Hollywood star Robert DeNiro's New York City hotel development is facing a little setback. The building commissioners in the Big Apple have ordered him to scrap the luxurious penthouse suite and start all over again. DeNiro’s $43 million Greenwich Hotel opened its doors in April. The most expensive room is a huge suite on the top of the six-story building in the city’s TriBeCa district. But New York City building bosses have told him to trim down the room, because it’s too big and too visible from the street. A spokesperson for the Landmark’s Preservation Commission says, "It’s bulkier, and it occupies about 1,200 more square feet on the roof. The commission directed them to modify the rooftop and it’s up to the developer to come up with plans to do so." DeNiro responded with an apology to the commission for the expansion, claiming that although his 88-room building is a "labor of love", he is determined to follow the commission’s strict guidelines. He says, "We worked on this project a long time and tried to make it as good as we could, that was the intent. Anything that would be offensive to anyone would be offensive to me."
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