It also features a nightclub called XL and multi-use spaces for conferences, events and weddings. “This project has been in the planning for five years, and after 18 months of construction, we are proud to announce the opening of the city’s, and maybe even the world’s, first gay focused, straight-friendly, urban resort,” said co-owner Ian Reisner.ĭesigned by architect Paul Dominguez, The OUT NYC opened for business earlier this month with a 5,000-foot (1524-meter) wellness center, three separate courtyards, including one dubbed the great lawn, a sunbathing deck, a gym and a restaurant due to open later this spring. And so, turning an old concept on its head, the owners of the hotel like to describe it as “straight-friendly.” The hotel, not far from Times Square and Broadway theaters, also hopes to cater to the friends and families of its gay clientele. GBU is a large gay boy group (18-30s yo) hosting play parties in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
According to Ian Reisner, managing partner of Parkview Developers, the resort will be the first 'straight friendly gay resort' in the city. intersection.Featuring a pool table, internet jukebox, TVs, gaming machines, free WiFi, air-conditioning, and a smoking area on the patio.The Hawk is a great place to relax and have fun with friends or meet new people. A pedestrian walks past the outside of The Out, a newly opened resort hotel in New York March 1, 2012. Specialties: A down to earth gay bar located in Clevelands eclectic Cudell neighborhood, a few blocks east of the W.117th & Detroit Ave.
