
InterContinental Hotels Group has announced the acquisition of a new property in the Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City, which it will develop under its well-being brand, Even Hotels. The hotel will bring the number of establishments under development in the chain's pipeline to five.Even Hotels is currently opening its very first establishment, scheduled for Spring 2014 in Manhattan. It will be followed by the opening of a second well-being hotel in 2015, also in Manhattan, then three further establishments in the brand's pipeline: in Norwalk, Rockville and Brooklyn. For its Even brand, IHG expects to have 100 hotels under development within the next few years, via via franchise and management contracts, in United States key markets like Washington D.C. and San Francisco.