Four Seasons Hotel Houston is a hotel in

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, United States. It is operated by

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. The hotel includes Four Seasons Place, a group of 64 apartment units, and an Italian restaurant.Urban Sophistication
" Four Seasons Hotel Houston. Retrieved on July 25, 2009. It is a part of the Houston Center complex.

History

Four Seasons Hotel Houston opened in 1982.Sarnoff, Nancy.
Bill Gates’ investment fund buys downtown hotel
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''. Wednesday September 25, 2013. Retrieved on September 25, 2013. It became the city's first AAA Five-Diamond hotel 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. In 2006,

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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. In 2013, Maritz, Wolff & Co. sold the property to

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. Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, owned jointly by Cascade,

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and Triples Holdings, will continue to manage the hotel.

Amenities

The hotel's restaurant, Quattro, features an Italian-style menu. The

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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.

Zoned schools

The Four Seasons Place apartments are zoned to

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schools. Residents are zoned to

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(Grades K-8), and Northside High School (formerly

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High School). By Spring 2011, Atherton Elementary School and E.O. Smith Education Center were consolidated with a new K-5 campus in the Atherton site.Board Approves School Closings and Consolidations
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''. November 14, 2008. As a result, the building was rezoned from Smith to Gregory Lincoln for the middle school level.Gregory Lincoln Middle Attendance Zone
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''. Retrieved on July 26, 2011. Previously it was zoned to Bruce Elementary. As part of rezoning for the 2014–2015 school year, this tower was rezoned from Bruce to Gregory-Lincoln K-8 for elementary school.

In popular culture

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stays in this hotel. On the lead single for

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on his second studio album

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Frank, a.k.a. Hobo Johnson references his experience at The Four Seasons Hotel.

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History

Amenities

Zoned schools

In popular culture

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