St. Regis Hotel, Atlanta to Debut in 2008

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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2005--Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) today announced plans to build a new St. Regis property in Atlanta. Owned by SR Hotel Development, LLLP and managed by Starwood's ultra-luxe St. Regis brand, the 26-story, 150-room hotel is expected to be Atlanta's most luxurious hotel. Scheduled to open in the first half of 2008, The St. Regis will also feature 50 magnificent wholly-owned St. Regis Residences, destined to be the finest dwellings in the area. Many of Atlanta's most prominent residents have already reserved more than half of the exclusive residences.


St. Regis Hotel, Atlanta will be located in the heart of Buckhead at One Hundred West Paces Ferry Road. Recently named by Robb Report as one of the country's top ten affluent communities, Buckhead is regarded as one of the country's most prestigious enclaves. The St. Regis Hotel, Atlanta will be located in the upscale Buckhead Plaza mixed-use development, providing a true urban atmosphere where hotel guests and residents will be within walking distance to fine restaurants, shopping, galleries and offices.

Renowned for its signature butler service, exquisite design, anticipatory service and indulgent spas, St. Regis is among the world's most revered luxury hotel brands with 11 award-winning hotels in some of the world's most desirable locations. St. Regis is also making a significant move into the residential real estate market with exclusive St. Regis Residences in New York, San Francisco, Aspen, Deer Valley, Fort Lauderdale, Anguilla and Singapore, which are all under development.

"As we thoughtfully grow our brand and seek out the world's best addresses, we were immediately attracted to Buckhead," said Kerry D. Hatch, president of St. Regis Hotels & Resorts. "We will build an exquisite property that will be embraced not only by the world's most sophisticated travelers, but also by the local community, many of whom have experienced the St. Regis in New York and other locations around the globe."

Among its extraordinary amenity offering, St. Regis Hotel, Atlanta will feature a signature St. Regis restaurant, St. Regis Butler service, a spacious Remede Spa, a stunning outdoor courtyard with dramatic water features, an outdoor fireplace and swimming pool. Reputed for working with the finest architects and designers in their field, St. Regis will unveil a landmark building designed by architectural firm Rabun Hogan Ota Rasche and award-winning interior design firm Hirsch Bedner.

The perfect setting for a wedding or other grand occasion, the hotel will boast a magnificent 9,200 square foot ballroom, unmatched in the region. Designed with the input of some of Atlanta's leading event planners, the beautifully-appointed, dramatically-lit ballroom is destined to host Atlanta's leading social events. The ballroom facility will feature a generous pre-function space as well as an outdoor terrace. In addition, a separate entertainment terrace located above the pool will be ideal for tented outdoor events.

"Both the hotel and the residences are designed specifically for the discriminating consumer who desires all of the luxuries and services the prestigious St. Regis brand offers," stated Paul Freeman, the managing development partner of Atlanta-based SR Hotel Development. "This centerpiece for leisure activities will make you feel you are in an 'in-town resort.' In addition, the opportunity for homeowners to live above and share the luxurious facilities and services St. Regis offers is unprecedented in Atlanta," Freeman concluded.

Freeman, a native Atlantan, is best known for being one of the Emerald Coast of Florida's finest luxury developers, and is thrilled to partner with St. Regis and "bring home" the quality, beauty and innovations that make his resorts so coveted.

Exclusive amenities for the St. Regis Residences include high-speed private elevators that will deliver owners directly into their personal entrance foyer. Further underscoring the exclusive nature of the project, some of Atlanta's most talented designers have created unique residential floor plans and interior design schemes exclusively for the St. Regis Residences. And, all are located in corners atop the hotel where spectacular views will be enjoyed from private outdoor living rooms, complete with a fireplace and built-in gas grill, a Freeman signature item.

Among the other luxury amenities that will place the St. Regis Residences at the pinnacle of Atlanta's prestige addresses are service by the famed St. Regis Butlers and concierge, private health spa and fitness center, fine-dining, valet parking, and the entire panoply of five-star services provided by the St. Regis Hotel.

For the pleasure of ownership, call The St. Regis Residences Atlanta at 404-261-3820 to schedule a private presentation.

