Why, yes, Ray...the "boutique" suites DO sound vaguely like dorm rooms... And while we're on the subject of dorm rooms, let's segue back to the concept of precedent. Specifically, remember the Penn Tower HOTEL that was built across the street from HUP/CHOP/Children's Seashore House? Despite the need for short term housing for the families of hospital patients, and despite the obvious convenience of being right across the street from the hospitals, Penn converted THAT hotel into offices. Now Penn's claiming that a hotel at 40th and Pine is needed to fill a demand for hotel rooms for hospital visitors, while simultaneously ignoring the fact that the demand was created by Penn's closing of a hotel right across the street from the hospitals. Long way of saying Penn has set a precedent for converting hotels to other uses once they've been built... And that other use is a possible explanation for the real reason why Penn wants it at 40th Street, instead of being on its new Postal Lands, where there would be as much land as is needed, would be closer to the hospitals, and would not involve fighting with the residential neighborhood. I think there has been some confusion over the two terms, and I wonder why the developer has not totally clarified the issue.
A boutique hotel usually has a small number of rooms and rarely has kitchens, whereas extended stay hotels tend to have larger room counts, predominately include cooking facilities, and may include efficiencies, suites, or multi-room suites. Typical of the boutique hotel on college campuses are those run by the outstanding local firm Inns of Distinction, Inc., headed by family friend and former associate Frank Reagoso. Two such campus based boutique hotels are Temple's http://www.conwellinn.com/ (22 rooms) and the http://www.hopkinsinnbaltimore.com/ (26 rooms) adjacent to Johns Hopkins University. You will note they are dramatically different and much more quaint and community friendly than our 40th Street project. Also locally, Inns of Distinction owns and operates a nationally branded Best Western boutique hotel http://www.independenceparkhotel.com/ I do know Temple solicited Inns of Distinction to operate their facility, rather than him approaching them. Ciao, Craig -----Original Message----- From: KAREN ALLEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: univcity <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 2:01 am Subject: RE: [UC] 11-Story Hilton Hotel > does anyone's magic eightball see how a hotel with a kitchen > in every suite, developed in tandem with penn's hub, domus, > stratum, hub II and radian (all touted in the dp as > alternative student housing) -- how such a hotel with a > kitchen in every suite could potentially be converted to > student apts/dorms if the hotel failed? Why, yes, Ray...the "boutique" suites DO sound vaguely like dorm rooms... And while we're on the subject of dorm rooms, let's segue back to the concept of precedent. Specifically, remember the Penn Tower HOTEL that was built across the street from HUP/CHOP/Children's Seashore House? Despite the need for short term housing for the families of hospital patients, and despite the obvious convenience of being right across the street from the hospitals, Penn converted THAT hotel into offices. Now Penn's claiming that a hotel at 40th and Pine is needed to fill a demand for hotel rooms for hospital visitors, while simultaneously ignoring the fact that the demand was created by Penn's closing of a hotel right across the street from the hospitals. Long way of saying Penn has set a precedent for converting hotels to other uses once they've been built... And that other use is a possible explanation for the real reason why Penn wants it at 40th Street, instead of being on its new Postal Lands, where there would be as much land as is needed, would be closer to the hospitals, and would not involve fighting with the residential neighborhood. > .................. > UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN > [aka laserbeam®] > [aka ray] > SERIAL LIAR. CALL FOR RATES. > "It is very clear on this listserve who > these people are. Ray has admitted being > connected to this forger." -- Tony West > "Ray's falsehoods are more sophisticated, > more believable" -- Tony West > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>;. = ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com
