Millennium UN Plaza Hotel has started a top-to-bottom transformation. The project’s first phase will result in the overhaul of the West Tower. French interior designer Didier Gomez will spearhead the tower’s refurbishment, which calls for 154 guestrooms with floor-to-ceiling windows and elegant interiors. An exclusive Skyline Club is in the works for the 30th floor.

Scheduled for 2013, phase two of the hotel’s renovation will focus on a new restaurant concept, bar, and full lobby renovations. Phase three will see the completion of the East Tower.