JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square

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JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square (the United States)
Hotel chain JW Marriott
General information
Location United States
Address500 Post Street
San Francisco, California
Coordinates 37°47′18″N122°24′38″W / 37.788311°N 122.410460°W / 37.788311; -122.410460 Coordinates: 37°47′18″N122°24′38″W / 37.788311°N 122.410460°W / 37.788311; -122.410460
Opening1987
Owner Park Hotels & Resorts
Management Marriott International
Technical details
Floor count21
Design and construction
Architect John Portman & Associates
DeveloperPortman Holdings
Other information
Number of rooms329 rooms
Number of suites8 suites
Number of restaurantsLevel Three Restaurant
Level Three Bar
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JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square is a luxury JW Marriott branded hotel in San Francisco, California. [2] It is owned by Park Hotels & Resorts.

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The hotel was designed and built by architect and developer John Portman, and opened in 1987 as The Portman. It was sold on June 1, 1990 to Pan Pacific Hotels, a division of the Tokyu Corporation, which renamed it The Pan Pacific Hotel San Francisco. [3] On August 10, 2003, Tokyu sold the hotel to San Francisco-based Oxford Lodging [4] for $45 million. Pan Pacific was retained to manage the hotel. On February 23, 2006, Oxford sold the hotel to Ashford Hospitality Trust, for $95 million. [5] On April 19, 2006, Ashford announced that they had concluded a management deal with Marriott International, and the hotel was renamed JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square. [6]

In 2011, Ashford sold the hotel to Thayer Lodging for $96 million. [7] Thayer then sold the property to Chesapeake Lodging Trust in 2014 for $147 million. [8] Chesapeake was acquired by Park Hotels & Resorts in 2019. [9]

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References

  1. JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square at Emporis
  2. Eve Belson (October 1989). "OCEscape: The Portman Hotel". Orange Coast Magazine . p. 30. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  3. "Costa Mesa-Based Hotel Chain Buys 16th Property : Acquisition: Japanese-owned Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts purchases the 330-room Portman-San Francisco luxury hotel". Los Angeles Times . 2 June 1990.
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  7. "Sir Francis Drake sale sparks deals in S.F." Hotel News Now. July 25, 2011. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  8. "Chesapeake Lodging Trust acquires JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square" (Press release). Chesapeake Lodging Trust. October 1, 2014. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  9. "Absorbing Chesapeake gives Park a path for 2020 growth". Hotel News Now. November 8, 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-18.

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