The site adjacent to 80 South Street — where architect Santiago Calatrava was planning his staggered cube tower, before the recession — will become something quite utilitarian in comparison, Curbed reported. A Fairfield Inn, a division of Marriot, will rise at the site, at 30 Fletcher Street, near the South Street Seaport.
Just a block from the South Street Seaport historic district, the hotel will be designed by Peter Poon Architects, and should be open by 2013. Digging has begun at the tiny lot, which measures 32 feet by 93 feet, according to Curbed.
The heavily hyped Calatrava development, where units were expected to go for as much as $50 million, was cancelled in 2008, after none of the proposed units had sold.
The site at 30 Fletcher Street was a parking lot previously. [Curbed]