# NEW YORK | 132 West 28th Street | 326 FT | 32 FLOORS **URL:** \ **Category:** Under Construction\ **Created:** [July 22, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527 "2014-07-22T17:45:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MrVenaCava](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mrvenacava/32/1526_2.png) [@MrVenaCava](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/MrVenaCava)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/1 "2014-07-22T17:45:40Z")
> **[144 West 28th Street](http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140721/REAL_ESTATE/140729980/west-28th-st-properties-hit-market-at-120m) [Crain’s New York]:** Property owner Frank Ng has put an assemblage of buildings on the market — spanning 132-144 West 28th Street, in NoMad — for $120 million; the site is zoned for 240,000 square feet of commercial development. The building at 136 currently houses rent-stabilized units, “prohibiting its demolition for the foreseeable future,” but a broker suggests building two towers on either side, connected by a sky bridge. ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/2 "2017-07-13T06:42:58Z")
[http://rew-online.com/2017/07/12/132-west28-th-frank-ng/](http://rew-online.com/2017/07/12/132-west28-th-frank-ng/) > New Jersey developer Frank Ng is planning to build a 32-story hotel at 132 West 28th Street in Chelsea. > According to a permit application filed with the Department of Buildings, Ng is looking to build a 203-key hotel. Plans call for 95,158 s/f of commercial space and 30,086 s/f of residential space. If approved as proposed, the tower would be 326 feet tall. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/3 "2017-07-24T15:17:00Z")
Jeremiah is not happy about this. > **[More Hotels, Fewer Flowers](http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2017/07/more-hotels-fewer-flowers.html)** > > In the Flower District, along West 28th Street between 6th and 7th, the fragrant green jungle of the sidewalks continues to vanish. Anothe... ---
**Author:** ![JC\_Heights](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jc_heights/32/90668_2.png) [@JC\_Heights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JC_Heights)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/4 "2018-03-18T13:57:17Z")
I think this was originally supposed to be part of the 140 development but I think now it will just be 2 separate hotels since the building with the ramen will stay I guess. Sucks to lose much of the flower district to these shitty or bland looking hotels. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/c/dcc444d67ecd997ee8a815706b5df720ebc0e1db.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/5 "2018-06-29T14:59:02Z")
> **[Shanghai Commercial Bank Lends $60M for Chelsea Hotel Project](https://commercialobserver.com/2018/06/shanghai-commercial-bank-lends-60m-chelsea-hotel-project/)** > > Investor Frank Ng nabbed $60 million from Shanghai Commercial Bank to construct a planned 32-story hotel at 132 West 28th Street. ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/6 "2018-07-23T18:42:27Z")
> **[First Look: Aloft Hotel to Soar at 132 West 28th Street](https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/market-insight/features/future-nyc/first-look-aloft-hotel-soar-132-west-28th-street/19561)** > > At the beginning of the year, all anyone knew about the hotel coming to 132 West 28th Street was that it would rise 326 feet and 32 stories high and ---
**Author:** ![JC\_Heights](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jc_heights/32/90668_2.png) [@JC\_Heights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JC_Heights)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/7 "2019-01-02T20:50:46Z")
Sorry for the shitty pic, but the excavation and some foundation work has started. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/7/27c7fa82f1a94c2e21d3a5785e837d4f97c919e4.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/2/a25d514cff2cab723d273802a6576b1591f590ba.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![JC\_Heights](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jc_heights/32/90668_2.png) [@JC\_Heights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JC_Heights)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/9 "2019-06-29T16:45:44Z")
Yesterday ![IMG_20190628_140140](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/4/547186e958cb51c750261480d19f707d761729e0.jpeg) ![IMG_20190628_140217](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/6/2604c7e4ae43d8d4986c22235942069f03ee769c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![JC\_Heights](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jc_heights/32/90668_2.png) [@JC\_Heights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JC_Heights)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/10 "2019-10-30T20:24:30Z")
Today ![IMG_20191030_113303](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/b/8bb7f01f27a40d955c8a5a3247f8f3bd3579f045.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/11 "2020-03-05T23:19:51Z")
on the skyline this is directly to the right of the Chang/Kaufman hotels. It’s the shorter construction site. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/0/d019e1605edd1100de3f5a985d937d0e0212177b.jpeg)](https://flic.kr/p/2iwThCa) [Shadows Covering Midtown Manhattan Before Sunset](https://flic.kr/p/2iwThCa) by [andrew.kaslick](https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew-kaslick/), on Flickr ---
**Author:** ![JC\_Heights](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jc_heights/32/90668_2.png) [@JC\_Heights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JC_Heights)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/12 "2020-05-31T17:22:14Z")
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**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/13 "2020-08-09T18:16:10Z")
Yesterday ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/2/a2a5f8c7d5344e6c1efa5414d65d25adc0d6b6d5.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/b/ebf9b5fd306fa72ecd2ad7a530178ae8b75a0e6c.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/4/5416eaeaf30d062bd19208d73ec7263a807b3250.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/4/54b26850556d6eb180c2e20f9071f9707bda56ac.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/2/12bdc0f84f5860dd920475e0206ed8e7235874a1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/14 "2020-08-09T18:49:11Z")
One more: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/4/2488e334c839894592838ac49a00584af33dd59e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/15 "2020-08-29T15:07:10Z")
> **[Aloft Hotel's Curtain Wall Takes Shape at 132 West 28th Street in Chelsea -...](https://newyorkyimby.com/2020/08/aloft-hotels-curtain-wall-takes-shape-at-132-west-28th-street-in-chelsea.html)** > > Façade installation is progressing on The Aloft Hotel, a 326-foot-tall tower from Peter Poon Architects and Frank Ng at 132 West 28th Street in Chelsea. ---
**Author:** ![JC\_Heights](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jc_heights/32/90668_2.png) [@JC\_Heights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JC_Heights)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/16 "2020-11-03T00:13:41Z")
Today ![PXL_20201102_174352207](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/7/470df79c9ffe7d1e1847d8842e61f84bebed680c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/17 "2020-11-03T14:20:02Z")
This is pretty good for Poon. Did someone hit him on the head? ---
**Author:** ![chused](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@chused](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chused)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/18 "2020-11-03T19:07:36Z")
Another hotel that breaks a street’s building line. Why can’t these sorts of buildings be constructed at the facade line with open space on the first floor for car drop offs? I do like this facade, but not set back like this. ---
**Author:** ![ramvid01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@ramvid01](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ramvid01)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/19 "2020-11-03T19:28:45Z")
My guess is it has nothing to do with drops offs since most don’t have one and more to do with plaza bonuses for FAR. ---
**Author:** ![chused](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@chused](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chused)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/20 "2020-11-03T20:26:57Z")
Thanks for your idea ramvid. Maybe so. If that is the zoning structure for areas like this, it is terrible city planning. ---
**Author:** ![infoshare](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/infoshare/32/18825_2.png) [@infoshare](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/infoshare)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527/21 "2020-11-03T21:26:53Z")
I had always thought those odd recessed curbside spaces in front of these small hotels were for ‘hotel guests only’ - there are usually small tables and benches I never dare sit-on for fear of being chased away. If those spaces in front of these hotels are ‘public plaza’ spaces given in exchange for addition FAR (height) then there should be some sort of signage stating “open to public”. I have notices many of these “public spaces” throughout NYC have been effectively ‘taken-over’ or otherwise absconded by a property owner because we as pedestrians can not discern if the given space/table/bench is public access, or private property. [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-132-west-28th-street-326-ft-32-floors/527.md?page=2)