330 Hudson St. + 14-story addition (mixed use office/hotel)

[lofter1]

Office-Hotel Is Planned in Old Haven of Printing

NY TIMES (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/nyregion/11build.html?ref=nyregion)
By CHARLES V. BAGLI
September 11, 2007

A developer is striking a deal to transform a small warehouse north of Hudson Square into a 22-story office building and boutique hotel in the latest sign that the once gritty neighborhood’s links to the printing industry are fast disappearing.

Tribeca Associates and Square Mile Capital Management expect to close today on a 99-year lease with the property owner, Trinity Church, to take over a long-vacant eight-story warehouse on Hudson Street, between Charlton and Vandam Streets. The partners plan to begin construction later this month on renovating the structure and adding a 14-story brick tower on top, according to both sides.

The new $220 million building would feature high-end shops on the ground level, 10 stories of office space and a 171-room luxury hotel above. The top two floors would have floor-to-ceiling glass walls, a swimming pool and space for large events.

“Trinity took it from a printing district and made it into a creative, commercial office district,” said Bill Brodsky, a principal of Tribeca Associates. “With this hotel, we think we can turn the corner and make it a 24-hour neighborhood.”

From the 1920s through the 1980s, the surrounding neighborhood hummed with the sounds of printing presses and the smell of ink. But in the late 1990s, Trinity Church, the largest landlord in the area with 14 buildings, made a concerted effort to convert the factories into office space. Across the street from Trinity’s eight-story warehouse is 345 Hudson Street, a nearly 1 million-square-foot building that now houses MTV, CBS Radio, the Guggenheim Foundation, Penguin Putnam Publishers, In Demand and the Weinstein movie company.

Printers’ hangouts like Renato’s on Vandam and the Printer’s Pub at 480 Canal Street are long gone. And the church has named the area north of Canal Street and east of Varick Street “Hudson Square” to give the neighborhood a greater sense of panache.

The same trend has unfolded in the now chic meatpacking district and in the garment district to the north and in TriBeCa to the south, as the last remnants of Manhattan’s manufacturing districts succumb to foreign competition, rising rents and the unrelenting pace of luxury development.

Trinity is still hoping to attract more commercial tenants, as well as restaurants, night life and residents to Hudson Square, where it owns about five million square feet of space.

Carl Weisbrod, president of the church’s real estate arm, Trinity Real Estate, said the addition of “this luxury boutique hotel will be a valuable resource for these companies and is an important step in the evolution of the neighborhood to a true, 24/7 community.”

Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

[lofter1]

DOB (http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/PropertyProfileOverviewServlet?requestid=3&bin=1009746) lists this building as 324 - 344 Hudson Street / 67 - 77 Vandam Street / 78 - 88 Charlton Street

A PERMIT (http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobDetailsServlet?requestid=2&allisn=0001347975&allboroughname=&allnumbhous=&allstrt=) was ISSUED on 06/22/2007: HEREBY FILING FACADE AND MASONRY RESTORATION AS PER PLANS.

This site (http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showpost.php?p=134809&postcount=392) is on the western end of the block where the McSam hotel is rising at 66 Charlton Street (http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showpost.php?p=175727&postcount=34).

324 Hudson is the 8-story building on the right below ...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/66%20Charlton/CharltonHotel_07b.jpg

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[lofter1]

The low-rise yellowish building at center above (74 - 76 Charlton / 81- 83 Vandam) is undergoing a renovation, which DOB (http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobDetailsServlet?requestid=7&allisn=0001304807&allboroughname=&allnumbhous=&allstrt=) describes as:


CONVERSION, AND RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING FACTORY BUILDING TO AND EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT.
ARCHITECTURAL WORK. NEW CERTIFICATE OF Occupancy to be obtained

How it looks from the Vandam side (left below); the passageway from Vandam between this and 324 Hudson (right below) ...

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[antinimby]

Let's cross our fingers that they choose a good design firm and we get a good design to negate/counteract against that McSam foulness a few doors away.

[lofter1]

At the risk of getting myself whacked: I can say that this McSam Hotel at 66 Charlton -- being all black & simple and with some good sized buildings to the north, east & south -- is less offensive than most of that species and is hardly noticeable until you get right in front of it.

