A 192-key Marriott Fairfield designed by Gene Kaufman Architect (GKA) will open this summer at 100 Greenwich Street in Lower Manhattan.
The 75,000-square-foot hotel will be adjacent to several low-rise buildings along Greenwich Street. Matching the neighborhood’s scale, the new hotel has a five-story black granite base housing junior suites and a 2,400-square-foot ground-floor restaurant/bar.
The hotel’s 25-story tower uses air rights that were part of a zoning lot assemblage. The assemblage includes a previously completed 50-story Holiday Inn, also designed by GKA, diagonally behind the Fairfield at 99 Washington Street.
Said Gene Kaufman, Founder and Principal of Gene Kaufman Architect: “The new Fairfield Inn builds on the other Fairfield Inns we’ve designed in Manhattan as well as our other Financial District hotels. It’s not only a tried-and-true model, but it may also surpass its predecessors.”
The interiors have been designed by VLDG. The developer is Sun Moon LLC.
Gene Kaufman Architect has a well-earned reputation in the real estate and private development arenas for high-caliber, high-impact designs that are innovative and highly efficient. For nearly 30 years, Principal Gene Kaufman and his team have cultivated strong, collaborative relationships with some of New York City’s most active developers, helping them to realize substantial bottom-line results through thoughtful design. Known as a hospitality designer par excellence, the firm also has a significant portfolio of commercial, educational and institutional commissions; residential projects; and urban developments, notably multi-family residences and adaptive-reuse projects. GKA’s special expertise in the niche areas of zoning, land-use changes, variances, urban planning and historic restoration is a critical resource for clients. In 2011, GKA joined forces with Gwathmey Siegel + Associates, the architecture practice of the celebrated modernists Charles Gwathmey, who died in 2009, and Robert Siegel. The resulting firm, Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman & Associates Architects (GSKA), works collaboratively with GKA to provide clients with the full spectrum of architectural services. For more information, visit www.gkapc.com.
