Graduate Hotel President David Rochefort Presents Overview Of Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Hotel - Opening Planned For Summer 2020, Rooftop Bar And Ground Floor Restaurant Operator To Be Named Shortly, Local Job Fair In Early 2020

The Roosevelt Island Twitterverse asked when will the Roosevelt Island Graduate Hotel on the Cornell Tech campus open?

@Rooseveltisland @cornell_tech @GraduateHotel Any idea when the Roosevelt Island Graduate hotel is opening?

— FinnYorker (@NYTTYTTYY) October 24, 2019

During the November 12 Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Community & Construction Task Force meeting, we learned that the 18 story, 224 room Graduate Hotel,

Image From November 12 Task Force Meeting

with a ground floor restaurant and rooftop bar, currently under construction

Image From November 12 Task Force Meeting

will open in the summer of 2020 (The adjoining Verizon Executive Education Center is scheduled to open in the Spring of 2020).

Image From November 12 Task Force Meeting

Graduate Hotel President David Rochefort presented an overview of the Hotel Project to the Task Force.

Mr Rochefort reported:

• The single restaurant and rooftop bar operator will be named shortly, Mr Rochfort said he hopes "people turn the spaces into their living room."
• The Graduate Hotel expects that 90% of guests will arrive by Public Transportation, either F Train, Ferry,Tram or ride sharing services.
• Graduate Hotel will have over 75 positions and will conduct Roosevelt Island job fairs for local residents in first and second quarter of 2020.
• Highgate Hotels with over 20 thousand NYC hotel rooms will be the Hotel Operator
• Eco-Friendly Hotel Practices.

Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Graduate Hotel


Here's full Task Force discussion with the Graduate Hotel President David Rochefort.



Prior to Mr. Rochefort, speaking Cornell Tech Director of Design and Construction Diana Allegretti described construction of the Graduate Hotel.



Stay tuned. More info on the Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Graduate Hotel to come.