| The Westin New York Grand Central | |
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 Shot of the hotel from across East 42nd Street. TheDaily News Building can be seen to the left. | |
 Interactive map of the The Westin New York Grand Central area | |
| Hotel chain | Westin Hotels |
| General information | |
| Location | 212 East 42nd Street New York City,New York10017 United States |
| Coordinates | 40°45′00″N73°58′26″W / 40.75000°N 73.97389°W /40.75000; -73.97389 |
| Opening | February 18, 1981 |
| Owner | Davidson Kempner Capital Management |
| Management | HEI Hotels & Resorts |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Emery Roth & Sons |
| Developer | Harry Helmsley |
| Website | |
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The Westin New York Grand Central is a 40-story, 800-room business-oriented hotel approximately two blocks west of theUnited Nations headquarters and a little more than one block east ofGrand Central Terminal inNew York City,New York.
The hotel was designed byEmery Roth & Sons and opened on February 18, 1981, asThe Harley of New York - A Helmsley Hotel. Constructed by New York developerHarry Helmsley, the hotel's name was a combination of his own first name and that of his famous wife,Leona Helmsley. They co-owned the hotel with theMetropolitan Life Insurance Company. The Helmsleys attended the opening, along with MayorEd Koch, but the inaugural luncheon that day was marred by an accidental fire, which necessitated the evacuation of the entire hotel and required 23 people to be treated for smoke inhalation.[1]
The Helmsleys purchased Hospitality Inns fromStandard Oil of Ohio in 1981, renaming them to create a nationwide Harley Hotels chain[2] of 27 properties,[3] with the New York hotel as the flagship. Following a renovation,[4] the hotel was renamedThe New York Helmsley in November 1985.[5]
Soon after Harry's death, Leona sold the remaining hotels in the Harley chain to a Philadelphia investment group in 1998 for $40 million.[6] After Leona's death in 2007, her estate sold The New York Helmsley Hotel toHost Hotels & Resorts in 2011 for $313.5 million.[7] The new owners contracted withWestin Hotels to manage the property, following an 18-month closure for a $75 million renovation, and the hotel became The Westin New York Grand Central on October 1, 2012. It was sold again on January 11, 2019, to Davidson Kempner Capital Management for $302 million. They plan to renovate it at a cost of $20 million and keep it under the Westin flag.[8]
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