Empire Hotel Group's plan to build a 122-room, 18-story hotel at 100 West 37th Street has been shut down by the city, according to city records spotted by The Real Deal. The rejection could have been due to zoning restrictions, which the hotel would have exceeded by 21 feet. The hotel would have been the tallest built by Empire, which owns eight other hotels in New York City. [The Real Deal;
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