[lofter1]

Prayers Answered: 22 Mixed-Use Stories for Hudson Square

CURBED (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/09/11/prayers_answered_22_mixeduse_stories_for_hudson_sq uare.php)
Tuesday, September 11, 2007, by Joey

http://curbed.com/2007_9_340hudson.jpg

The centuries-old Trinity Church is kicking it into high-gear when it comes
to doing the Lord's work, and by doing the Lord's work, we of course mean
developing Hudson Square. The nabe's biggest landlord has been up to something (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/06/13/trinity_church_throws_a_teardown_party_on_canal.ph p)
on Canal Street, and now Charles Bagli reports in the Times that the church is leasing out
an eight-story warehouse on Hudson Street—which we're guessing is 324-344 Hudson (above),
but it's difficult because Trinity owns so freakin' much—to developer Tribeca Associates.
The plan is to build a 14-story brick tower on top of the warehouse, and turn it into
the mixed-use cocktail du jour: retail/office space/luxury hotel. The top two floors
of the 171-room hotel would have floor-to-ceiling glass, a pool and an event space.
Construction begins this month, God willing.

· Office-Hotel Is Planned in Old Haven of Printing (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/nyregion/11build.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=nyregion&adxnnlx=1189516697-H369EyYXewrNtey8xpZq1g) [NYT]
· Trinity Church Throws a Teardown Party on Canal (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/06/13/trinity_church_throws_a_teardown_party_on_canal.ph p) [Curbed]

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[BrooklynRider]

It's not McSam. Address will be 330 Hudson Street. It will be developed in the Ganesvoort mode. Tower design will draw from the existing base.

[londonlawyer]

It's not McSam. Address will be 330 Hudson Street. It will be developed in the Ganesvoort mode. Tower design will draw from the existing base.

I was not pleased with this development as I find the existing structure to be quite nice. However, your comment may be good news. Will the existing building be saved (a la Hearst) and the tower built upon it?

[lofter1]

I know the 324 Hudson project won't be a McSam -- I was referring to the SoHo Four Seasons McSam going up down the block.

And yep -- the plan is tor restore the existing 324 Hudson and build above:

... The partners plan to begin construction later this month on renovating the structure and adding a 14-story brick tower on top ...

[londonlawyer]

....

And yep -- the plan is tor restore the existing 324 Hudson and build above:

That's great news. Thanks.

P.S.: I concur re: the nearby McSam.

[antinimby]

Four Seasons has now hooked up with McSam?!! What the hell has this world come to?

[lofter1]

Ooops ... :o

Shoulda writ "Four Points" ...

Four Points by Sheraton Soho Village – 152 rooms
66 Charlton Street (between Varick and Hudson Streets)
Scheduled Opening: Fourth Quarter 2007

[antinimby]

^ whew!

22-Story Green Office/Hotel Planned at Hudson Square


http://www.globest.com/newspics/nyc_330hudsonst.gif


By Natalie Dolce
September 11, 2007 (http://www.globest.com/news/989_989/newyork/163938-1.html)


NEW YORK CITY-Developer Tribeca Assoc. has chosen Brennan Beer Gorman Architects to design its latest mixed-use office and boutique hotel at 330 Hudson St. A source close to the deal confirms to GlobeSt.com that the price is $220 million, and the deal--which was set to close today--will close "any moment now."

The 12-story boutique hotel will rise above the office building and will be one of the few Silver LEED Certified hotels in the US. Located in the downtown Hudson Square area of Manhattan, blocks away from SoHo, Tribeca and the West Village, 330 Hudson St. will feature the redevelopment of the existing historic eight-story masonry warehouse building into 292,000 sf of office space, 15,000 of retail space, and a 171-room luxury boutique hotel tower.

The source tells GlobeSt.com that Andrew Peretz and Robert Constable, both executive directors of Cushman & Wakefield, brokered the ground lease on behalf of the developer. Upon completion, the 22-story building will contain a 7,000-sf rooftop event space, rooftop pool, sky bar, signature restaurant, outdoor terraces, conference center, and a fitness center.

According to a release from the architect, 330 St. Hudson spans nearly 100 years of design: the high quality “bones” of 20th century construction coupled with the addition of the latest, cutting edge systems, design vision and amenities. Originally built in 1910, the existing palazzo scale warehouse building was designed by Charles Haight as a U shaped structure facing Hudson Street, featuring magnificent views as well as a significant courtyard at the building’s east side.

The release noted that BBG’s design renovation retains the original external structure continuing the courtyard’s role as an important iconic element. A meticulous restoration of the facade preserves the building’s unique New York design detail of the early 20th century.

