Glassing Up Grand Street

Grand Street is definitely getting glassed. Brack Capital has thrown up the first rendering of its Grand Street Hotel and we are happy to share it with you. The project will bring an additional 114 rooms to the neighborhoods, complete with restaurant, bar and space space. If you would please direct your attention to the roof, you can clearly see a space designed for the rooftop pool. All righty then.

Bonus Tip: Brack has recently signed a deal to do a second downtown hotel project. More details to follow.

Quick Hits: 50 Flips Out, Grand Street Hotel, Prada Party

Wrapping up the week with another killer edition of Quick Hits. Got a hit? Feel free to hit us.

1.Speaking of the VMA's, we just got our invite to 50 Cents Vitamin Water, Absolut Vodka VMA party in Vegas. If we had any clue how to work this thing, you would be seeing video of the flipping. We try.

UPDATE: We took it Lo-Fi, you can see still motion capture of all of the invite goodness. We are so handy.

2. More adventures in How to Name a Hotel. A Little Birdy checks in with an update from the new glass number going up on Thompson Street, saying, "the hotel in Soho from Brack Capital is going to be called the Grand Street Hotel. $200 million budget, 200 rooms." At least the guests won't get lost when they tell the cabbies where to drop them off.

3. Not tired of Fashion Week yet? Tonight is the big Prada party at their flagship store in Soho, and we hear that oh so super cool and oh so can you please play our Fashion Week party band LCD Soundsystem will be performing. Have fun kiddies.

Blogging for a Flogging: Brack vs Brock

A Friday Flogging? It's a rough way to start the weekend but it has to be done. Even though that new glassy hotel on Thompson Street is definitely a go (barring the collapse of the financial markets of course), it seems we got the developer wrong. A Little Birdy who just loves to dish out punishment says, "The developers are Brack Capital Real Estate, not Brock Capital Group (whoever they are)...I got this straight from another hotel-industry source." And we got it straight from you. Still no renderings though. Now if you'll excuse us, we need to find an ice pack.