St. Regis Hotels & Resorts includes the most celebrated properties in the world. Founded by John Jacob Astor with landmark St. Regis Hotel, New York over a century ago, the company will unveil highly anticipated St. Regis properties in Bora Bora, French Polynesia (2006) Fort Lauderdale (2006), Anguilla (2007), Mexico City (2007), Singapore (2007), Bal Harbour, FL (2008) and Deer Valley, UT (2008) that will further enhance the brand's legacy. Personalized service and amenities, enviable locations and luxuriously localized design are recognized worldwide as hallmarks of the St. Regis experience. For more information on St. Regis Hotels & Resorts, please visit www.stregis.com.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 750 properties in more than 80 countries and 120,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood(R) Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis(R), The Luxury Collection(R), Sheraton(R), Westin(R), Four Points(R) by Sheraton, and W(R). Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.

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This looks a lot like the Dallas Ritz Carlton which is the reason that I posted it. Even though there are different architects and different operaters ,the programs are very similar IMO. I guess the super rich are the same no matter the city.

[slfunk]

The programs are very similar. But going on Ritz website and research their different hotels, you will find a wide array of architectural styles. Never heard of St. Regis until now.

[Tnekster]

Wasn't the St Regis a ficticious hotel in that TV series....Hotel. I think it was back in the 80's.

[tamtagon]

The St. Regis Hotel, Atlanta will be located in the upscale Buckhead Plaza mixed-use development, providing a true urban atmosphere where hotel guests and residents will be within walking distance to fine restaurants, shopping, galleries and offices.

St. Regis is also making a significant move into the residential real estate market with exclusive St. Regis Residences in New York, San Francisco, Aspen, Deer Valley, Fort Lauderdale, Anguilla and Singapore, which are all under development.

Starwood(R) Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis(R), The Luxury Collection(R), Sheraton(R), Westin(R), Four Points(R) by Sheraton, and W(R).

Wasn't there a St. Regis in Houston a few years ago?

If the current interest level in the ultra-luxury accommodations which are redeveloping LoMac and energizing the Turtle Creek corridor continues beyond the opening dates of some today's really big deals (e.g. Cresta Bella, Ritz, Azure, House, MandarinOriental), then we should expect big names like St. Regis to keep coming. No idea how many million dollar condos it would take to reach a critical mass, but LoMac is steadily working to become the highrise residential counterpart to Preston Hollow and Highland Park. If you get 5,000 millionaires living within walking distance of The Crescent, then surely you have a sustained ultra-luxury retail market quite a bit nicer than Buckhead Plaza.

[slfunk]

Buckhead is also very removed from the downtown sector of Atlanta. Its off the Marta, but Buckhead is still disconnected. Its a bit like being up at the Galleria. Funny thing about Atlanta is that Post properties is based there, but their properties are much more of your typical suburban property in Atlanta.

[tamtagon]

^Ya, being right downtown is location bonus to give LoMac residents a prefered setting more easily associated with big city fancy living.

[Lakewooder]

The St. Regis New York has my favorite hotel bar, The King Cole. If you look closely at mural, it appears the King has just broken wind, or so the story goes. You never know who you will see in there. I remember sitting at the bar once when I heard, "I'm David Susskind." I was trying very hard not to turn around too fast!

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King Cole Bar


St Regis Hotel Two E. 55th Street
New York,
Telephone: + 1 212 753 4500

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The greatest hotel in New York should have a gem of a hotel bar and sure enough it does. It was at Harry’s Bar in Paris that Fernand Petiot created the Bloody Mary, but it was here, at the King Cole bar that he perfected it - spicing it up a few notches and renaming it the Red Snapper. Decades on they still call it the Red Snapper and it’s as sexy and spicy as a Bombay supermodel in sari and stilettos. The bar itself is a small rectangular room with towering ceilings and wide glass doors that open out onto the St Regis’s marble floor patio restaurant. Guests, high-rollers and girls with millionaire uncles take seats on the wall banquettes and gaze up at the striking Maxfield Parrish mural of Old King Cole that looms over the scene. (His fiddlers three are in there too!) If you’re feeling peckish you should know that they serve almonds, macadamia nuts and green wasabi peas for snacks. Pure class - Long live the King!

