L'Ermitage Beverly Hills

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L'Ermitage Beverly Hills
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Front entrance of L'Ermitage Beverly Hills
L'Ermitage Beverly Hills
General information
LocationBeverly Hills, California
Address9291 Burton Way
Opening1975
ManagementEOS Hospitality
Other information
Number of suites116
Number of restaurants1
Website
https://www.lermitagebeverlyhills.com/

L'Ermitage Beverly Hills is a luxury hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Built in 1975, the property was the first all-inclusive hotel in the United States. [1] Today, the hotel consists of 116 suites.

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History

The building housing L'Ermitage was originally constructed in 1975 and was intended to contain condominiums. [1] [2] Developer Severyn Ashkenazy and his brother Arnold Ashkenazy transformed the building into an 111-suite luxury hotel. [3] [4] The name L'Ermitage was chosen in honor of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. [5] [4] Arnold Ashkenazy was an art collector, and L'Ermitage eventually featured some of the prominent pieces that he owned, including oil paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. [5] [4]

When L'Ermitage opened in late 1976, it was the first all-suite hotel in the United States. [1] [6] [2] By the 1980s, each suite included a kitchen, dining room, and separate bath and shower rooms. [7] [8] The hotel was situated in a residential neighborhood and sought to distinguish itself through a reputation for exclusivity, fine dining, and guest service. [6] [8] During this period, L'Ermitage was the only Mobil Five-Star, AAA Five-diamond hotel in California. [6]

In 1986, Ashkenazy Enterprises filed for bankruptcy to fend off foreclosure by Beverly Hills Savings & Loan. [9] In 1992, L'Ermitage was taken over by Independence One Bank of California as part of an agreement with the federal government. [10] The hotel was sold for an estimated $12 million in 1993 to New York investment group La Hotel Properties Inc., and then acquired by Paris-based Immobiliere Hoteliers and Los Angeles-based Colony Capital in 1994. [10] [11] The property was then closed for four years for extensive redesigns and renovations totaling $65 million. [11] [12] [13] When L'Ermitage reopened in 1998, the Los Angeles Times noted that the "radical make-over" had "turned the once-stodgy hideaway into a fabulously chic luxury hotel." [14]

In October 2000, L'Ermitage was acquired by Singapore-based Raffles Holdings Ltd. for $68 million. [15] Raffles International then managed the hotel as Raffles L'Ermitage Beverly Hills. [15]

In January 2010, Malaysian financier Jho Low acquired L’Ermitage for $46 million, and it was converted into a Viceroy Hotel later that year. [16] In 2015, the hotel began a $37 million renovation of its suites, public areas, and restaurant that was completed in early 2016. [1] [17] [18] In August 2020, EOS Investors LLC purchased the hotel for $100 million from the U.S. government after it was seized as part of an investigation of Low. [16] [5] In October 2021, L'Ermitage dropped its affiliation with Viceroy and rebranded as L'Ermitage Beverly Hills. [19]

Features

L'Ermitage is an eight-story hotel with 116 rooms, all suites. [18] [20] Rooms average 805 square feet, making them the largest in the Beverly Hills hotel market, and feature marble bathrooms, private balconies, and separate dressing, sleeping, and sitting areas. [18] The entire property was renovated in 2016, including suites and public areas, [18] [20] and decorated with original art selected by Paragone Gallery, giclée prints from Adam Santelli and Jody Morlock, and wire-mesh sculptures from Eric Boyer. [21]

The hotel also features a rooftop pool, luxury spa, bar, and restaurant. [18]

As of 2021, L'Ermitage earned a five-star rating from Forbes Travel Guide, [22] a rating it has maintained since 2000. [18] [20] As of 2020, L'Ermitage earned a Four Diamond rating from AAA. [23]

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