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Anbang plans to convert most of Waldorf Astoria to apartments: WSJ

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2016-06-28 09:05Global Times/Agencies Editor: Li Yan

Anbang Insurance Group Co plans to convert up to 75 percent of the rooms at New York's landmark Waldorf Astoria hotel into apartments, Reuters reported on Monday, citing the Wall Street Journal.

The insurer, which bought the hotel from Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc in 2014 for $1.95 billion, plans to close the Waldorf for up to three years starting next spring, the newspaper said.

"We have not finalized any plans in terms of the scope, -nature and details of the renovation project or the exact timing and duration of the hotel's -closure. We are currently developing conceptual plans and will share additional details once those plans are finalized," a US-based spokesman for Anbang said.

It plans to convert as many as 1,100 of the hotel's 1,413 rooms into condominiums, according to the WSJ.

When the hotel reopens, it will have 300 to 500 guest rooms.

The plan also calls for the hotel to cut hundreds of jobs, according to the report.

  

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