Carlton Hotel

Carlton Hotel may refer to:

Carlton Hotel (Atascadero, California)

The Carlton Hotel is a luxury hotel located in Atascadero, California, along the state's Central Coast in San Luis Obispo County. Construction began in 1928, with the hotel officially opening its doors in 1929. After several decades of local popularity and notoriety, by the early 1980s the hotel had fallen into deep disrepair.

During this time, the dilapidation had degenerated into such extent that several local bands would play in the dark and abandoned lobby, and the gold-plated hands of the tower clock were stolen - sometime in the late 1970s.

In 1999, a joint-venture, formed between David Weyrich, David Crabtree and Steve Landaker, purchased the hotel, reopening the facility in 2004.

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The St. Regis Washington, D.C.

The St. Regis Washington, D.C. known for many years as The Carlton Hotel, is an historic hotel located at 923 16th Street NW in Washington, D.C. two blocks north of the White House.

History

The Beaux-Arts and Neo-Renaissance style luxury hotel was built as The Carlton Hotel in 1926 by local developer Harry Wardman. It was designed by architect Mihran Mesrobian.Cordell Hull lived there during World War II.

Wardman was forced to sell the hotel in 1930, due to the Great Depression. The hotel was then resold in 1953 to Sheraton Hotels, which renamed the hotel the Sheraton-Carlton Hotel.

The Sheraton-Carlton closed for extensive renovations from December 1987 to October 2, 1988 at a cost of $16 million. Soon after reopening in 1988, the hotel's name reverted to The Carlton Hotel. In 1999, it was renamed The St. Regis Washington, D.C.

Claret Capital, a real estate investment firm based in Dublin, Ireland, purchased the hotel in 2007 for about $170 million. Claret renovated the property in 2008. But the Great Recession significantly hurt both the luxury hotel industry and the Irish economy, and Claret Capital was not able to continue making payments on the loan it secured from Barclays Capital. Barclays foreclosed on the hotel in September 2010, and announced plans to auction off the property.