Description:
The property is a four-star 383-room luxury urban resort hotel located on 14.5-acre grounds. It is comprised of ten buildings, tennis courts and the first junior Olympic-size swimming pool in California. In addition to its famous gardens, the hotel offers 24,121 SF of meeting space, including one of the largest ballrooms in Southern California (12,060 SF).

Location:
1401 Oak Knoll Ave, Pasadena; eight miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles; situated among spacious estates in the quiet, prestigious Oak Knoll area of Pasadena and adjacent to the upscale city of San Marino.

Completed: 1991

Overview:
This project is an example of the expertise needed to bring a project from the concept to the building stage through the most challenging environment of community controversy.

Built in 1907, the historic structure was declared earthquake-unsafe and closed in the mid-1980s. Controversy in the community ensued on how to update the hotel. The development team purchased the property in 1987, and won the right to replicate the main building through a city-wide referendum. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company was selected to operate the legendary property.