W Hotel Downtown
123 Washington Street | also 8 Albany Street | Financial District | built 2007
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- 2010
HGTV gives away a $1.5 million apartment in the W Downtown tower to a 21-year-old college senior
HGTV's Urban Oasis giveaway of 2010 put a furnished one-bedroom residence at 123 Washington Street up as its grand prize. Designer Vern Yip decorated the apartment, which was just under 900 square feet, and the package also included a new Acura ZDX. The winner, revealed on a November 20 television special, was Adam Venckauskas, a University of Central Florida civil engineering senior from Boca Raton, whose name was drawn at random from more than 15.5 million entries. His mother had encouraged him and his brother to enter.
Source: ucf.edu
- 2010
The W Downtown stacks a hotel under condominiums, with a residents-only deck near the top
Developer Joseph Moinian's tower splits its use by height. A 217-room hotel occupies floors 5 through 22, while 223 condominiums fill floors 23 through 56, and each part has its own lobby among the first four floors. The 57th floor holds an observation deck for residents, and a terrace on the 58th looks over Lower Manhattan. Graft's Los Angeles office handled the interiors.
“…divided between a 217-room hotel, on floors 5-22, and 223 luxury residential condominiums, on floors 23-56, with lobbies for both on floors 1-4…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2010
The W Hotel Downtown opens in a 58-story Gwathmey Siegel tower
Developer Moinian Group opens the W New York Downtown hotel on August 18, 2010, in a 58-story tower designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, with interiors by Graft's Los Angeles office. The building holds a 217-room hotel on floors 5 through 22 and 223 condominiums on floors 23 through 56. A residential observation deck sits on the 57th floor and a terrace on the 58th.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2020
The W Hotel closes its doors amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Citing the COVID-19 pandemic, the W Hotel Downtown announces in July 2020 that it will close its hotel operations on October 13, 2020. The building's residential condominiums, occupying the tower's upper floors, remain open and operational even as the hotel portion shuts down.
Source: Wikipedia
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