The Waldorf-Astoria Collection Keeps Collecting Hotels
On the heels of their recent announcement about the Dakota Mountain Lodge, the Waldorf-Astoria Collection has announced another brand new property, this time the Waldorf-Astoria Sarasota in Florida at the planned mixed-use, high-end development Proscenium. (Note: It's the building on the left in the rendering above.)
The 225-room Waldorf=Astoria Sarasota will feature 38,000 square feet of ballroom, meeting and exhibition space, the iconic Peacock Alley® Lounge, signature restaurants, a roof-top pool overlooking downtown Sarasota, and a 12,000-square-foot spa, among other amenities. There will also be 67 Waldorf=Astoria Residences within the 18-story hotel tower.
In case you were wondering, Proscenium is a type of theater space, thus the development (not the hotel) will have a four-screen, independent and foreign film theater with a total of 500 seats along with the 800-seat Nederlander Performing Arts Hall. The Waldorf-Astoria Sarasota will actually have a bridge to the hall's VIP section. Swanky.
And since this is Florida, most visitors want to spend some time of the beach. Lion's Gate, the developers behind Proscenium are developing a 59-unit annex on Sarasota's Lido Beach. Hotel guests will then be able to use this beach here.
As with most hotel hype, the opening date is far off--late 2010.
Another rendering is after the jump.
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