NEW YORK CITY—AJ Capital Partners and Cornell University have revealed plans to build a hotel on the university's new Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island. Named Graduate Roosevelt Island, the 196-room ground-up property is slated to open in 2019.
Cornell Tech, which will open the first phase of the new campus September 2017, extending Cornell University's research and academic prowess to the heart of New York City by bringing together faculty, business leaders, tech entrepreneurs and students in a catalytic environment to produce visionary results.
The property will include a full-service restaurant, rooftop bar with views of Manhattan, and 5,200 square feet of flexible meeting and event facilities for hotel guests and the Roosevelt Island community.
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Rayna Katz
Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
