Hotel Georgia (Vancouver)

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Hotel Georgia
Rosewood Hotel Georgia 2018.jpg
The Rosewood Hotel Georgia in 2018
Hotel Georgia (Vancouver)
General information
Address801 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6C 1P7
Coordinates 49°17′0.38″N123°7′8.08″W / 49.2834389°N 123.1189111°W / 49.2834389; -123.1189111
OpenedMay 7, 1927
Renovated2024
OwnerPacific Reach Properties [1]
Management Rosewood Hotels & Resorts
Technical details
Floor count12
Other information
Number of rooms156 [2]
Website
www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/hotel-georgia-vancouver

The Rosewood Hotel Georgia is a 12-story historic hotel located at 801 West Georgia Street in the city's downtown core of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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History

The Hotel Georgia was built at a cost of $1.5 million [3] and opened on May 7, 1927; the architects were Robert T. Garrow and John Graham Sr. [4] It became the first international property of Seattle-based Western Hotels on January 31, 1931, and remained with the chain, later Western International Hotels, until August 1, 1972. [5]

In 1998, the Hotel Georgia was sold to Vancouver-based Allied Hotel Properties Inc. for $45 million. [6] They spent a further $10 million renovating the hotel, reopening it as the Crowne Plaza Hotel Georgia in June 1998. [7] Allied announced plans to develop the adjacent parking lot with a 50-story residential tower, before selling the hotel to Seattle-based Goodman Real Estate Inc. and the Delta Group for $65 million in 2005. The new owners reworked the plans for the tower.

In early 2007, the Crowne Plaza Hotel Georgia closed for restoration work and construction of the tower. [8] In 2010, Delta Group announced that the luxury Rosewood Hotels & Resorts chain had been selected to manage the hotel. [9] The hotel reopened on July 10, 2011 [10] as the Rosewood Hotel Georgia. [11] The hotels rooms were gutted and combined, reducing their number from 320 to 155. [12] The restoration of the hotel cost $120 million, while the adjacent Private Residences at the Hotel Georgia 48-story glass condominium tower cost a further $400 million to build. [3] The hotel was sold to Vancouver-based Pacific Reach in 2017 for $145 million. [13]

The hotel closed for renovations on January 1, 2024, [2] and reopened on July 3, 2024. [14] Renovations included the refurbishment of the lobby and 1927 Lobby Lounge, as well as the Reflections Terrace, front desk, and rooms and suites. [15] The basement of the hotel, that has long housed beer halls, cocktail bars, and nightclubs, [16] was also redeveloped, opening in 2024 as Prophecy, a cocktail lounge. [17]

The Private Residences at Hotel Georgia

A 48-story, 158.5 metre, high-rise residential building has been constructed on the adjoining site of the hotel's parking structure. It is the 3rd tallest tower in the city, after the Living Shangri-La Tower and the Paradox Hotel and Tower. All three of these developments are new mixed use hotel/residences towers on Georgia Street. [18]

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