Data report · 20 October 2026
New York Hotel Renovation Index 2026
95 tracked New York City hotels, each with a sourced build year and last completed renovation. 28% were renovated in the last five years; the median last renovation is 2018, and 11% of scored hotels are classified “tired” — a Chrono Score below 5.0.
95
hotels tracked
28%
renovated in the last 5 years
16
renovated 2024–2026
2018
median last renovation
11%
classified tired (score < 5.0)
22
built before 1960
Methodology
Every build and renovation year in this report links to a cited source (no quote, no data); announced or in-progress renovations are never counted as completed. The Chrono Score (v1.1) is a deterministic freshness metric: −3.5/year from the most recent sourced renovation, −1.5/year from the build year when no renovation is on record; 8.0+ is fresh, 5.0–7.9 ageing, below 5.0 tired. Hotels announced but not yet open are excluded (4 in New York). Sample-based: our tracked database of 95 New York hotels, not a census of the city. Data as of 20 October 2026.
Renovated in 2024–2026: the current wave
16 hotels completed a renovation in the last three years (17% of the tracked stock) — each row links to the source the year comes from.
| Hotel | Renovated | Built | Chrono Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton Garden Inn New York/Manhattan-Midtown EastHilton Garden Inn | 2026 | — | 9.9 | source ↗ |
| Hotel Seville NoMad | 2026 | 1904 | 9.9 | source ↗ |
| Hyatt Herald Square New YorkHyatt | 2026 | 2014 | 9.9 | source ↗ |
| Hyatt Union Square New YorkHyatt | 2026 | 2013 | 9.9 | source ↗ |
| Broadway Plaza Hotel | 2025 | 1991 | 9.7 | source ↗ |
| Hilton Garden Inn New York/Times Square CentralHilton Garden Inn | 2025 | 2014 | 9.7 | source ↗ |
| Hotel on Rivington | 2025 | 2004 | 9.7 | source ↗ |
| M Social Hotel New York Downtown | 2025 | 1992 | 9.7 | source ↗ |
| Mandarin Oriental HotelMandarin Oriental | 2025 | 2003 | 9.7 | source ↗ |
| The Fifty Sonesta Select New York | 2025 | 1964 | 9.7 | source ↗ |
| The Manhattan at Times Square Hotel | 2025 | 1962 | 9.7 | source ↗ |
| W Hotels | 2025 | 2000 | 9.7 | source ↗ |
| Waldorf Astoria New YorkWaldorf Astoria | 2025 | 1931 | 9.7 | source ↗ |
| St RegisSt. Regis | 2024 | 1904 | 9.3 | source ↗ |
| The Benjamin Royal Sonesta New York | 2024 | 1927 | 9.3 | source ↗ |
| The Standard, East Village | 2024 | 2008 | 9.3 | source ↗ |
The renovation wave, year by year
Completed renovations per year among tracked New York hotels. 16 in 2024–2026; 1 more are announced or under way and are not counted until they finish.
Fresh, ageing, tired
Of 91 scored hotels (hotels without a sourced year are not scored).
Fresh
46 · 51%
8.0 and above
Ageing
35 · 38%
5.0 – 7.9
Tired
10 · 11%
below 5.0 — overdue
51% fresh against 11% tired: for FF&E suppliers, contractors and energy-retrofit teams, the tired band is the pipeline. Renovation Radar lists these hotels with company-level contacts and the year each one is due.
Chains in New York, by freshness
Brands with at least three tracked hotels in the city.
| # | Brand | Tracked | Avg Chrono Score | Renovated last 5y |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hilton Garden Inn | 3 | 9.3 | 67% |
| 2 | Courtyard | 5 | 6.7 | 0% |
Heritage hotels still operating
Tracked New York hotels in buildings completed by 1930, oldest first, with the last completed renovation on record.
| Hotel | Built | Last renovation on record | Chrono Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel Chelsea | 1884 | 2022 | 8.6 |
| Hotel Churchill | 1899 | 2011 | 4.8 |
| Carlton Arms Hotel | 1900 | 2017 | 6.9 |
| Hotel Belleclaire | 1903 | 2023 | 9.0 |
| Hotel Seville NoMad | 1904 | 2026 | 9.9 |
| Hotel Latham | 1904 | 2014 | 5.8 |
| St Regis | 1904 | 2024 | 9.3 |
| Eurostars Wall Street | 1905 | 2012 | 5.1 |
| Night Hotel | 1905 | 2012 | 5.1 |
| Parksouth Hotel | 1906 | 2016 | 6.5 |
| Clarion Hotel Park Avenue | 1923 | 2012 | 5.1 |
| InterContinental New York Barclay | 1926 | 2016 | 6.5 |
“None on record” means our cited sources document no completed renovation year — not that the hotel was never renovated. Know one? Every profile has a “Report an error” link.
From the founder
“New York renovates in waves, and 2025 was the biggest one in a decade. But a median last renovation of 2018 means most rooms a guest books today were last touched before the pandemic — that is the number star ratings never show.”
— Sašo Radović, founder, HotelChrono
How to cite this report
HotelChrono (2026). New York Hotel Renovation Index. Data as of 20 October 2026. hotelchrono.com/reports/new-york-hotel-renovation-index-2026 — free to cite with a link. Journalists: the full CSV (all 95 hotels with years, scores and source links) and methodology are open; for a custom cut (Manhattan vs. the boroughs, a chain, a neighbourhood) or comment write to hello@hotelchrono.com.
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