2024-11-21T12:35:50-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150030751/jfk-s-twa-hotel-on-track-to-open-in-18-months D. Pham 2017-09-29T11:29:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/98/98p8wh39xuo7eafr.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>MCR Development officially launched the mid-century modern TWA Lounge on the 86th floor of One World Trade Center on Thursday and provided a deeper look into plans to convert Eero Saarinen&rsquo;s historic TWA flight center at JFK Airport into a hotel, event space, and dining destination. According to MCR&rsquo;s CEO Tyler Morse, construction of the hotel is on schedule; it will go vertical on Monday, top out in December, and have its curtainwall applied by January.</p></em><br /><br /><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/yp/ypv4a50s59db5aio.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/yp/ypv4a50s59db5aio.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p></figure><p>If everything remains on schedule, the project is expected to open in 18 months.</p>