"Rising from the historic building, the slender rectilinear luxury boutique hotel tower is designed to respect and compliment the style and proportion of the existing building, while simultaneously portraying its architectural difference," the release said. "Contrasting with the heavier masonry base, the new light-weight tower appears to soar out and over the existing eight-stories below. The tower is capped with a signature double height loggia that heightens the sense of ascension."

“We are pleased to help create a new benchmark of sustainable design integrating a highly design conscious attitude of historic preservation with a commitment to protecting our environment,” says Marc Gross, BBG’s partner-in-charge. Designed with optimal efficiency in mind, 330 Hudson features a completely new infrastructure package. Among the few hotels in the US to attain a Silver LEED Certification, its sustainable design features makes the building revolutionary in its scope of environmental consciousness.

Copyright © 2007 ALM Properties, Inc.

[BrooklynRider]

The original building will be retrofit to office space. There are major corporations currently in talks for the space - some that might be surprising considering their present locations in NYC. The lower floors will be office space and the 15 floor tower addition will be hotel. The top floor will be an oversized outdoor pool, party deck and high end bar. It will connect to the floor below where the nightclub will include VIP areas.

[londonlawyer]

The original building will be retrofit to office space....

This is great news. I was too depressed about the loss of this building to actually read the article. This area has a lot of charm.

[BrooklynRider]

BBG Designs Pioneering Green Renovation and Boutique Hotel in New York

Developer Tribeca Associates selected Brennan Beer Gorman Architects (BBG) to design its latest mixed-use office and boutique hotel at 330 Hudson Street. The twelve storey boutique hotel rising atop the historic office building integrates seamlessly with an architectural concept that transforms Hudson Square into a vibrant, thriving business environment and luxury destination. Setting a new standard for responsible sustainable design and environmental stewardship, 330 Hudson will be one of the few Silver LEED Certified hotels in the US. 330 Hudson Street will feature the redevelopment of the existing historic 8 storey masonry warehouse building into 292,000 SF of office space, 15,000 of retail space, and a 171-room luxury boutique hotel tower. Upon completion, the twenty-two story building will contain a 7,000 square foot rooftop event space, rooftop pool, sky bar, signature restaurant, outdoor terraces, conference center, and a fitness center. 330 Street Hudson spans nearly 100 years of design: the high quality “bones” of 20th century construction coupled with the addition of the latest, cutting edge systems, design vision and amenities. Originally built in 1910, the existing palazzo scale warehouse building was designed by Charles Haight as a U shaped structure facing Hudson Street, featuring magnificent views as well as a significant courtyard at the building’s east side. BBG’s design renovation retains the original external structure continuing the courtyard’s role as an important iconic element. Designed with optimal efficiency in mind, 330 Hudson features a completely new infrastructure package. Among the few hotels in the US to attain a Silver LEED Certification, its sustainable design features makes the building revolutionary in its scope of environmental consciousness.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=1394

[lofter1]

... the twenty-two story building will contain a 7,000 square foot rooftop event space, rooftop pool, sky bar ...

Wondering if that will be an indoor or outdoor pool ... :confused:

[BrooklynRider]

Outdoor

[bigkdc]

this is great news as they seem to achieve the oft dueling objectives of maintaining nice old architecture with neighborhood building....

[hudsonsq]

I always like this building, it is got a special charm. I keep wondering why was it not developed but left in such a bad shape everytime I walked by. This is great for the area, I can't wait to see what the neighborhood looks like after it is all done (trump, renwick developments, zinc......). Just in case you don't know, there is a great chocolate place next to this building.

[antinimby]

They need to get more streetlevel retail going if they want to enliven this area. I was walking down Hudson St. early in the evening one day not that long ago and it was like a ghost town.

[bigkdc]

They need to get more streetlevel retail going if they want to enliven this area. I was walking down Hudson St. early in the evening one day not that long ago and it was like a ghost town.

I agree. The area is dominated by furniture stores which are nice but generally dead after 5pm. There are plenty of empty spaces and things for rent but nobody seems to come in. The Home Depot that was going to go in the area would have been a huge help in driving traffic but oh well...

[lofter1]

This building is solid and simple -- utilitarian in the best sense.

