A large former hotel near Westport and Country Club Plaza is expected to be demolished.
The former Embassy Suites by Hilton, off 43rd Street and Broadway Boulevard near Saint Luke’s Hospital, closed in September. The property has been owned by Saint Luke’s since 1971, and the 12-story, 266-room hotel structure was built in 1976. The hotel operator ended operations and vacated the property alongside the end of a ground lease.
Records now show the city issued a pre-demolition permit in late October, a step toward final demolition of a building…