Program

165 room boutique hotel, including restaurant, gallery and meeting space. Certified historic rehabilitation and adaptive re-use of mid-century modern Armstrong Rubber Company Building aka Pirelli Building, originally designed by Marcel Breuer in 1967.

Operator

Charlestowne Hotels

Gross Area

110,000 square feet

Funding

Conventional bank construction/permanent loan, Federal and State Historic Tax Credits, Low Emission Renewable Energy Credits, Federal Energy Investment Tax Credits, Energy Conscious Blueprint Grant, Connecticut Innovations sales tax exemption

Timeline

Construction commenced Summer 2020, completion expected May 2022

Role of B+B

Developer, planner and architect

Features

Historic rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of New Haven's iconic Breuer landmark into a model for sustainable hospitality. Addresses long-standing historic preservation and economic development priorities to create a high quality hotel and meeting facility proximate to the waterfront, train stations, and major highways at the city’s gateway.

Sustainability

Targeted LEED Platinum certification and 60% more energy efficient than code requirements. Solar power generated from rooftop and parking canopy arrays to provide 100% of electricity for lighting, heating and cooling; and electric car charging stations. Recycled and local construction materials; high-performance envelope with industry-leading thermal insulation technology; energy recovery system; high-efficiency VRF air-source heat pumps. Slated to be first Passive House certified Hotel in the United States. All lighting to be low-voltage power-over-ethernet (POE) LED technology. Energy Use Intensity Rating is projected to be 34 kBtu/ft^2 which is 80% less energy that median EUI for hotels in the United States.