![]() ![]() developments don’t require owners to rent their units to transient guests part of the year.įield was free to personalize his three-bedroom Montage residence with custom furniture and artwork. Unlike time shares or earlier forms of hotel-condo developments, these new L.A. Hotel residents of yesteryear may have had prestige, but today they also want control, the kind that comes with ownership. When she retired on a fixed income in the 1970s, the hotel gave her a special rate: $33 a night. The late Thelma Becker became an in-house celebrity after living at what is now called the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles for 57 years. The hotel fielded love notes from fans of Elvis Presley, who took up residence while filming the 1960 Western “Flaming Star.” He spent 15 years in the Veranda Suite during the ‘60s and ‘70s. The Beverly Wilshire Beverly Hills, a Four Seasons Hotel, was home to Warren Beatty. (Long-term guests at the Pink Palace can still book rooms by the month or longer - and get the 15.2% city and occupancy taxes waived if they stay at least 30 days.) No wonder, then, that celebs such as John Lennon, Johnny Depp and John Belushi lived (and in some cases died) in the kitchenette-equipped rooms at the Chateau Marmont, or that Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Howard Hughes called the Beverly Hills Hotel and its bungalows home. The convenience of round-the-clock service, a central location and a prestigious address has long made upscale hotels attractive to the all-hours lifestyle of the rich, famous and mobile, Groth said. They could also entertain on a more lavish scale in a hotel, because they didn’t have to have their own ballroom,” he said. Living in a hotel meant that “they didn’t have to maintain a city home or keep a staff of servants. Then, as now, “most of the people who lived in hotels also had homes elsewhere,” Groth said. The perks that attract potential buyers today are the same that filled hotels with long-term residents in the last century, said Paul Groth, a professor of architecture history at UC Berkeley and author of a history of residential hotels in the United States. The difference? Residents don’t have to check out. All promise luxury accommodations and the kind of pampered, room-serviced life that beckons travelers to check in. Live - will begin handing over the keys to homes set inside hotel complexes. This spring, two other high-profile properties in the area - the W Hollywood Hotel & Residences and the Ritz-Carlton Residences at L.A. It’s a new spin on an old but alluring idea: hotel as home. And just like some fairy tale, Field’s every wish is the staff’s command, whether he wants a hot pastrami at 3 a.m., a chartered jet at 7 or a delivery of daisies at 8. ![]() Eventually he will have to share the perks with other owners of the Montage’s 20 residences, but for now, Field has it all to himself: an entire wing separate from the riffraff paying $475 to $1,250 a night for a Montage hotel room. Field is the first and, so far, the only “resident guest” at the Montage, meaning his $7 million condominium set within the hotel development comes with services and amenities beyond those available to overnight visitors. Field, anything you want to eat, the chef will make,” says the waiter, who nevertheless proffers a menu. The dining room actually was a Poliform design inside a model unit of the W Hollywood Hotel & Residences in Los Angeles. Hotels as homes: In a May 1 article about permanent residences within new hotel complexes, a photo of a contemporary dining room carried a caption that implied the picture was taken inside the Ritz-Carlton Residences at L.A. Moments after the private elevator in the Montage Beverly Hills slides open, the staff warmly greets Larry Field and ushers him to a pool-view seat at the rooftop Conservatory Grill. ![]()
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