Hilton Hotel rises at World Trade Center.Hilton Hotel rises at World Trade Center The World Trade Center Hilton Hotel, an $80 million hotel that is the second of four phases in a $550 million master-planned development in Long Beach, broke ground last week. Developer of the 15-story hotel is IDM/Kajima International Inc. The Hilton will join another building -- a 27-story office tower -- that has been constructed as part of the Trade Center plan. The master plan calls for the construction of three additional office towers totaling 2 million square feet of space, plus retail space to house restaurants, a health club, a day care center and other amenities. Next year at this time, a third phase is planned to break ground and later, at an undetermined time, a final phase will round out the project. The Hilton will have 393 rooms, a coffee shop and restaurant and nearly 18,000 square feet of convention space, including a ballroom
A ballroom is a large room inside a building, the designated purpose of which is holding formal dances called balls. . It was designed by the architectural firm An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture. History Architects (master builders) have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep (c. of Ellerbe Becket Ellerbe Becket is an international architecture, engineering, and construction firm. It was founded in 1909 in St Paul, MN and its current corporate office is located in Minneapolis, MN, while other offices are located in Dallas, TX, Kansas City, MO, San Francisco, CA and Inc. and Kajima International is the general contractor A general contractor is an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or any other execution of work or facility. for the project. IDM/Kajima received additional financing of an undisclosed amount for the hotel from Matsushita Real Estate of San Clemente San Clemente (săn klĭmĕn`tē), city (1990 pop. 41,100), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; inc. 1928. Camp Pendleton, a large U.S. marine base, adjoins the city, which is chiefly residential. . IDM/Kajima is a joint venture between between IDM (1) See identity management. (2) (Integrated Device Manufacturer) A company that performs every step of the chip-making process, including design, manufacture, test and packaging. Examples of IDMs are Intel, AMD, Motorola, IBM, TI and Lucent. Corp. of Long Beach and Kajima International Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of a Japan-based construction giant. Over the last 25 years, Kajima International has built more than 300 commercial and industrial developments. PHOTO : Phasing in: Hilton Hotel is second phase of World Trade Center project in Long Beach and PHOTO : will join a single office tower |
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