Four Seasons Hotel Houston Informations

Four Seasons Hotel Houston is a part of the Toronto-based Four Seasons chain of luxury hotels and resorts. Four Seasons Hotel Houston also has an Italian restaurant, Quattro with Chef Maurizio Ferrarese. Four Seasons Hotel Houston is located in Downtown Houston. The hotel includes Four Seasons Place, a group of 64 apartment units (42 one bedroom units, 21 two bedroom units, and 1 three bedroom unit). It is a part of the Houston Center complex.

Four Seasons Hotel Houston opened in 1982. It became the city’s first AAA Five-Diamond hotel in 1996. In 2000, Crescent Real Estate Equities, the owner of Houston Center, sold the Four Seasons Hotel Houston to Maritz, Wolff and Co., a hotel investment group, for $105 million.

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.

In 2013, Maritz, Wolff and 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.

Four Seasons Hotel Houston has one of the city's premiere restaurants, Quattro, featuring an Italian-style menu. The Mobil Four Star restaurant offers four dining experiences: breakfast, lunch, dinner and an antipasto bar. The Houston Center Club, located within walking distance and offering racquetball courts, basketball courts, indoor jogging track and full gym, is complimentary for guests of the hotel. Some other amenities include spa services, pool, and fitness facilities.

The Four Seasons Place apartments are zoned to Houston Independent School District schools. Residents are zoned to Bruce Elementary School,Gregory Lincoln Education Center (Grades 6-8), and Davis High School.

By Spring 2011, Atherton Elementary School and E.O. Smith Education Center were consolidated with a new K-5 campus in the Atherton site. As a result, the building was rezoned from Smith to Gregory Lincoln for the middle school level. As part of rezoning for the 2014-2015 school year, this tower will be rezoned from Bruce to Gregory-Lincoln K-8 for elementary school.

In the second volume of Scarlet Spider published by Marvel Comics, Kaine Parker stays in this hotel.

Coordinates: 29°45′15″N 95°21′46″W / 29.7543°N 95.3627°W / 29.7543; -95.3627

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