L'Ermitage Beverly Hills is a luxury hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Built in 1975, the property was the first all-inclusive hotel in the United States.[1] Today, the hotel consists of 116 suites.
| L'Ermitage Beverly Hills | |
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 Front entrance of L'Ermitage Beverly Hills | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Beverly Hills, California |
| Address | 9291 Burton Way |
| Opening | 1975 |
| Management | EOS Hospitality |
| Other information | |
| Number of suites | 116 |
| Number of restaurants | 1 |
| Website | |
| https://www.lermitagebeverlyhills.com/ | |
History
The building housing L'Ermitage was originally constructed in 1975 and was intended to contain condominiums.[1][2] Developer Severyn Ashkenazy and his brother Arnold Ashkenazy transformed the building into an 111-suite luxury hotel.[3][4] The name L'Ermitage was chosen in honor of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.[5][4] Arnold Ashkenazy was an art collector, and L'Ermitage eventually featured some of the prominent pieces that he owned, including oil paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.[5][4]
When L'Ermitage opened in late 1976, it was the first all-suite hotel in the United States.[1][6][2] By the 1980s, each suite included a kitchen, dining room, and separate bath and shower rooms.[7][8] The hotel was situated in a residential neighborhood and sought to distinguish itself through a reputation for exclusivity, fine dining, and guest service.[6][8] During this period, L'Ermitage was the only Mobil Five-Star, AAA Five-diamond hotel in California.[6]
In 1986, Ashkenazy Enterprises filed for bankruptcy to fend off foreclosure by Beverly Hills Savings & Loan.[9] In 1992, L'Ermitage was taken over by Independence One Bank of California as part of an agreement with the federal government.[10] The hotel was sold for an estimated $12 million in 1993 to New York investment group La Hotel Properties Inc., and then acquired by Paris-based Immobiliere Hoteliers and Los Angeles-based Colony Capital in 1994.[10][11] The property was then closed for four years for extensive redesigns and renovations totaling $65 million.[11][12][13] When L'Ermitage reopened in 1998, the Los Angeles Times noted that the "radical make-over" had "turned the once-stodgy hideaway into a fabulously chic luxury hotel."[14]
In October 2000, L'Ermitage was acquired by Singapore-based Raffles Holdings Ltd. for $68 million.[15] Raffles International then managed the hotel as Raffles L'Ermitage Beverly Hills.[15]
In January 2010, Malaysian financier Jho Low acquired L’Ermitage for $46 million, and it was converted into a Viceroy Hotel later that year.[16] In 2015, the hotel began a $37 million renovation of its suites, public areas, and restaurant that was completed in early 2016.[1][17][18] In August 2020, EOS Investors LLC purchased the hotel for $100 million from the U.S. government after it was seized as part of an investigation of Low.[16][5] In October 2021, L'Ermitage dropped its affiliation with Viceroy and rebranded as L'Ermitage Beverly Hills.[19]
Features
L'Ermitage is an eight-story hotel with 116 rooms, all suites.[18][20] Rooms average 805 square feet, making them the largest in the Beverly Hills hotel market, and feature marble bathrooms, private balconies, and separate dressing, sleeping, and sitting areas.[18] The entire property was renovated in 2016, including suites and public areas,[18][20] and decorated with original art selected by Paragone Gallery, giclée prints from Adam Santelli and Jody Morlock, and wire-mesh sculptures from Eric Boyer.[21]
The hotel also features a rooftop pool, luxury spa, bar, and restaurant.[18]
As of 2021, L'Ermitage earned a five-star rating from Forbes Travel Guide,[22] a rating it has maintained since 2000.[18][20] As of 2020, L'Ermitage earned a Four Diamond rating from AAA.[23]
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