Exterior work is getting closer to completion on the Aloft Hotel at 132 West 28th Street, a 32-story tower in the Midtown, Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea. Designed by Peter Poon Architects and developed by Frank Ng, the 326-foot-tall structure will yield 203 guest rooms. The site is located between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in the Flower District.
With the main northern elevation substantially clad, work is now shifting to covering up the concrete and cinderblock walls on both the eastern and western sides of the hotel. We spotted a scaffolding rig on the top of the western profile near the mechanical extension and roof parapet. Below is the opaque gray paneling, and only a small upper section is awaiting installation. The eastern profile will repeat the use of this enclosure. The ground floor along West 28th Street will be the final exterior section to be completed, and we could likely see the sidewalk scaffolding taken down sometime this summer. Interior work should likely be well under way at this point.
132 West 28th Street. Photo by Michael Young
132 West 28th Street (left). Photo by Michael Young
132 West 28th Street. Photo by Michael Young
132 West 28th Street. Photo by Michael Young
132 West 28th Street. Photo by Michael Young
132 West 28th Street. Photo by Michael Young
132 West 28th Street. Photo by Michael Young
132 West 28th Street. Photo by Michael Young
132 West 28th Street. Photo by Michael Young
Guest amenities for the Aloft Hotel include a fitness center, a ground-floor bar and lounge, an outdoor terrace on the second floor, and a business center on the third floor. 132 West 28th Street is one of the hotel chain’s newest locations in New York City, along with a Financial District location underway at 50 Trinity Place. The closest subways are the 1 train at West 28th Street and Seventh Avenue and the R and W trains at Broadway.
No completion date has been announced for 132 West 28th Street, though YIMBY estimates that work could wrap up by the end of this year.
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“Visual Blight on 28”!
What a travesty, to have these
two towers sandwich the smaller building with MORE architectural detailing (including the fire escapes) than both of these
“fingers” combined! ?
Dear Gawd, can someone please fix this building code requirement for hotels to be set back from the street wall.
For real… it’s awful.
The worst thing is it exposes parts of these buildings that were CLEARLY supposed to be hidden. The least you can do is allow the devs to build the street wall back once the demolition is done.
To be honest, I think this building looks pretty good. I especially like the intriqute glass design.
Thomas, it’s ‘intricate’
not intriqute…oy.
I noticed that after I posted the comment. I am sorry.
what a disaster AND ANOTHER SOON TO BE HOMELESS SHELTER
PLEASE HELP NYC STOP THESE HOTELS/SHELTERS FROM BEING BUILT
Well, it’s better than the one next to it