This may be old news but it looks like an Illich purchase, this is along with the other hotel one lot North and the American Hotel one street over. A few years ago, I talked to the guy who owned the Ansonia. He was some foreign guy, planning on transforming the place into lofts. Then the building had a small fire and all worked stopped. Anyway, they've been concrete blocking up the windows. Probablly be torn down for parking. The guy that owners the Temple Hotel told me he wasn't happy with Illich's offer so he's still in business, for now.