A former hotel near Westport and the Country Club Plaza is now being demolished for a future surface parking lot, but a city permit for the lot won’t last forever.
Demolition work has begun on the former Embassy Suites hotel site, off Broadway Boulevard at 220 W. 43rd St. The hotel property has been owned by the nearby Saint Luke’s hospital since the 1970s.
The hospital previously leased the property out but the last company that ran the hotel opted to turn in the keys last year. Saint Luke’s explored options for the building, such as converting it into apartments or senior housing, but determined they were not feasible, and the former hotel building is considered obsolete…