LOS ANGELES—The Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles will open today. The property is owned by AEG and MacFarlane Partners.
The luxury hotel is part of the $2.5 billion L.A. LIVE mixed-use development and is housed within a 54 story tower along with the new J.W. Marriott Los Angeles. The property offers 123 guestrooms, a full-service spa, a new restaurant concept from celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, a Ritz-Carlton Club Lounge and a fitness center. Gensler was responsible for the architecture and the interior design was handled by Barry Design. The hotel was also designed in accordance with LEED standards.
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ATLANTA—The Loews Atlanta Hotel has made its debut here. The property is Loews Hotels' first new build hotel in more than five years and its first hotel in Georgia.
The hotel is the anchor of 12th and Midtown, a mixed-use development in midtown Atlanta. The 414-room property was designed by Daroff Design Inc. and DDI Architects, PC and features a contemporary Southern style and local artwork. The property also offers more than 25,000 square feet of meeting space, a spa and fitness center and a signature restaurant and bar. HONOLULU—Hilton Worldwide plans to add two timeshare towers accounting for 500 units to its Hawaiian Village Resort & Spa here.
The resort, which expanded in stages starting in 1955, currently has 3,627 guestrooms in a series of buildings. Hilton did not disclose a construction timeline for one or both of the new towers, but said it expected permitting to be completed by mid-2011. ATLANTIC CITY, NJ—Hard Rock International plans to construct what it terms a boutique casino facing the boardwalk here.
The proposed development would have fewer than 200 guestrooms and a casino under 30,000 square feet in size. The projected cost of the project would be $300 million. The company needs to obtain permitting and a casino license before construction can begin. CHICAGO, IL—Ian Schrager Hotels has acquired the 285-room Ambassador East Hotel on the Gold Coast, a hotel best known for its celebrity-frequented Pump Room restaurant.
In a deal brokered by Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, Schrager paid $25 million for the historic property, which was built in 1926. The Harp Group was the seller, though Harp had fallen behind in its debt payments to its lender iStar. The Pump Room reached the pinnacle of its popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. VIEQUES ISLAND, PUERTO RICO—W Hotels Worldwide has opened its second W Retreat property in the world here on Puerto Rico’s Vieques Island. Reig Capital owns the 157-room resort through its affiliate Vieques Hotel Partners.
Set on 30 beachfront acres, the W Retreat & Spa-Vieques Island was designed by Studio Urquiola and offers the MiX on beach restaurant; the W Café; the Spa Chakra; a garden sanctuary; a fire pit; a 24-hour fitness center; two secluded shorelines; an outdoor pool and bar area with cabanas; and W Hotels The Store. The first W Retreat opened in the Maldives in 2006. Two more are on their way in Koh Samui, Thailand, and Bali. |
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