Airport Marina Hotel

{{Short description|Hotel in California, United States}}

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The Airport Marina Hotel was an 800-room, first-class hotel located at the 8601 Lincoln Boulevard at the southwest corner of Manchester Avenue, in Westchester, Los Angeles, near Los Angeles International Airport.

Its architect was Welton Becket; it was completed in December 1962 and opened in January 1963. At opening it had a shopping center with Joseph Magnin, a specialty department store, pharmacy, drugstore, bank and a 32-lane bowling alley.{{cite news |title=Airport hotel completed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60910238/airport-marina-hotel-soft-opening/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 23, 1962}}{{cite news |title=Airport Hotel Part of Planned Development |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60910516/airport-hotel-part-of-planned/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 10, 1961}}

Acquisition

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Hawaii-based Amfac bought the hotel (which by then had grown to 800 rooms) and shopping center leasehold in 1968 for $3.7 million and a share of future profits. Amfac started operating them in January 1969 under their Fred Harvey division.

The hotel was later known as the Furama Hotel,[https://www.emporis.com/buildings/176402/furama-hotel-los-angeles-los-angeles-ca-usa "Furama Hotel", Emporis]{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} then (as of 2016) Custom Hotel.{{cite news |last1=Dukesherer |first1=David "Duke" |title=Looking Back: a Brief History of Westchester |url=https://issuu.com/westchesterpdrhometownnews/docs/webfinalhtnoctober2016 |access-date=October 11, 2020 |publisher=Westchester/Playa Hometown News |date=October 2016 |page=9}} The grounds are now the site of the Playa de Oro apartment complex (with ground floor retail), while the tower - located at 8639 Lincoln Blvd. - continues operating as a boutique hotel, the Hotel June.[https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Hotel+June/@33.9587527,-118.4187291,15z/data=!4m8!3m7!1s0x0:0x82f716d6bb480ab7!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d33.9587527!4d-118.4187291 Hotel June on Google Maps, accessed October 11, 2020]

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