Andre Balazs and the former Trans World Airlines Flight Center
Hotelier Andre Balazs is one of several developers scoping out Eero Saarinen’s vacant terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport after the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey offered up the opportunity to build a new boutique hotel there earlier this month. According to the Wall Street Journal, Balazs’ firm — as well as Hoboken W Hotel builder Ironstate Development and WQB Architecture, which was responsible for the Lambs Club building hotel conversion on West 44th Street — appeared on a list of attendees at a recent site visit. The Port Authority’s plans call for a 150-room, high-end hotel in the space between the landmark former Trans World Airlines Flight Center and the new JetBlue Terminal at the airport, with the former becoming a lobby with restaurants and shops. [WSJ]