Four Seasons Hotel New York
{{Short description|Hotel in Manhattan, New York}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox building
| name = Four Seasons Hotel New York
| image = File:4 seasons hotel NY 56 jeh.jpg
| location = 57 East 57th Street
New York City, New York, United States
| architectural = {{convert|682|ft|m|1}}
| floor_count = 52
| status = {{Green|Completed}}
| architectural_style=New Classical
| architect = Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Frank Williams and Assoc.
| structural_engineer = Rosenwasser/Grossman Consulting Engineers P.C.
| start_date = 1990
| completion_date = 1993
| hotel_chain = Four Seasons
| affiliation =
| engineer = Jaros, Baum & Bolles (MEP)
| number_of_rooms = 368
| number_of_suites = 15
| website = [http://www.fourseasons.com/newyork www.fourseasons.com/newyork]
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| mapframe-wikidata = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|40|45|44|N|73|58|17|W|display=it|type:landmark_region:US-NY}}
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Four Seasons Hotel New York is a luxury hotel in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, that opened in 1993. The hotel is owned by Ty Warner Hotels and Resorts, L.L.C. and operated by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. It was closed temporarily in 2020. It reopened on November 15, 2024, with a portion of its rooms available, and all rooms available in 2025.
Prior to the hotel's closing, the Ty Warner Penthouse Suite was frequently listed among the world's most expensive hotel suites.{{cite web |date=August 3, 2020 |url=https://theluxurytravelexpert.com/2020/08/03/most-expensive-hotel-suites-in-the-world/ |title=Top 10 most expensive hotel rooms in the world |website=The Luxury Travel Expert |access-date=March 16, 2023}}{{Cite web |first=Helen |last=Arnold |date=December 2, 2011 |title=World's 15 most expensive hotel suites |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/expensive-hotel-suites-cnngo/index.html |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=CNN |language=en}}
History
In the 1980s, William Zeckendorf, a prominent American real estate developer, assembled {{convert|25000|sqft|m2}} of vacant property on 57th Street between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue. Robert H. Burns, founder of Regent International Hotels, approached Harunori Takahashi, owner of EIE International Corporation company to build a luxurious hotel on the property.
When the Regent New York Hotel was announced in January 1989, it was to have a main tower of 46 stories and a smaller tower of some 20 stories, with a total of 400 rooms. The hotel was to be managed by Regent International Hotels of Hong Kong, in which EIE International had a 30 percent interest. Completion was planned for late 1991. Construction was financed by a loan from a consortium of six Japanese banks, led by the Long-Term Credit Bank. The others were the Ashikaga Bank, Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation, Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Nippon Credit Bank, and Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company. The cost of construction was reportedly more than US$1 million per room.
After the Japanese real estate market imploded in 1990, Four Seasons Hotels, Inc. purchased a 20 percent stake in Regent International for $122 million in August 1992.{{Cite web |date=August 14, 1992 |title=Four Seasons buys Regent International Hotels |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/14/Four-Seasons-buys-Regent-International-Hotels/5216713764800/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=UPI |language=en}} The deal included the Regent New York, which was then under construction. The other 80 percent was retained by Regent's parent company, the E.I.E. International Corporation.{{Cite web |title=COMPANY NEWS; Four Seasons In Regent Deal |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1992/03/18/788292.html?pageNumber=70 |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=timesmachine.nytimes.com |language=en}}
The hotel opened in June 1993 as the Four Seasons Hotel New York.{{Cite news|first=Claudia H.|last=Deutsch|date=1993-06-13|title=Commercial Property: New York Hotels; New York City Hotels Battling the Blues|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|language=en|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/13/realestate/commercial-property-new-york-hotels-new-york-city-hotels-battling-the-blues.html|access-date=2023-08-12}} In 1996, the Lai Sun Group purchased the hotel from Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, which assumed ownership when E.I.E. International encountered financial difficulties.{{Cite news |date=1996-08-02 |title=Asian Group Buys Four Seasons Hotel |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/02/nyregion/asian-group-buys-four-seasons-hotel.html |access-date=2022-11-25 |issn=0362-4331}} In 1999, Lai Sun sold the building to a private investment group headed by Ty Warner for $275 million.{{Cite news |agency=Bloomberg News |date=1999-02-05 |title=Metro Business; Four Seasons Hotel Sold for $275 Million |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/05/nyregion/metro-business-four-seasons-hotel-sold-for-275-million.html |access-date=2022-11-25 |issn=0362-4331}} Today, the hotel is owned by Ty Warner Hotels and Resorts, L.L.C. and operated by Four Seasons.
