# NEW YORK | 550-552 West 38th St | 740 FT | 45 FLOORS **URL:** \ **Category:** Proposed\ **Created:** [November 10, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-550-552-west-38th-st-740-ft-45-floors/1651 "2015-11-10T22:51:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vertical\_Gotham](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/vertical_gotham/32/4525_2.png) [@Vertical\_Gotham](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Vertical_Gotham)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-550-552-west-38th-st-740-ft-45-floors/1651/1 "2015-11-10T22:51:31Z")
A little background. Blackhouse purchased this lot last October, which is adjacent to Kuafu’s Hudson Rise Hotel site. **BlackHouse’s Sean Ludwick to buy Hudson Yards strip club for $40M: sources Developer said to be planning construction of 46-story condo-hotel on the sit** e - See more at: [http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/10/02/blackhouses-sean-ludwick-to-buy-hudson-yards-strip-club-for-40m-sources/#sthash.cLxkmJBp.dpuf](http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/10/02/blackhouses-sean-ludwick-to-buy-hudson-yards-strip-club-for-40m-sources/#sthash.cLxkmJBp.dpuf) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/0/b0d8657cbf6195b4e9f94e5e25dc188843f0b85d.gif) > Sean Ludwick, developer and managing partner at **BlackHouse Development** , is in contract to acquire a two-story gentlemen’s club in the Hudson Yards neighborhood in an effort to construct a **46-story condo-hotel** tower on the site, The Real Deal has learned. Ludwick signed a deal last week to pay $40 million for the property at **550-552 West 38th Street** , between 10th and 11th avenues, according to sources close to the deal. The site, which currently holds strip-and-steak joint Headquarters Gentlemen’s Club, offers **106,812 as-of-right** , buildable square feet, sources said. * * * **November 11, 2015** > **[Quirky 700-Foot Hotel Proposed For Hudson Yards](https://ny.curbed.com/2015/11/10/9901982/quirky-700-foot-hotel-proposed-for-hudson-yards)** > > A beleaguered real estate developer is working on a new hotel project in the Hudson Yards district. Sean Ludwig's Blackhouse Development has hired Los Angeles-based architecture firm M-Rad to... design a **740-foot tall** hotel that’s going by the name of **Hudson Americano** (ugh). To be clear, the design right now is strictly conceptual. ---
**Author:** ![Vertical\_Gotham](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/vertical_gotham/32/4525_2.png) [@Vertical\_Gotham](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Vertical_Gotham)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-550-552-west-38th-st-740-ft-45-floors/1651/2 "2015-11-10T22:56:34Z")
via M Rad Architecture: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/1/c12d9f97ba70cee4f410496ab62f5153449eeaff.jpeg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1d/94/a9/1d94a9c0c0ee484fe363599f1d4a03ea.jpg) * * * [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/e/cef6e8c478d26f01f531cd1973091bc3ebbbac35.jpeg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d2/43/b5/d243b58b3f696951e76e13dc71b026f9.jpg) * * * [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/6/f6f03f490ce9078f7a203dadc13f70ddfeebd64c.jpeg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e3/b6/31/e3b63106bb60e8f8cf8d66b14ddd425d.jpg) * * * [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/b/8b3e20d9bd0733962181eb8acc0a0ee932f24da4.jpeg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b8/4a/f7/b84af786e38f5acb2771523f76bf7778.jpg) * * * [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/4/c46d1e29059a5905af9b780019100411062dfc6c.jpeg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/af/38/e6/af38e6a9434b13e835da4507887f25be.jpg) * * * [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/f/4ffa725fdde9b38a5bb8f6fc1f99f927f87eb9e9.jpeg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/16/ea/86/16ea86c41308caccb5cde75549a506f7.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![robertwalpole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/robertwalpole/32/15739_2.png) [@robertwalpole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robertwalpole)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-550-552-west-38th-st-740-ft-45-floors/1651/3 "2015-11-12T17:27:59Z")
It would look decent, but for the cladding. I don’t think that this nut will be building anything soon. ---
**Author:** ![Vertical\_Gotham](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/vertical_gotham/32/4525_2.png) [@Vertical\_Gotham](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Vertical_Gotham)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-550-552-west-38th-st-740-ft-45-floors/1651/4 "2015-11-12T20:38:25Z")
lol! I completely agree! btw, Yimby today is saying that this proposal is for the same lot as Kuafu’s Hudson Rise Hotel?? I’m confused. ---
**Author:** ![robertwalpole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/robertwalpole/32/15739_2.png) [@robertwalpole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robertwalpole)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-550-552-west-38th-st-740-ft-45-floors/1651/5 "2015-11-12T22:26:04Z")
Sean Ludwick will be lucky to stay out of jail.