NYC’s Largest Modular Hotel Tops Off
ByThe use of modular construction continues to pick up steam in the U.S. hotel sector, and citizenM Bowery Hotel in Manhattan is among the latest evidence of the trend. With the Rinaldi Group aboard as general contractor, Brack Capital Real Estate and hotel chain citizenM Hotel just topped off the 300-key lodging destination, which will be the largest modular hotel in New York City.
Construction of the 100,000-square-foot citizenM commenced in 2015 at 189 Bowery. Stephen B. Jacobs Group designed the hotel, and as noted on the architecture firm’s website, the original concept for the property was not centered on modular construction; it was originally conceived as a conventional, poured-in-place concrete structure before the developer decided to go in a different direction…