It has some surprising original details, most of which are intact and in good shape ...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Hudson%20Square/330Hudson_01a5.jpg

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[lofter1]

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Hudson%20Square/330Hudson_02a4.jpg

It was hard to get a good clear shot through the doors, but the lobby and staircase along Hudson Street has a ceiling of what appears to be Guastavino tiles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guastavino_tile) ...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Hudson%20Square/330Hudson_02a2.jpg

The heavy cut base seems to be good thick granite ...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Hudson%20Square/330Hudson_02a5.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Hudson%20Square/330Hudson_02a6.jpg

The north facade ...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Hudson%20Square/330Hudson_02a12.jpg

The facade on the lower floors has been painted over, but seems to be constructed of individual cut blocks -- could it be limestone?

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Hudson%20Square/330Hudson_02a7.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Hudson%20Square/330Hudson_02a9.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Hudson%20Square/330Hudson_02a8.jpg

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[stache]

The facade on the lower floors has been painted over, but seems to be constructed of individual cut blocks -- could it be limestone?


More than likely -

[alonzo-ny]

Gotta love those old ads painted on building sides.

[antinimby]

HUDSON SQUARE BOOST

LUXURY HOTEL IS PLANNED FOR FORMER WAREHOUSE SITE



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January 29, 2008 (http://www.nypost.com/seven/01292008/business/hudson_square_boost_297071.htm) -- THE Hudson Square area has long had a fuzzy identity - north of TriBeCa, West of SoHo, and still associated in many local minds with its printing industry past.

In recent years, of course, the district's largest landowner, Trinity Real Estate, has created 6 million square feet of office space in buildings once used as warehouses and factories, and lured creative-industry tenants including Viacom.

Some say the neighborhood doesn't yet have enough hip amenities, but that appears to be changing.

Tribeca Associates, which netleased the 8-story former warehouse at 330 Hudson St. from Trinity last year, has launched a $220 million redevelopment that will yield a 22-story building shown on this page for the first time.

It will be topped with a 170-room luxury hotel and boast a 5,000 square-foot restaurant.

Tribeca principal William Brodsky said 330 Hudson, between Van Dam and Charleston streets, will offer a total 300,000 square feet of offices in the existing 8 stories and two new office floors above them.

"It could be the only opportunity in Manhattan for this type of product," Brodsky said - "a block of that size with the creative feel of a brick loft."

Cushman & Wakefield's Andrew Peretz, the project's leasing agent, said it was too early to discuss asking rents, but he noted, "We're dead-center in the midst of the new Hudson Square creative district."

The hotel, to be run by an operator yet to be announced, will be designed by Brennan Beer Gorman architects with inte riors by Yabu Pushelberg, the firm that also did the Times Square W.

Brodsky said office tenants could take posses sion as early as next January and the hotel will be open by the end of 2009.

Copyright 2008 NYP Holdings

[antinimby]

What an admirable project and a great example of "adaptive reuse."

Now, why couldn't that Moinian bonehead have done the same with the Newsweek building?


330 Hudson, looking north
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/9819/330hudsonlz5.png

[lofter1]

This one already has an existing thread:

http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/images/misc/paperclip.gif (http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/search.php?searchid=1261102#)324 Hudson Street / Hudson Square Office - Retail - Hotel Development (http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15089&highlight=hudson+square)

MODS: Maybe we should alter the title of the existing thread to say "324 - 330 Hudson Street" -- or drop the "324" and replace it with "330" :confused:

And this is what the plan looks like:

http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4831&d=1189606683

[lofter1]

MODS: Another thread has just been started for this development:

330 Hudson St. + 14-story addition (mixed use office/hotel) (http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16886)

Can the two be merged?

And maybe we should alter the title of this thread to say "324 - 330 Hudson Street" -- or drop the "324" and replace it with "330"

:confused:

[pianoman11686]

The addition looks very contextual.

[ablarc]

One building on top of another.

That's contextual?

[pianoman11686]

Well, contextual as far as additions go, I suppose.

Think of it this way: how often do we see a new building go up nowadays that basically looks like a slimmer tower plopped onto a fat base?

[antinimby]

lofter, you're right. They are the same proposal. I remember that one now.

I'll send a message to a moderator to have them merged.

By the way, I think the addition is not that great. By trying to be as contextual as possible, it actually ends up looking worse. If they had done a sleeky all-glass top ala Enrique Norton's One York instead, it would have been spectacular.

Isn't funny in this city, when glass is called for, they do something else but when glass is inappropriate, that's when they give you nothing but glass.

[NYatKNIGHT]

Merged threads.

