Real Estate
‘Trending’: Moxy opens East Village hotel
BY GABE HERMAN
The Moxy NYC East Village hotel
opened on Sept. 12, having
replaced fi ve old buildings on
E. 11th St. that many Villagers tried to
save back in 2016.
The new hotel is at 112 E. 11th St.,
between Third and Fourth Aves., across
from Webster Hall. Developed by
Lightstone, the Moxy has 286 rooms.
Lightstone worked with Tao Group
Hospitality to include other features
in the place, including Alphabet Bar &
Café; Cathedrale, a French-Mediterranean
restaurant; Little Sister, a lounge;
and a rooftop bar that will open next
spring. Cathedrale will feature a sculpture
called “Fillmore,” paying tribute
to the legendary Fillmore East concert
venue that was on Second Ave.
Other features include a series called
#SweatatMoxy, led by local wellness
experts, and morning meditation sessions
on the roof.
“Moxy East Village is multidimensional,”
said Mitchell Hochberg, president
of Lightstone, “a thrilling mashup
that lets people honor the past, experience
the present, and dream about the
future. We’re embracing it all to create
a true sense of magic.”
Moxy has 46 so-called experiential
hotels worldwide, including local ones
in Times Square and Chelsea that were
The new Moxy hotel, at right, is located on E. 11th St., between Third
and Fourth Aves., across from Webster Hall.
also developed by Lightstone.
The new East Village hotel and all
its offerings, however, came at the
expense of fi ve Beaux-Arts tenement
buildings from the late 19th century
that were razed to make way for the
new building. Local opponents charged
that Mayor Bill de Blasio and the hotel’s
developer had fi nancial connections.
Andrew Berman, executive director
of Village Preservation, which strongly
COURTESY MOXY EAST VILLAGE
opposed the project, called the new
hotel building a “monstrosity” and its
opening “no cause for celebration.”
Before the fi ve previous buildings
were destroyed, the city had ruled them
landmark eligible, Berman said.
“They contained scores of units of
affordable, rent-stabilized housing,”
he said of the razed row of buildings.
“They were destroyed to make way for
this hotel built by one of the mayor’s
main campaign fundraisers and supporters.
In fact, once David Lichtenstein’s
Lightstone Group purchased the
property, the city was no longer interested
in landmarking these buildings,
which it had previously determined
were historically signifi cant.”
Protests were held in 2016 at the
old buildings, at which Berman, state
Senator Brad Hoylman and dozens of
community advocates rallied. But ultimately
the project was green-lighted to
go forward.
“The last thing this neighborhood
needs is a huge hotel like this with lots
of bars, clubs and restaurants, housed
in some of the most banal architecture
seen anywhere in a long time,” Berman
said of the new hotel after its opening.
Berman also doubted that Councilmember
Carlina Rivera’s claims of
trying to limit hotel development in the
area will amount to much.
“She promised to fi ght for restrictions
on hotel and other kinds of development
in this area as a condition
of supporting the mayor’s Tech Hub
upzoning just a few blocks away from
here,” the preservationist said. “But
over a year after she threw her support
behind those restrictions, there
has been no progress, so the Moxy may
be just the fi rst of many such developments
here.”
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BY VILLAGER STAFF
As interest in Manhattan continues
to remain high, real estate
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The Setai Wall St., at 40 Broad St.,
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A one-bedroom,
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This two-bedroom at 161 Hudson St. offers incredible
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apartment at 12 E. 14th St. was
listed for sale for $1,250,000 on Sept.
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161 Hudson St., Unit 5C — Tribeca
A two-bedroom, two-bathroom,
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at 161 Hudson St. was listed for sale
for $3,950,000 on Sept. 9 by Corcoran.
This renovated loft in the heart
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The 1915 building is the former home
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Pearl Jam, Phish and Blues Traveler
played.
D’arte House, at 354 Broadway,
Unit 8 —Tribeca
A three-bedroom, two-bathroom,
2,793-square-foot condominium unit
at D’arte House, at 354 Broadway, was
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