The landmark 50th Aloft property at 216 Duffield Street, between Willoughby and Fulton streets, is slated to open today after being delayed since the start of 2011, according to Hotel Chatter.
A June stay in the 176-room Downtown Brooklyn hotel, originally scheduled to open in May, starts at $174.30 per night for a king room. There’s a fitness center, free wifi, and rooftop bar with views of the Brooklyn Bridge. [more]

Next week, V3 Hotels will begin construction on a 19-story, 130-room boutique hotel on Duffield Street between Willoughby and Fulton streets in Downtown Brooklyn. The ground-breaking for this hotel comes on the heels of construction of three other hotels within the same block, including the 23-story Hotel Indigo, also built by V3, which is slated to open later this year; a 180-room Aloft Hotel, also set to open next year; and a 300-room Sheraton, which is slated to open this fall. [Post] [more]