The Beekman, a Thompson Hotel, will open in a 135-year-old
historic building in Lower Manhattan next month.
The 287-room hotel will feature a restaurant helmed by
celebrity chef Tom Colicchio. The property, which is located less than two
blocks from the Manhattan terminus of the Brooklyn Bridge, features a
nine-story Victorian atrium topped by a pyramidal skylight.
The building, formerly known as Temple Court, was one of
Manhattan’s early high-rises when it was built in 1881.
The Beekman is part Signature Travel Network’s “FIRST” hotel
sales and marketing program, which drives sales and generates awareness before
the opening of select properties.
“I don’t think there’s a
comparable building in Manhattan. The Beekman is kind of sui generis and
is in a class all by itself,” said Signature Travel Network executive vice
president Ignacio Maza.