IHG to open the Kimpton Rockefeller Center

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Updated on: Oct 24, 2025
The new Kimpton hotel is expected to open late next year near Rockefeller Plaza.
The new Kimpton hotel is expected to open late next year near Rockefeller Plaza. Photo Credit: Cynthia Shirk/Shutterstock.com

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants is on track to open the Kimpton Rockefeller Center in March.

The 33-story, newbuild property will be located in midtown Manhattan on 48th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues. The hotel will have 529 guestrooms, two full-service restaurants, a lobby lounge and a rooftop bar. 

Additional amenities will include a fitness center and two areas for meetings and events.

The Kimpton Rockefeller Center will join the brand's existing New York properties: the Kimpton Hotel Theta near Times Square; the Kimpton Hotel Eventi in Chelsea; and the Kimpton Ashbel New York-Park Avenue, which is set to open in January.

Kimpton, which has 75 properties worldwide, is part of the IHG Hotels & Resorts brand portfolio. 

UPDATE: This story was updated to not that the Kimpton Rockefeller Center is expected to open in March 2025.

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