has the minimum space available for a shower, sink and toilet.
The "drawer" hotels are called "capsule hotels". Stayed in one once - absolutely disgusting - essentially a location to dry out after you've missed the last train home. The guy in the capsule below me had the radio or tv going after he passed out so I didn't get much sleep. Basically a horizontal locker room for humans (men only).
Pretty common in NYC and DC
I don't think I've ever had a hotel room over 250 square feet in either city. The one I'm in now is about as big as they get.
It isn't bad if it is properly designed. I stayed in one DC Marriott where my room was at most 150 square feet and it was so amazingly well laid out that it was quite comfortable.
Nice
the prostitutes in this area should be happy to hear this.
On that tiny piece of land?
I didn't think that lot was big enough to build on. Obviously they are running out of places to build downtown. Street View.
Cool. Curious how much a
Cool. Curious how much a stay would be.
The two POD hotels in Manhattan
Have similarly sized private rooms, in addition to shared rooms and rooms with shared bathrooms.
Interesting to see Marriott jumping into this segment of the market.
Are all these BRA approval press releases "strategically" coming out at the same time as the report calling the BRA a directionless, dealmaking shitshow?