Four Seasons Hotel Houston is a hotel in Houston, Texas, United States. It is operated by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. The hotel includes Four Seasons Place, a group of 64 apartment units, and an Italian restaurant.[1] It is a part of the Houston Center complex.
History
Four Seasons Hotel Houston opened in 1982.[2] It became the city's first AAA Five-Diamond hotel[3][unreliable source?] in 1996. In 2000, Crescent Real Estate Equities, the owner of Houston Center, sold the Four Seasons Hotel Houston to Maritz, Wolff & Co., a hotel investment group, for $105 million.[4]
In 2006, Institutional Investor ranked Four Seasons Hotel Houston the 87th "Best Hotel in the World". The hotel currently houses 404 guest rooms, including 12 suites, throughout 30 floors.[citation needed]
In 2013, Maritz, Wolff & Co. sold the property to Cascade Investment. Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, owned jointly by Cascade, Kingdom Holding Company and Triples Holdings, will continue to manage the hotel.[2]
Amenities
The hotel's restaurant, Quattro, features an Italian-style menu. The Mobil Four Star restaurant[5][unreliable source?] offers breakfast, lunch, dinner and an antipasto bar.
The hotel has 289 rooms and 115 suits, in addition to 64 apartment units at the Four Seasons Place, a total of 468 guest accommodations.[6]
By Spring 2011, Atherton Elementary School and E.O. Smith Education Center were consolidated with a new K-5 campus in the Atherton site.[10] As a result, the building was rezoned from Smith to Gregory Lincoln for the middle school level.[11] Previously it was zoned to Bruce Elementary.[12] As part of rezoning for the 2014–2015 school year, this tower was rezoned from Bruce to Gregory-Lincoln K-8 for elementary school.[13]
On the lead single for Hobo Johnson on his second studio album The Fall of Hobo Johnson Frank, a.k.a. Hobo Johnson references his experience at The Four Seasons Hotel.[14]
