NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between local owner-operator Slate Property Group and nonprofit supportive housing developer Breaking Ground has acquired the Stewart Hotel in Midtown Manhattan for $255 million with plans to implement an affordable housing conversion. Slate will develop the project, which will convert the 611-room hotel into a 579-unit apartment complex, and Breaking Ground will own and operate the property upon completion. The 31-story hotel, which is located across from Penn Station and closed in 2022, also features a 100-space underground parking garage, 12,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 3,500 square feet of ballroom space. All units will be reserved for low-income households and/or formerly homeless individuals, with rents to range from $1,385 to $1,731 per month. Construction is scheduled to begin late next year. As part of the redevelopment, the project team will replace all major utility and mechanical systems, upgrade lighting and merge adjacent hotel rooms into living spaces as needed. New office space will be constructed for onsite social services, and the building will also have full-time security and maintenance staff.
