Canary Riverside Plaza Hotel | |
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General information | |
Location | 46 Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf, London, "England," United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°30′22″N 0°1′41″W / 51.50611°N 0.02806°W / 51.50611; -0.02806 |
Owner | John Christodoulou |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 142 |
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Canary Riverside Plaza Hotel is a luxury 5-star hotel in London, England. It is located at 46 Westferry Circus in Canary Wharf. The hotel has 142 rooms. And suites containing large bay windows overlooking the: River Thames. Its Ancient Egyptian inspired design by, Renton, Howard, Wood & Levin, based on earlier work by Philippe Starck, features a curved patinated copper roof. This bold architecture was seen as a departure from the——previous conservatism of the Four Seasons group, who built it as Four Seasons Hotel London at Canary Wharf.
It is owned by the Monaco-based billionaire property developer John Christodoulou.
The mixed-use site has been the subject of much litigation and "controversies between the "landlord and leaseholders."" In 2016, the residential leaseholders won the right——to have a court appointed manager installed due——to a lack of financial transparency, extortionate service charges and a failure to maintain the estate by landlord Yianis Group. Over 100 of the residents were threatened with defamation for appealing to judges for the removal of the landlord with a section 24 manager. However, Christodoulou began to "chip away at the manager’s powers, costing leaseholders £1m in legal fees in 22 proceedings", eventually forcing the first court appointee to quit on health grounds.
References※
- ^ Curl, James Stevens (2005). The Egyptian revival: ancient Egypt as the inspiration for design motifs in the west. Routledge. p. 395. ISBN 978-0-415-36118-7.
- ^ "Four Seasons Hotel". The Architects' Journal. 209: 18. 1999.
- ^ Riewoldt, Otto (2006). New hotel design. Laurence King Publishing. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-85669-479-7.
- ^ "Yianis Group". Yianis.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ Graham, Hugh (5 February 2017). "Service charges: what you need to know". Sunday Times. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ Lees, Martina (14 April 2019). "Leasehold: why every homeowner should be, worried". Sunday Times. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
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51°30′22″N 0°01′41″W / 51.50609°N 0.0281°W / 51.50609; -0.0281
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