Four Seasons Hotel Houston
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Four Seasons Hotel Houston is a hotel in Houston, Texas, United States. It is operated by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. The hotel includes Four Seasons Place, a group of 64 apartment units, and an Italian restaurant."[http://www.fourseasons.com/houston/luxury_apartments/residences/ Urban Sophistication]." Four Seasons Hotel Houston. Retrieved on July 25, 2009. It is a part of the Houston Center complex.
History
Four Seasons Hotel Houston opened in 1982.Sarnoff, Nancy. "[http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2013/09/bill-gates-investment-fund-buys-downtown-hotel/ Bill Gates’ investment fund buys downtown hotel]." Houston Chronicle. Wednesday September 25, 2013. Retrieved on September 25, 2013.{{dead link|date=March 2025}} It became the city's first AAA Five-Diamond hotel{{Cite web |url=http://honeymoons.about.com/od/aaa5diamondhotels/a/aaa2007.htm |title=AAA Five Diamond Hotels, About.com |access-date=2007-07-31 |archive-date=2007-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830032142/http://honeymoons.about.com/od/aaa5diamondhotels/a/aaa2007.htm |url-status=dead }}{{Unreliable source?|date=August 2009}} in 1996. In 2000, Crescent Real Estate Equities, the owner of Houston Center, sold the Four Seasons Hotel Houston to Maritz, Wolff & Co., a hotel investment group, for $105 million.Bivins, Ralph. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2000_3255842 A time to sell / Group buys Four Seasons / Downtown room crunch also spurs building]." Houston Chronicle. November 7, 2000. Business 1. Retrieved on November 15, 2009.
In 2006, Institutional Investor ranked Four Seasons Hotel Houston the 87th "Best Hotel in the World". The hotel currently houses 404 guest rooms, including 12 suites, throughout 30 floors.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}
In 2013, Maritz, Wolff & Co. sold the property to Cascade Investment. Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, owned jointly by Cascade, Kingdom Holding Company and Triples Holdings, will continue to manage the hotel.
Amenities
The hotel has 289 rooms and 115 suites, in addition to 64 apartment units at the Four Seasons Place, a total of 468 guest accommodations.{{cite web |url=https://press.fourseasons.com/houston/hotel-facts/ |title=Hotel Facts, Four Seasons Hotel Houston |website=fourseasons.com |access-date=2020-07-01}}
Zoned schools
The Four Seasons Place apartments are zoned to Houston Independent School District schools.{{cite web|url=https://www.fourseasons.com/residences/private_residences/houston/|title=Private Residences Houston|publisher=Four Seasons Hotels|accessdate=2022-10-14}} - This source establishes that the Four Seasons has permanent residences. [https://www.fourseasons.com/houston/ Address is established here]: "1300 Lamar Street, Houston, Texas 77010-3017, USA" - Compare the address to the school district boundary maps. Residents are zoned to Gregory Lincoln Education Center (Grades K-8),{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/Domain/32468/boundarymaps/Gregory_Lincoln_K_8.pdf|title=Gregory-Lincoln School Attendance Zones|publisher=Houston Independent School District|accessdate=2022-08-27}} and Northside High School (formerly Jefferson Davis High School).{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/Domain/32468/boundarymaps/Northside_HS.pdf|title=Northside High School Attendance Zone|publisher=Houston Independent School District|access-date=2019-04-24}}
By Spring 2011, Atherton Elementary School and E.O. Smith Education Center were consolidated with a new K-5 campus in the Atherton site."[http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=56f6c8debd79d110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=de4b2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD Board Approves School Closings and Consolidations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928224811/http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=56f6c8debd79d110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=de4b2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD |date=2011-09-28 }}." Houston Independent School District. November 14, 2008. As a result, the building was rezoned from Smith to Gregory Lincoln for the middle school level."[http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/SchoolBoundaryMaps/GregoryLincolnMS.pdf Gregory Lincoln Middle Attendance Zone] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227005410/http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/GregoryLincolnMS.pdf |date=2009-02-27 }}." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on July 26, 2011. Previously it was zoned to Bruce Elementary."[http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/SchoolBoundaryMaps/BruceES.pdf Bruce Elementary Attendance Zone] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325115256/http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/SchoolBoundaryMaps/BruceES.pdf |date=March 25, 2009 }}." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on July 25, 2009. As part of rezoning for the 2014–2015 school year, this tower was rezoned from Bruce to Gregory-Lincoln K-8 for elementary school."[http://www.houstonisd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=51135&dataid=101587&FileName=031314OA_POST.pdf AGENDA Board of Education Meeting March 13, 2014]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 15, 2014. "Current Attendance Boundaries" New 03/06/04 Attachment F-2 March 2014 p. 31/119. and "Proposed Attendance Boundaries" New 03/06/04 Attachment F-2 March 2014 p. 32/119.
See also
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