NEW YORK
The Renwick, a new 173-room hotel, featuring 33 custom suites, located at 118 East 40th Street, is open for business. Centrally located steps away from Grand Central Station and Midtown Manhattan, the hotel resides in a quaint, brick building with spacious interiors and a rich history of creativity.
The product of a blooming partnership between Interstate Hotels & Resorts, hotel Asset Value Enhancement (hotelAVE), and Meadow Partners, The Renwick delivers a fresh new focus on whimsical luxury with a modernistic approach designed for business travelers and leisure-seekers alike.
Come November, John DeLucie's first solo restaurant, Bedford & Co. will open as its signature food and beverage venue, bringing increased energy to the property sparked by its modern American cuisine prepared on a custom-made wood-burning grill.
"The Renwick is an artfully curated hospitality experience that caters to the most discerning of travelers and locals," said David Israel, Senior Vice President of hotelAVE. "We're excited to bring back the creative spirit of the building's past through each detail of the property and launch a new lifestyle luxury hotel that brings to life the new soul of classic New York."
A Colorful Past: The Renwick's Rich History Housed in what was built in 1928 as a long-stay residence for sheltering artists, intellectuals and noted authors—such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Mann, and John Steinbeck—The Renwick takes inspiration from the imaginative spirit of its former residents. Their works and lasting influence has inspired many of the elements found within the rooms and suites.
A Dedication To Innovation: The hotel takes its name from James Renwick, Jr., the highly acclaimed architect best known for his design of St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue in NYC. Renwick's passion, worldly travel experiences, and dedication to modernization is the driving force behind the new accommodations.
Extraordinary Accommodations: Renowned New York-based architect and interior design firm Stonehill & Taylor was tapped to reimagine space the space, crafting whimsical interiors and paying homage to past residents and cultural and artistic innovations of the 1920s, through a modern lens.
The property's 173 loft-style guest rooms and suites feature custom-furnishings made to reference items found in an artist's studio such as easel-inspired television stands, desks reminiscent of the artist's work bench, nightstands intended to mimic flat file cabinets and a patterned carpet that simulates paint-splattered concrete. A minimalist, masculine color palette will feature a bold band of ink permeating from the foot of the bed through the leather-tufted headboard and onto the ceiling.
The Renwick's 33 spacious studios and suites are all inspired by the prominent literary and creative figures of its past, curated to pay homage to either F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, Thomas Mann or Ernest Hemingway. They feature literary works, quotes from the respective authors as well as other items reminiscent of each name and their celebrated careers.
For a more interactive experience, the hotel houses two Creator Suites: one Artist's Suite with a blank canvas on a wall ledge and an artist easel with paint brushes and a Writer's Suite with a functioning typewriter and an inkwell and pen on the desk.
The James Renwick Suite is the hotel's Presidential Suite, with an ample living room, bedroom, dining area, wetbar, powder room and a large outdoor terrace that showcases views of the Midtown skyline.
Curated Guest Experience: The Renwick offers luxurious amenities including a modern fitness facility, a high-tech business center and complimentary 200 MB/s Wi-Fi and hardwire internet.
Guests of The Renwick are also encouraged to tap into their artistic side. Origami kits hang from the pushpin cork boards above the desks in the guest rooms, visually stimulating the senses. An inventive post card can be found in-room, encouraging guests to leave their creative mark, which they can mail directly to the hotel by placing it in the original mail chute next to the elevator bank.
Bathroom amenities are made exclusively for the hotel by Brooklyn-based Apotheke.
Art in The Renwick: The hotel offers no framed artwork and instead spotlights functional art sourced by 19 local New York artists who were tapped to create pieces exclusively for the hotel that complement the public spaces and thoughtfully curated rooms.
The Renwick does not offer traditional meeting rooms but it does offer private dining and function space for client meetings or smaller gatherings, and group reservations are available for rooms.
