Trump SoHo now accepting reservations, probably

We were reading the following at BizBash: 2010 Preview: 10 of New York's Most Anticipated New Venues

And on that list:

8. Trump SoHo New York
The multimillion-dollar hotel project from the Trump Organization has been slowly rising in SoHo and, according to the most recent announcement, will open its doors on February 1. Beyond 391 rooms, the Trump SoHo will house the 190-seat Quattro Gastronomia Italiana, an 11,000-square-foot spa, and three bar and lounge areas. To top it off, SoHi penthouse is available for events of as many as 150, and the third-floor function spaces total more than 10,000 square feet.

So I went to the Trump site to see what was what. (Had already been primed via Curbed's, uh, primer). And, per the Web site, I saw that the hotel is now accepting reservations... And I went ahead and tried to make a reservation for some time next month to see what rooms would cost....and saw that NO ROOMS were available in February. (Those red x's...)



Sold out? Or just not going to be ready? (And I never could make any reservation for any time...And I tried on two different browsers...could have just been me...maybe just a temporary glitch.)

Anyway, here's a look at some screenshots from the site...







And is this Ivanka walking out of the spa?

And so we don't forget:
High school is rocked by Trump’s pile driving (The Villager)

Village Activists Decry Plans for Taller Trump SoHo (The Observer)

Deadly construction collapse at Trump building (ABC-7)

Trump Soho Is Not an Oxymoron (New York)

Trump and His Critics Square Off in SoHo (City Room)

Trump SoHo Project Is on Hold After Discovery of Human Remains (The NY Sun)

The Trump SoHo feature: All is well here! (EV Grieve)

Or you can let the Trump Tribeca Lighting Collection get you in the mood

Sorry about all the Trump stuff. But I was unaware that there was a Trump light collection...




It was explained this week in a blog post over at the Nova Lighting Store...

ELK's Trump Tribeca Lighting Collection takes its names from a billionaire business mogul and a chic downtown Manhattan community most commonly known for its celebrity denizens. It's no wonder then that these lights possess both elegant appeal and fashionable sensibility.

The fixture in the bottom photo runs $520.20.

Correction of the week: Trump is NOT opening a tiki bar at Trump SoHo™ Hotel Condominium New York

Ha! We love Scoopy for this one... in this weeks's issue of The Villager...

A Scoopy’s Notebook item last week wrongly reported that a ground-floor space in the new Trump Soho tower at Dominick and Spring Sts. is slated to be a tiki bar. Eve McGrath, a P.R. spokesperson for the project, set us straight. "First, the property is Trump SoHo™ Hotel Condominium New York," she said, regarding the edifice complex's proper name. Second, she said, "There is no tiki bar planned for Trump SoHo." In fact, according to an explanatory press release McGrath sent us, the spot will be home to a lounge named Bazaar, "created by the team behind South Beach's hottest nightspots, Miami-based restaurant and hospitality group, KNR… . Bazaar will be the place to see and be seen while enjoying impeccable cocktails and playlists by renowned DJs. Luxuriously textured wood walls have a split-face finish, with a simple polished dark charcoal concrete floor continuing the raw and rich design elements in this posh lounge designed by Rockwell." Maybe the construction worker who gave us the wrong information was basing his opinion on the "textured wood walls" with their "split-face finish," which probably look — we're just taking a wild guess here — tiki bar-ish. On the other hand, maybe he was just an "apprentice." Ka-ching!

Articles that I didn't get around to reading

A Very Trump Christmas: At home for the holidays with Donald Jr. and family