From hot sheets to hot cars!
Hyundai Motor America has bought the Liberty Inn at 500 W. 14th St., Manhattan’s most famous cheaters’ paradise, for $22.5 million. It’s believed to be the Meatpacking District’s highest-priced constructing sale on a per-square-foot basis.
The Liberty Inn closed recently, deflating those looking for a secure location for clandestine trysts.
The Post first reported in July 2022 that the notorious three-story property next to High Line Park, the Whitney Museum and the Little Island public park, was for sale.
The vendor was a partnership called Duanco.
The deal was brokered for the vendor by B6 Real Estate Advisors’ Brock Emmetsberger and Christoffer Brodhead.
The 6,735 square-foot constructing could be replaced with one twice as large under zoning rules, in accordance with sources.
It lies outside the nearby historic district so latest construction doesn’t should be approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
For 40 years, the Liberty touted itself as “the highest-rated romantic short-stay hotel” in the town with “Amour Rooms” where “stylish colourful décor with romantic accents” made for a “unique and energetic experience.”
Before that, the triangular constructing was home to infamous Eighties S&M club The Anvil.
Hyundai owns the Genesis House constructing at 40A Tenth Avenue directly across the avenue, which is home to a showroom for Hyundai’s luxury Genesis line, a high-end Korean second-floor restaurant and a tea pavilion.
Restaurant customers had a window view of the Liberty and its furtive comings-and-goings.
Hyundai Motor America spokesman Michael Stewart said “details regarding our plans can be made available at a later date.”
Presumably, they can be more G-rated that its predecessor.