Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia

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Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia
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Location within Pennsylvania
General information
TypeHotel, retail, office (mixed-use)
Location1 N. 19th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Construction started2014
Completed2018
Opening2019
Design and construction
Architect(s) Foster and Partners [1]
Kendall/Heaton Associates
Developer Liberty Property Trust
Structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti [2]

The Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia, officially the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia at Comcast Center, is a luxury hotel [3] in Philadelphia that is part of the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts group.

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History and specifications

The hotel is located on the 48th to 56th floors of the Comcast Technology Center with a lobby and restaurant on the 60th floor. Accommodations include 219 rooms, 39 of them suites. [4] The hotel also features an infinity pool and spa. [3]

The building containing the hotel also includes television studios, restaurants, a retail mall, and a parking garage. The entire project contains about 1,566,000 square feet (145,500 m2). [5]

The hotel was formerly on Logan Circle, where it had been for over 30 years. That former location is now the site of The Logan Hotel. [6] The new Four Seasons Hotel opened at the Comcast Technology Center in August 2019.[ citation needed ]

On November 7, 2020, the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia may have been confused by the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign for Four Seasons Total Landscaping, a landscaping business on the outskirts of the city that hosted a press conference for the Trump campaign. This resulted in a burst of publicity for both the hotel and the landscaping business. [3] [7]

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