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The Lotte New York Palace Hotel is a luxury hotel in Midtown Manhattan, at the corner of 50th Street and Madison Avenue. The property is housed in the historic landmark Villard Mansion and a modern 55-story tower. == History == In 1882, Henry Villard, a well-known railroad financier, hired McKim, Mead, and White to create six private brownstone townhouses surrounding a courtyard on Madison Avenue. The prominent architectural firm created the houses in the neo-Italian Renaissance tradition, after the Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome. In the spring of 1974, the developer Harry Helmsley proposed a 55-story hotel for the site of the Villard Houses called The Helmsley Palace Hotel. To construct his hotel tower, Helmsley hired Emery Roth & Sons, who created its design of dark bronze reflective glass and anodized aluminum to blend with the Villard Houses and the surrounding skyline of Manhattan. The Helmsley Palace Hotel opened in 1981 and was operated by Helmsley until 1992, when the hotel came under the management of a private New York limited partnership owned by the family of Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, changing its name to The New York Palace.〔(From the Vault: New York Palace Hotel, 455 Madison Avenue ) Commercial Observer, Jan. 13, 2014,〕 During Helmsley's ownership Harry's wife Leona Helmsley maintained a strict and intolerant management style which involved her firing staff members for trivial mistakes, an act which gave her the nickname, "Queen of Mean." The hotel reverted to its bond holders from Leona Helmsley and was ultimately purchased by the Sultan of Brunei with the concurrence of the US Bankruptcy Court. The Sultan of Brunei, through its development company, Amedeo Limited, hired Lee Jablin of Harman Jablin Architects for the complete renovation of the hotel and Villard Houses. Northwood Investors bought the hotel from the Sultan of Brunei in 2011. Lotte Hotels & Resorts, an owner and operator of luxury hotels based in Seoul, South Korea, agreed to a deal acquiring the hotel for $805 million from real estate management firm Northwood Investors at the end of May 2015. Lotte Hotels & Resorts completed the acquisition on August 28, 2015. The hotel was afterwards renamed the Lotte New York Palace Hotel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lotte New York Palace Hotel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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