The JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square is a luxury hotel in
San Francisco
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,
California
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. It is owned by
Park Hotels & Resorts.
History
The hotel was designed and built by architect and developer
John Portman
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, and opened in 1987 as The Portman. It was sold on June 1, 1990 to
Pan Pacific Hotels
The Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts (泛太平洋酒店及度假村) is a hospitality company headquartered in Singapore and founded in 1975. It is a subsidiary of developer UOL Group and operates more than 20 luxury hotels, resorts and serviced s ...
, a division of the
Tokyu Corporation
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History
The oldest predecessor ...
, which renamed it The Pan Pacific Hotel San Francisco. On August 10, 2003, Tokyu sold the hotel to San Francisco-based Oxford Lodging 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. On April 19, 2006, Ashford announced that they had concluded a management deal with
Marriott International
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, and the hotel was placed in their
JW Marriott
JW Marriott is a luxury hotel brand owned by Marriott International.
History
The JW Marriott brand was established in 1984, with the opening of the first hotel in Washington, D.C. It was named as a tribute to J.W. Marriott, the founder of Marr ...
brand
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and renamed JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square.
In 2011, Ashford sold the hotel to Thayer Lodging for $96 million. Thayer then sold the property to Chesapeake Lodging Trust in 2014 for $147 million. Chesapeake was acquired by Park Hotels & Resorts in 2019.
References
Further reading
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External links
JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square official website
{{Buildings in San Francisco, state=collapsed
Hotel buildings completed in 1987
Hotels established in 1987
John C. Portman Jr. buildings
JW Marriott Hotels
Skyscraper hotels in San Francisco