Plans to transform the historic Pirelli Building on Sargent Drive into a hotel have moved forward, as a local developer has purchased the property from IKEA for $1.2 million.
The developer, Bruce Becker, purchased the 2.76-acre property at 500 Sargent Drive on Dec. 31. The deed was recorded in city land records Friday.
— New Haven Independent
The Brutalist, Marcel Breuer-designed Pirelli Tire Building in New Haven could be experiencing a new life as a hotel after sitting vacant for years.
The New Haven Independent reports that the property's previous owner, IKEA, had "paved the way for the Pirelli project by winning approval in November 2018 from the City Plan Commission for a detailed plan and coastal site plan for the conversion of the building into a hotel with up to 165 rooms."
In 2017, artist Tom Burr staged the show Body/Building inside the gutted belly of the 1960s building to draw renewed attention to the abandoned landmark that was partially demolished ("amputated," as Burr called it) in 2003 to make way for the adjacent IKEA parking lot.
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