The December 2nd debut date for Aloft Harlem at 124th Street and FDB/8th Avenue is just a couple of days away but now the hotel's website has removed that announcement. We've seen this happen a dozen times before so this highly anticipated opening may be once more delayed. Check out the Aloft Harlem site for details:
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Welll, by playing with the reservation function on the web site linked above, the earliest check-in date that it appears to allow is December 9.
ReplyDeleteThe site also appears to be running a "grand opening" promotion.
Has anyone checked it out physically of late? Is the bar open?
I just got off the phone with the front desk 212-749-4000.
ReplyDeleteThey will start receiving guests as of this Thurday the 2nd!!!
Great..so it is opening then? I passed by last night and it looked in tip top condition. All that remains is to tidy up the outside, remove all the fencing etc. Just hope they get a decent tenant for the corner retail.
ReplyDeleteWell, per H.C., it would seem the answer to Ulysses' original question is, "no."
ReplyDeleteBut we shall see soon enough...
I also wonder if the people at the Hyatt are watching this with a keen eye? Sold out rooms at Aloft combined with tremendous press could well be the shove needed to get that Hyatt project moving.
ReplyDeleteAnother little article about the Aloft:
http://www.lhotellerie-restauration.fr/journal/hotellerie/2010-11/Starwood-debarque-a-Harlem.htm
Apparently this is a soft opening with no reservations until December 9th.
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