[brianac]

Viceroy Hotel Headed to Hudson Street (http://origin.observermediagroup.com/2008/viceroy-hotel-headed-hudson-street)

by Chris Shott (http://origin.observermediagroup.com/node/36088)
Yesterday, 10:54 am

http://origin.observermediagroup.com/files/imagecache/vertical-teaser/files/viceroynyc_0.jpg (http://origin.observermediagroup.com/2008/viceroy-hotel-headed-hudson-street) Hotel Chatter

Hotel Chatter (http://www.hotelchatter.com/) is reporting that Kors Hotel Group will open its first Manhattan lodge (http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/23/94940/9916/hotels/Viceroy_Hotel_Coming_to_NYC_in_2010) on Hudson Street, under the Viceroy Hotel moniker, possibly as soon as 2010:
Viceroy's first New York City project will offer 168 exquisitely appointed accommodations set within the top 12 newly constructed floors of an office, retail and hotel complex being developed on a full city block at 330 Hudson Street between Charlton and Vandam Streets in New York's Hudson Square neighborhood.

The architects come from Brennan Beer Gorman, which also designed the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, W Union Square, and Gramercy Park Hotel.


© 2008 Observer Media Group,

[macreator]

Looks like the design has been changed for the worse. I much preferred the original roof design. I don't like how it is now so asymmetrical.

[lofter1]

Could the Title of this thread be adjusted to add the name of the project?

It's being developed by the Kor Hotel Group and will be called the:

Viceroy Hotel

[lofter1]

330 Hudson Getting Gutted for Guests to Come

CURBED (http://curbed.com/archives/2008/09/16/construction_watch_330_hudson_getting_gutted_for_g uests.php#comment-187681)
9.16.2008

http://curbed.com/uploads/2008_07_330Hudson1.JPG
330 Hudson, now gutted with columns running into infinity.

There is a corner of Manhattan, variously called Hudson Square or West SoHo,
that might better be described as Hotel Central (http://curbed.com/archives/2008/08/21/meanwhile_back_in_soho_the_trump_soho_at_street_le vel.php) given the recent inroads just
north of Canal Street. Those at the head of the onslaught include Trump (http://curbed.com/archives/2008/06/30/trump_soho_update_60_sold_limits_will_be_enforced. php)
(and friends), Sheraton (http://curbed.com/archives/2008/07/29/four_points_by_sheraton_touches_down_at_66_charlto n.php) and Hampton Inn (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/09/21/poon_all_over_manhattan.php). The development of the new
Viceroy Hotel (http://www.korhotelgroup.com/experience/newyork.html) by the Kor Hotel Group at 330 Hudson is an entirely different
situation. Here they're taking a 100-year old building that covers the west end
of the block between Charlton and Vandam and working the wonders of adaptive
re-use. Over the past few months they've cleared out the guts of the brick
and limestone structure. Plus, in the middle of the building, they've dug down
a story or two. Now the gang from Brennan Beer Gorman Architects is getting
ready to load in some steel and commence with a vertical enlargement, eventually
adding 12 new floors to create a brand-new mixed-use (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/09/11/prayers_answered_22_mixeduse_stories_for_hudson_sq uare.php) facility. What can be
seen now might be the best part: the bones of a solid piece of New York's
manufacturing stock, a collection of foot-square timbers, thick brick walls,
limestone detailing (http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showpost.php?p=186618&postcount=23) and Guastavino tiles. This stuff lasts.

http://curbed.com/uploads/2008_07_330Hudson2b.JPG
The Viceroy Hotel plan (insert) and 330 Hudson, currently under renovation.

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A new shaftway has been cut through concrete slabs.

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Digging down in the central air well to make way for the hotel foundation.

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The old interior now opened up.

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The corner of Hudson and Vandam.

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The inside of 330 Hudson, gutted and ready for a dose of adaptive re-use.

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Guastavino tiles line the ceiling of a Hudson Street staircase.

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A neighbor on Vandam Street, being demo-ed for a new project by Extell.

· Meanwhile, Back in Soho, the Trump Soho at Street Level (http://curbed.com/archives/2008/08/21/meanwhile_back_in_soho_the_trump_soho_at_street_le vel.php) [Curbed]
· Experience > Viceroy New York (http://www.korhotelgroup.com/experience/newyork.html) [Kor Hotel Group website]
· 330 Hudson St. - mixed use office/hotel (http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showpost.php?p=186618&postcount=23) [Wired New York]

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