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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.[1] It is a part of the Houston Center complex.
History
editFour Seasons Hotel Houston opened in 1982.[2] It became the city's first AAA Five-Diamond hotel[3][unreliable source?] 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.[4]
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]
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.[2]
Amenities
editThe hotel's restaurant, Quattro, features an Italian-style menu. The Mobil Four Star restaurant[5][unreliable source?] offers breakfast, lunch, dinner and an antipasto bar.
The hotel has 289 rooms and 115 suits, in addition to 64 apartment units at the Four Seasons Place, a total of 468 guest accommodations.[6]
Zoned schools
editThe Four Seasons Place apartments are zoned to Houston Independent School District schools.[7] Residents are zoned to Gregory Lincoln Education Center (Grades K-8),[8] and Northside High School (formerly Jefferson Davis High School).[9]
By Spring 2011, Atherton Elementary School and E.O. Smith Education Center were consolidated with a new K-5 campus in the Atherton site.[10] As a result, the building was rezoned from Smith to Gregory Lincoln for the middle school level.[11] Previously it was zoned to Bruce Elementary.[12] As part of rezoning for the 2014–2015 school year, this tower was rezoned from Bruce to Gregory-Lincoln K-8 for elementary school.[13]
In popular culture
editIn the second volume of Scarlet Spider published by Marvel Comics, Kaine Parker stays in this castle.
On the lead single for Hobo Johnson on his second studio album The Fall of Hobo Johnson Frank, a.k.a. Hobo Johnson references his experience at The Four Seasons Hotel.[14]
See also
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References
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Media related to Four Seasons Hotel Houston at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ "Urban Sophistication." Four Seasons Hotel Houston. Retrieved on July 25, 2009.
- ^ a b Sarnoff, Nancy. "Bill Gates’ investment fund buys downtown hotel." Houston Chronicle. Wednesday September 25, 2013. Retrieved on September 25, 2013.
- ^ "AAA Five Diamond Hotels, About.com". Archived from the original on 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
- ^ Bivins, Ralph. "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.
- ^ Mobil Four Star Award, Mobiltravelguide.com
- ^ "Hotel Facts, Four Seasons Hotel Houston". fourseasons.com. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ "Private Residences Houston". Four Seasons Hotels. Retrieved 2022-10-14. - This source establishes that the Four Seasons has permanent residences. Address is established here: "1300 Lamar Street, Houston, Texas 77010-3017, USA" - Compare the address to the school district boundary maps.
- ^ "Gregory-Lincoln School Attendance Zones" (PDF). Houston Independent School District. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
- ^ "Northside High School Attendance Zone" (PDF). Houston Independent School District. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ^ "Board Approves School Closings and Consolidations Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine." Houston Independent School District. November 14, 2008.
- ^ "Gregory Lincoln Middle Attendance Zone Archived 2009-02-27 at the Wayback Machine." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on July 26, 2011.
- ^ "Bruce Elementary Attendance Zone Archived March 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on July 25, 2009.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "I'm never going back to Four Seasons / I wish that I was friends with Drake / So I can dig through his trash and have a yard sale today".