AKA Tribeca

AKA Reimagines the Traditional Hotel with the Debut of AKA Tribeca

The global luxury leader in hotel residences, AKA, announces the completion and debut of its sixth New York City property, AKA Tribeca. The brand has reimagined the traditional hotel into a luxurious and residential-inspired experience with a brand-new, street-level lobby, lounge and bar by AD100 interior designer Jennifer Post.

AKA Tribeca, formerly the Smyth Hotel at 85 West Broadway between Warren and Chambers, welcomes daily stays or longer. To achieve the right balance of relaxed elegance and grace, AKA tapped the famed residential interior designer who had also worked on the Kahn Korman House, the private home of Larry Korman.

For the lobby of her first work in hospitality, Post chose striking shades of charcoal and bronze. Danish designer Verner Paton's curvy, soft-gray Cloverleaf sofa from the 1960s is framed by a modern gas fireplace that divides the lobby from the bar lounge called a.bar. Pivoting bronze and black-glass screens create intimate seating nooks beneath over-sized black-and-white photographs along one side. Black porcelain flooring with a stripe of gold metal that runs from the lobby to the bar entices guests to move through the space. The marble bar, which glows with a back-lit art panel, features metal-and-glass globe lighting fixtures and accents of burnished bronze inlay, nods to Tribeca's industrial heritage.

Also on street level is a popular Tribeca staple - James Beard-award-winning Chef Andrew Carmellini's restaurant and bar, Little Park, that is open to both AKA Tribeca guests and the public. Little Park serves a hyper-seasonal menu, where food origins and the specificity of everything is identified, for breakfast, lunch, dinner and room service. The Little Park Private Room, with a black-stone fireplace, vintage lounge area and a flat-screen television, is available for private parties.

AKA Tribeca offers 100 spacious guestrooms with king beds and residential-style, walk-in showers and large closets. The new Platinum Collection is a selection of stylish and sophisticated guestrooms thoughtfully reimagined by AKA's masterful interior designer, Nicholas Cardone, with custom, contemporary furnishings and luxurious Carrara marble baths with glass-enclosed rain showers. For the tech savvy, each room in the collection includes an advanced Chromecast TV system, plentiful charging ports and high-quality WiFi with Amazon Echos in some rooms. The two Penthouses feel like spacious Manhattan residences with separate living areas, terraces and enviable views of fashionable Tribeca and SoHo.

Amenities include a.fitness workout center with state-of-the-art equipment, complimentary high-speed Internet and Wi-Fi access in all guestrooms and throughout the property, 24/7 in-room dining, 24/7 guest services team, and valet dry cleaning. In the works are a common laundry and kitchen for guests, as well. Additionally, guests will be able to participate in AKA's experiential amenity program, Live It!, which encourages guests to uncover new experiences and to pursue their ambitions and dreams.

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AKA, a global leader in hospitality, offers design-driven, sophisticated accommodations with exceptional wellness, dynamic dining, business services, and first-class lifestyle amenities in iconic neighborhoods. As a pioneer in luxury long-stay living, AKA has leveraged its core residential philosophies to evolve the hotel category into a high-quality experience that is more livable.

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