Hotel Bond

[Whaler0718]

Hahaha, I mean it's clearly never opening as a Homewood Suites.

[Luca Brasi]

A cookie cutter hotel like a Homewood Suites could be built in a year or less. The city should put an end to this game.

[HartfordTycoon]

A cookie cutter hotel like a Homewood Suites could be built in a year or less. The city should put an end to this game.

[Theophrastus Bombastus]

Agreed. That is certainly a fact.

[beerbeer]

The deal is the developer NEVER wants to run a hotel, he is spending just enough money to keep the city from throwing him out, while he waits for a buyer.

[Theophrastus Bombastus]

Frikkin' finally.

http://www.courant.com/news/custom/topnews...hc_tab01_layout

Now, the management of the Asylum Street property insists that it will open as a 116-suite hotel on Nov. 8 after $5 million in renovations that took four years to complete.

What: Renovated 12-story, 116-suite extended-stay hotel.

Location: Former Bond Hotel, Asylum Street. Opening: Set for Nov. 5.

Focus: Business travelers, people relocating.

Services: Full kitchens. High-speed Internet. No room service.

Price: $199 and up per night, plus parking.

The hotel, which would cater to extended-stay travelers, says it already has bookings into 2008. It held a job fair on Monday and just needs Hilton's final sign-off to open. If it is, the opening of the hotel would end a tortured, seven-year saga to fully redevelop the historic, 12-story building, rivaling some of the longest-to-complete and troubled projects in the city's history.

[beerbeer]

We'll see. I wouldn't bet on it.

[drc72]

We'll see. I wouldn't bet on it.

[HartfordTycoon]

I'm hopeful this time. At least the article shows a picture so who knows, this could finally be it.

[mikel]

November 1 is the date, not the 5th.

[PennConn]

November 1 is the date, not the 5th.

[MadVlad]

It still sounds like a bait and switch. The target date keeps creeping forward as we speak.

[PennConn]

Does anyone know if Homewood Suites in the Bond Hotel on Asylum Street is actually going to open today (November 8) like they said they would?

[Chessplayer]

Does anyone know if Homewood Suites in the Bond Hotel on Asylum Street is actually going to open today (November 8) like they said they would?

[HartfordTycoon]

Good news, looks like it finally opened. I don't see an article but The Courant had these two photos.

[Chessplayer]

Great news. Another piece of the puzzle falls into place.

[beerbeer]

That should help Mayor Mikes business. Guests can walk out the front door and practically into the former mayor's restaurant.

[PennConn]

That should help Mayor Mikes business. Guests can walk out the front door and practically into the former mayor's restaurant.

[The Voice of Reason]

Any and every little piece of this downtown puzzle helps.

[beerbeer]

If I come up for the UConn/Syracuse football game, I might stay at the Homewood and check it out.

[tombarnes]

Good to see that it is finally done. If anyone has more interior pictures, I'd be interested to see them. How does the lobby look?

[Luca Brasi]

Good news, looks like it finally opened. I don't see an article but The Courant had these two photos.

[T52]

[quote Wow... that room looks TINY! There is hardly any space around the bed!

[drc72]

Wow... that room looks TINY! There is hardly any space around the bed!