{"id":1004157740,"date":"2016-11-01T07:50:39","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T15:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004157740"},"modified":"2020-04-15T09:20:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T17:20:13","slug":"gene-kaufman-designed-aloft-hotel-to-open-in-long-island-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/gene-kaufman-designed-aloft-hotel-to-open-in-long-island-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Gene Kaufman Designed Aloft Hotel to Open in Long Island City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By IvyLee Rosario, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>New York<\/strong>\u2014The Aloft Long Island City-Manhattan View, designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkapc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gene Kaufman Architect<\/a>, will open next month. The second Aloft designed by Kaufman, this 74,000-square-foot, 176-key hotel will be an eye-catching structure, with the 18-story building sporting a black brick fa\u00e7ade and central section made of metal and glass panels in two shades of blue that start on the ninth floor and raise up to the 18th.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004157744\" style=\"width: 204px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Aloft-Long-Island-City-Manhattan-View.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004157744\" data-attachment-id=\"1004157744\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/gene-kaufman-designed-aloft-hotel-to-open-in-long-island-city\/aloft-long-island-city-manhattan-view\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Aloft-Long-Island-City-Manhattan-View.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"582,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Aloft Long Island City-Manhattan View\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Aloft Long Island City-Manhattan View&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Aloft Long Island City-Manhattan View&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Aloft-Long-Island-City-Manhattan-View.jpg?w=582\" class=\"wp-image-1004157744 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Aloft-Long-Island-City-Manhattan-View.jpg\" alt=\"Aloft Long Island City-Manhattan View\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Aloft-Long-Island-City-Manhattan-View.jpg 582w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Aloft-Long-Island-City-Manhattan-View.jpg?resize=194,300 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004157744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aloft Long Island City-Manhattan View<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The hotel will also house the colorful WXYZ bar, the Remix lounge, the Grab &amp; Go snack bar, the Recharge gym, a pool, a 1,700-square-foot ground floor terrace and 1,500 square feet of meeting space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince I was a child growing up in Queens, I\u2019ve heard about Long Island City becoming \u2018the next big place.\u2019 Now, all these years later, I\u2019m proud to be doing a high-profile hotel in the heart of the area,\u201d Gene Kaufman, founder &amp; principal of Gene Kaufman Architect, said in prepared remarks. \u201cThe hotel has a dramatic design, skyline views, and is adjacent to mass transit connections. Sitting in the middle of what has become a red-hot, first-choice destination for real estate investors and travelers alike, this hotel is going to be a destination in its own right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The firm\u2019s interior design team, led by Natalia Todorova, created the hotel\u2019s interior look, and Nissim Seliktar is the developer of the project. Aloft Long Island City is the newest location of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwoodhotels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Starwood Hotels\u2019<\/a> international Aloft brand, which offers a modern, tech-savvy design for the youthful traveler looking for a social experience within a hotel. The brand has more than 100 locations in 30 countries.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Gene Kaufman Architect<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 18-story Aloft Long Island City-Manhattan View will offer more than 74,000 square feet of living and entertainment space to its guests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":746,"featured_media":1004157744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21782,21751,1600,21742,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004157740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-hotel","category-new-york","category-latest","category-northeast"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gene Kaufman Designed Aloft Hotel to Open in Long Island City - 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