We sort of thought the Bowery Hotel and the Cooper Square Hotel and the White House Hostel (of which Obama is a fan?) were more than enough East Village accommodations for one three-block stretch. But we guess we were wrong. The Post's Lois Weiss today brings the news that the former Salvation Army on the corner of Third Street and the Bowery has been sold for $7.6 million and is going to be turned into, wait for it, a 65-room "boutique" hotel with a restaurant below.
Of course, it will be interesting to see how the new owners, the Paris-based Louzon Group, fare when they present their restaurant plans to the community board—the last attempt to put something in the Salvation Army space, a very large restolounge from the folks at Koi, was shot down with no hesitation—but we doubt the restaurant will hold up the hotel. And in the meantime we can all look forward to yet more douches coming into the East Village. Maybe the neighbors will hang more underwear?
