When we last looked at the coming-soon high-rise at the corner of Hester and the Bowery last October...there wasn't much progress to report...
...and the 108-room Wyndham Garden Hotel, expected to open in 2010 (according to a Wyndham press release), didn't seem popular with everyone...
In any event, the site is showing signs of life...
For further reading:
LES hotel saturation: A map (BoweryBoogie)