The hotel closed on March 20, 2020, due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news |date=2023-08-03 |title=Four Seasons New York Midtown to Reopen in 2024 as Dispute Ends |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-03/four-seasons-new-york-midtown-will-reopen-in-2024-after-years-long-closure |access-date=2023-11-09}} It was converted to a dormitory for medical workers and reopened on April 2, 2020, offering them free accommodation.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-04-10 |title=How the Four Seasons Hotel New York Transformed Into a Home for Medical Workers |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/story/how-the-four-seasons-hotel-new-york-transformed-into-a-home-for-medical-workers |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Condé Nast Traveler |language=en-US}} The hotel later closed fully and announced "substantial infrastructure and maintenance work" that was expected to last "well into 2023."{{Cite web |title=Luxury Hotel NYC {{!}} 5 Star Manhattan Hotel {{!}} Four Seasons New York |url=https://www.fourseasons.com/newyork/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=www.fourseasons.com |language=en}} It was widely reported that the closure was actually the result of a dispute between owner Ty Warner and Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts over management fees.{{cite web |last=Chang |first=Clio |date=October 3, 2022 |title=Is the Beanie Babies Inventor Trying to Kill the Four Seasons? |url=https://www.curbed.com/2022/10/four-seasons-dispute-ty-warner-beanie-babies.html |access-date=February 19, 2023 |website=Curbed}}{{cite web |last=Long |first=Ciara |date=October 3, 2022 |title=Feud Between Owner And Operator Keeps NYC’s Four Seasons Hotel Shuttered |url=https://www.bisnow.com/new-york/news/hotel/feud-between-owner-and-operator-keeps-nycs-four-seasons-hotel-shuttered-115671 |access-date=February 19, 2023 |website=Bisnow}}{{cite web |date=October 3, 2022 |title=Owner’s feud with Four Seasons leaves Midtown hotel in limbo |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2022/10/03/owners-feud-with-four-seasons-leaves-midtown-hotel-in-limbo |access-date=February 19, 2023 |website=The Real Deal}} In August 2023, it was announced that a deal had been reached between Warner and Four Seasons, and that the hotel would reopen in fall 2024.{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Jack |last2= |first2= |title=Manhattan's Four Seasons Hotel to Reopen in 2024 |url=https://www.globest.com/2023/08/07/manhattans-four-seasons-hotel-to-reopen-in-2024/ |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=GlobeSt |language=en}} It reopened on November 15, 2024, with a portion of its rooms available;{{cite web |date=November 15, 2024 |title=Four Seasons Hotel New York Reopens in Midtown Manhattan |url=https://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article134098.html |access-date=November 16, 2024 |website=Hotel Industry News by Hotel News Resource}}{{cite web |last=Hughes |first=C. J. |date=November 14, 2024 |title=Four Seasons in Midtown opens to the public for the first time since the pandemic began |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/four-seasons-midtown-reopens-public-first-time-2020 |access-date=November 16, 2024 |website=Crain's New York Business}} the remaining rooms are planned to be reopened by 2025.{{cite web |date=October 16, 2024 |title=Now Accepting Reservations: Legendary Four Seasons Hotel New York to Reopen This Fall |url=https://www.hospitalitynet.org/announcement/41011670/four-seasons-hotel-new-york.html |access-date=November 16, 2024 |website=Hospitality Net}}
Architecture
At {{Convert|682|ft|m|0}} tall and 52 stories, it is the second-tallest hotel in New York City and the fourth-tallest hotel in the U.S.,{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070301020435/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=4seasonshotel-newyorkcity-ny-usa Four Seasons Hotel]}} Emporis.com and the 85th tallest building in New York.{{Cite web |title=Four Seasons Hotel |url=https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/four-seasons-hotel/1517 |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=The Skyscraper Center}} In 2006, the Four Seasons New York opened the Michelin star restaurant: L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon.
The hotel is noted for its luxurious interiors which have an art moderne quality. I. M. Pei and Frank Williams collaborated as the architects.{{cite news|first=Dennis|last=Hevesi|title=Frank Williams, Architect of Skyscrapers, Dies at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/arts/design/09williams.html |work=The New York Times|date=2010-03-08 |access-date=2010-03-14}} I. M. Pei was also the responsible for the interiors of the public spaces in the hotel. The building has more in common with the Waldorf Astoria and other hotels of the 1920s than it does with Pei's other works.{{cite news|first=Paul|last=Goldberger|title=ARCHITECTURE VIEW; A Grand Hotel, But Not What You'd Call Homey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/27/arts/architecture-view-a-grand-hotel-but-not-what-you-d-call-homey.html |work=The New York Times|date=1993-06-27 |access-date=2015-06-03}} Rosenwasser/Grossman Consulting Engineers provided the structural engineering and Jaros, Baum & Bolles was the MEP engineer on the project.{{Cite web |title=Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown {{!}} Infinity Drain |url=https://www.mortarr.com/project/four-seasons-hotel-new-york-downtown/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=Mortarr |language=en-US}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Commonscatinline}}
- {{Official|http://www.fourseasons.com/newyork }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140427110121/http://www.archfwa.com/default.aspx?page=5&type=90&project=326&focus=3 Design notices]
- [http://www.in-arch.net/NYC/nyc4a.html#92a in-Arch.net: The Four Seasons Hotel]
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{{Four Seasons Hotels}}
{{Hotels in New York City}}
{{I. M. Pei}}
Category:Four Seasons hotels and resorts
Category:Skyscraper hotels in Manhattan
Category:Skyscrapers on 57th Street (Manhattan)