By Scott Baltic, Contributing Editor<\/i><\/p>\n
The Carlton Group, of New York, has arranged a $100 million pre-development loan for a hotel and condominium project on Manhattan\u2019s Lower East Side, the CRE investment banking firm announced late last week.<\/p>\n
Carlton reportedly accessed a balance sheet lender that provided proceeds in excess of the development partnership\u2019s purchase price, with a capital cost of about 7 percent. The company characterized this pricing as \u201cexcellent given this was a high-LTV land transaction, with no pre-sales and an independent flag.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carlton Group did not respond to requests for further information, but it looks like a safe bet that the project in question is the prospective Public Hotel and condos being developed at 215 Chrystie St. by a joint venture of Ian Schrager and Steven Witkoff.<\/p>\n
According to recently filed zoning documents reported on by ny.curbed.com, the 28-story building will have 367 hotel rooms on the first 17 floors, topped by 11 residences on levels 19 through 26. The architect is Beyer Blinder Belle, of New York and Washington.<\/p>\n
Schrager currently operates one Public Hotel, in Chicago, and reportedly plans two more, both in New York: the one on Chrystie Street and one on the far West Side, according to the New York Post.<\/p>\n
The nascent chain\u2019s website describes the Public Hotel concept as taking the best from luxury, boutique and select-service hotels to create a new genre of hotel that provides \u201cessential\u201d services and spacious rooms at an affordable price. The Public Chicago\u2019s rooms are described as being decorated in \u201ca soothing, \u2018no color\u2019 color palette\u201d that evokes \u201ca sense of ease and comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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