Coast Seattle Downtown Hotel by APA

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Coast Seattle Downtown Hotel by APA
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Coast Seattle Downtown Hotel by APA
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Town or city Seattle, Washington
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 47°36′33″N122°19′59″W / 47.60917°N 122.33306°W / 47.60917; -122.33306

The Coast Seattle Downtown Hotel by APA is a 14-story hotel in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] [2] [3]

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History

The hotel was built by Seattle developer Richard Hedreen and opened on November 28, 1970 as The Seattle Hilton Downtown. [4] It was later renamed the Hilton Seattle. [5] [6]

In July 2012, Stonebridge Cos., based in Englewood, Colorado, bought the hotel from R.C. Hedreen Co for $60 million. [7] In October 2012, Boston-based AEW Capital Management purchased the hotel for $63 million. [8] In 2016, New York-based Westbrook Partners purchased the hotel for $60.3 million. [9]

In 2024, the Tokyo-based APA Hotel Co., Ltd. purchased the hotel in 2024 for $68.8 million. The hotel left Hilton and joined APA's wholly-owned Coast Hotels division on June 13, 2024, renamed the Coast Seattle Downtown Hotel by APA. [10]

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