[kenc]

Only a matter of time before Dallas gets a St. Regis. I only wonder where...Uptown is just about built out. St. Regis is a little too conservative for Victory. My guess would be that last lot on Turtle Creek and Cedar Springs, unless there is one still available in the Arts Disctrict.

[Spade]

That would be unbelievable. A St. Regis, Ritz, W, and Mandarin just mere blocks away from each other if St. Regis ever decides to build one in Dallas. All you need then is a Peninsula and you're set.

[psukhu]

Wasn't the St Regis a ficticious hotel in that TV series....Hotel. I think it was back in the 80's.

That was the Fairmont in San Francisco.

http://www.fairmont.com/sanfrancisco/

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By LEON STAFFORD

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Monday, April 06, 2009

Its name is synonymous with luxury and for the St. Regis hotel that’s usually enough.

But to convince guests to loosen their purse strings in one of the worst recessions on record, the brand is upping the ante.

In addition to its world-renowned butler service, the West Paces Ferry Road hotel, whose grand opening is April 14, features fireplaces in public areas, Turkish limestone and Venetian plaster in the Paces 88 restaurant and a pool piazza with the feel of Italy.

The hotel’s 151 rooms will include Macassar ebony furniture and TVs embedded in the mirrors of marble bathrooms.

“It’s a sense of arrival,” said general manager Simon Rusconi, standing below a 750-pound chandelier made of more than 1,000 pieces of finely-cut crystal. The goal, he said, was to create a fine Buckhead home on a hotel scale.

“As soon as you come in, you know you’ve escaped,” he said.

Officials hope the Atlanta Symphony Associates’ Decorators’ Show House & Gardens, which will be held at the St. Regis April 18 through May 10, will help create buzz.

Paul Freeman, the hotel’s builder, said he thinks St. Regis will have no problem getting business, even in this economy. People are always attracted to what’s new and the brand’s fans will be able to take advantage of St. Regis hallmarks like high tea , he said.

“Even in hard times, I think we will do well because when people come to Atlanta, this is where they’ll want to stay,” he said.

[Eastwolf]

I saw that St. Regis was planning to come to Dallas, and I believe they had it posted as a future opening on their website. Now it's gone? Are both the St. Regis and Mandarin Oriental projects cancelled?

[slfunk]

Wouldn't surprise me with today's market. Maybe the next development cycle.

[MarkL2023]

Wouldn't surprise me with today's market. Maybe the next development cycle.


Which should come sooner because they weren't built.

[JohnMilisitz]

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By LEON STAFFORD

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Monday, April 06, 2009

Its name is synonymous with luxury and for the St. Regis hotel that’s usually enough. Cheap Dallas Hotels (http://dallas.nyctourist.com/dallas-weddings.php)

But to convince guests to loosen their purse strings in one of the worst recessions on record, the brand is upping the ante. Cheap Dallas Hotels (http://dallas.nyctourist.com/dallas-discount-cheap-hotels.php)

In addition to its world-renowned butler service, the West Paces Ferry Road hotel, whose grand opening is April 14, features fireplaces in public areas, Turkish limestone and Venetian plaster in the Paces 88 restaurant and a pool piazza with the feel of Italy.

The hotel’s 151 rooms will include Macassar ebony furniture and TVs embedded in the mirrors of marble bathrooms.

“It’s a sense of arrival,” said general manager Simon Rusconi, standing below a 750-pound chandelier made of more than 1,000 pieces of finely-cut crystal. The goal, he said, was to create a fine Buckhead home on a hotel scale.

“As soon as you come in, you know you’ve escaped,” he said.

Officials hope the Atlanta Symphony Associates’ Decorators’ Show House & Gardens, which will be held at the St. Regis April 18 through May 10, will help create buzz.

Paul Freeman, the hotel’s builder, said he thinks St. Regis will have no problem getting business, even in this economy. People are always attracted to what’s new and the brand’s fans will be able to take advantage of St. Regis hallmarks like high tea , he said.

“Even in hard times, I think we will do well because when people come to Atlanta, this is where they’ll want to stay,” he said.




This place is incredible. I recommend anyone to go there. Its like a dream place you only see on TV. Especially for a place like Atlanta. Good work!