| Le Méridien New Orleans | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Location | 333 Poydras Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Coordinates | 29°56′56″N 90°04′00″W / 29.948863°N 90.066614°W |
| Construction started | 1982 |
| Completed | 1984 |
| Opening | 1984 |
| Owner | Stonebridge Companies & Walton Street Capital |
| Height | |
| Roof | 279 ft (85 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 23 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | DMJM, Eskew + Architects |
Le Méridien New Orleans is a 23-story high-rise building in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana. The building rises 279 feet (85 m), and is currently tied with Charity Hospital as the 29th-tallest building in the city. It also stands as the 8th-tallest hotel in New Orleans.
The hotel was designed with a modern architecture style by architectural firm DMJM and was opened in 1984 as the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza [1] to accommodate crowds attending the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. It became the Four Points by Sheraton Downtown in the late 1990s and then the W New Orleans Hotel in 2000. [2]
The hotel was significantly damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Half of the hotel's rooms had their windows blown out. [3]
In April 2013 it was sold to Chesapeake Lodging Trust for $65 million. [4] On July 15, 2014, the hotel was given the temporary name Hotel New Orleans Downtown while it underwent a $29 million renovation. [5] It became the Le Méridien New Orleans on December 15, 2014. [6] [7] In 2019, Park Hotels & Resorts, which had acquired Chesapeake Lodging Trust, sold the hotel to Stonebridge Companies and Walton Street Capital for $84 million. [8] [9]
The building houses a 4-star Le Méridien with 423 guest rooms.
See also
References
- ^ Communications, Emmis (1 August 1984). "Texas Monthly". Emmis Communications. Retrieved 9 July 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Johnson, Richard L. "The Former Hotel De La Poste and Four Points Sheraton in New Orleans Complete Conversion to W Hotels / April 2000". Hotel-online.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ Johnson, Pableaux (October 21, 2005). "Hotel Reopenings". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ "Chesapeake to Convert W Orleans to Le Meridien Brand". Hotelnewsresource.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ "New Orleans Hotels | Luxury New Orleans Hotels | Le Méridien New Orleans". Lemeridienneworleanshotel.com. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ "Former W Hotel Converts to Le Méridien New Orleans Winter 2014". Hotelnewsresource.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Downtown New Orleans Hotels - Le Méridien New Orleans". Le Méridien New Orleans - Official Website - Best Rates, Guaranteed. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ Anthony McAuley (January 8, 2020). "Le Meridien New Orleans sold by Park Resorts for $84M to consortium". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ "Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. announces the sale of the Le Meridien New Orleans" (Press release). Park Hotels & Resorts. December 23, 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
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