Chef Tourondel coming to Cassa

Chef Laurent Tourondel, of BLT Restaurants fame, is bringing his latest restaurant creation to the Cassa Hotel and Residences, the project’s developer announced today. The concept has yet to be revealed — except that it will be an “American brasserie” serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, as well as drinks in the hotel’s soon-to-open vertical garden. Room service to Cassa’s 165 hotel rooms and 57 condominium residences will also be available. Last month, developer Assa Properties entered into a binding contract to unload the hotel portion of its bankrupt 70 West 45th Street project for $130 million. It said the proceeds would be used to pay down the property’s debt, after which the condo portion of the building would be “firmly in their hands.” Assa Hospitality will continue to manage the hotel. TRD

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