Ua loaʻa iā CapitaLand kahi ʻoihana hale noho lawelawe piha, ʻo The Ascott Limited, kahi waiwai nui ma New York's Fifth Avenue. E hoʻolilo ʻo ia i kahi huina kokoke i US $50 miliona (S$68 miliona) i ka waiwai. ʻO ka Hotel Central Fifth Avenue New York he 125-unit e hana hou ʻia i nā ʻāpana e hoʻomākaukau ai no kona rebranding i Citadines Fifth Avenue New York ma 2018. E hōʻailona ia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hale noho lawelawe Citadines mua o Ascott ma US.
ʻO kēia loaʻa ʻana ma New York ma hope o ka huakaʻi hou ʻana o Ascott i ʻAmelika Hema ma o nā ʻaelike franchise no nā hale noho lawelawe Citadines ʻelua ma São Paulo, Brazil. Ua loaʻa pū i ka hilinaʻi waiwai waiwai o Ascott, ʻo Ascott Residence Trust, ka 369-unit Sheraton Tribeca New York Hotel a me ka 411-key Element New York Times Square West hotel ma 2016 a me 2015. E hoʻonui ʻo Citadines Fifth Avenue New York i ka waihona o Ascott ma ʻAmelika i ʻoi aku ma mua o 1,100 mau ʻāpana ma waena o ʻelima mau waiwai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Lee Chee Koon, ka Luna Nui o Ascott: "ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kā mākou brand Citadines ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika he hana koʻikoʻi ia e hoʻonui i ka ʻoihana honua o Ascott. ʻO Citadines ka mea ulu wikiwiki loa o Ascott i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka ʻekolu o kāna kōpili mai ka wā i loaʻa ai iā mākou ka Citadines Apart'hotel chain ma ʻEulopa i ka makahiki 2004. Ua lawe mai mākou i ka brand i Asia Pacific, Middle East, South America a i kēia manawa ʻo ka US Ma ke ʻano he hōʻikeʻike kaulana. ʻO ka brand, ʻo Citadines Fifth Avenue New York e hoʻopaʻa wikiwiki i nā hoʻolālā a Ascott e hoʻonui i kā mākou ʻoihana franchise ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. ʻO Franchise me nā hoʻopukapuka kālā, nā ʻaelike hoʻokele a me nā kuʻikahi hoʻolālā e hoʻomau i nā kumu nui e hoʻoikaika i ke kūlana alakaʻi o Ascott i ko mākou hoʻoikaika ʻana i kā mākou pahuhopu o 80,000 mau ʻāpana honua ma 2020.
"Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo New York i ka piʻi nui o ka awelika o kēlā me kēia lā a me ka noho ʻana i nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ma Manhattan kahi i loaʻa ai iā mākou ʻelua mau waiwai nui ma o kā mākou hilinaʻi waiwai waiwai, ʻo Ascott Residence Trust. Loaʻa nā waiwai ʻekolu ma Manhattan me kahi kokoke i ka noho piha ʻana i hāʻawi ʻia i ko lākou mau wahi hoʻolālā ma Times Square, Tribeca a me Fifth Avenue. No ka nui o nā mea kūʻai aku o Ascott i maʻa i nā makana lawelawe maikaʻi o kā mākou mau hōʻailona lanakila, ʻo kā mākou waiwai mua Citadines-branded i loko o ka puʻuwai o New York City e hoʻoikaika hou i kā mākou pūnaewele puni honua a hāʻawi iā lākou i kahi koho hale ʻē aʻe. .”
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Mr Lee: "E hoʻomau ʻia ʻo ʻAmelika e lilo i hale mana waiwai a he nani kona hiki ke hoʻihoʻi lōʻihi. ʻO ke kolu o kā mākou mākeke kumu nui loa no nā malihini a ke manaʻo nei mākou e ulu kēia. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i kā mākou brand Citadines i ka US e hoʻonui i kā mākou pili ʻana me nā mea kūʻai aku ʻAmelika, a e hoʻoikaika i ke kūʻai kea o kā mākou mau waiwai ʻē aʻe ma Asia Pacific, ʻEulopa a me ka Middle East. Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ko mākou paepae ma New York, ʻike pū mākou i nā manawa kūpono no Ascott e hoʻonui i nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe o US e like me Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco a
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Aia ka waiwai ma ke kikowaena ma 15 West 45th Street ma ke alanui kūʻai hanohano ʻo Fifth Avenue a kokoke i Times Square, kekahi o nā wahi kipa nui loa o ka honua me ka ʻoi aku o 40 miliona mau malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Kokoke hoʻi ia i ka Grand Central Station, hiki ke maʻalahi e ke kaʻaahi a me ke kaʻa, a lawelawe maikaʻi ʻia e nā lako - kahi wahi maikaʻi loa no nā malihini i ka noho lōʻihi a pōkole. I ka makahiki 2016, ua haki ʻo New York City i ka moʻolelo me kāna hōʻea kiʻekiʻe loa o nā malihini kipa - ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 miliona mau malihini kipa - e hōʻailona ana i ka makahiki ʻehiku o ka ulu ʻana. Ua hoʻonui ʻia nā pō lumi hōkele ma 1.2 miliona a i 34.9 miliona mau pō i ka makahiki 1.
Hiki i ka Citadines Fifth Avenue New York ke komo i kahi puʻu nui o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻoihana no ka mea aia ma kahi mamao ma kahi o 100 miliona square feet o ke keʻena keʻena kahi e loaʻa ai nā hui e like me IBM, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America a me Verizon. Hiki i nā poʻe leʻaleʻa ke leʻaleʻa i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Modern Art, e kiʻi i kahi hōʻikeʻike ma ka Broadway Theatre District, kūʻai aku ma Fifth Avenue, ice-skate ma ka Rink ma Rockefeller Center a i ʻole e hele wāwae leʻaleʻa ma Central Park a i ʻole Bryant Park, nā mea āpau ma kahi kokoke. o ka waiwai.
Me kēia loaʻa hou loa ma New York, ua hoʻohui ʻo Ascott i nā waiwai 10 me nā ʻāpana 1,900 a hiki i kēia makahiki, ma waena o Kina, Brazil, South Korea a me ka US Ascott ua wehe pū ʻo ia i ʻehā mau waiwai me ka ʻoi aku o 800 mau ʻāpana. Loaʻa kēia mau hale noho lawelawe mua ma Jeju, South Korea a ma Makassar, Indonesia; a me nā waiwai ma Riyadh, Saudi Arabia a me Tokyo, Iapana.
