The San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino is a hotel and casino located on the beach in Condado , San Juan , Puerto Rico . It is operated by Marriott International .
8-747: The hotel was designed by architects Osvaldo L. Toro and Miguel Ferrer and opened on October 4, 1963 as the Puerto Rico-Sheraton Hotel . Directly on the beach in Condado , it boasted an Olympic-sized swimming pool . Sheraton sold the property to the San Juan Dupont Plaza Corp. of Delaware in 1979 and it was renamed the Dupont Plaza Hotel . On December 31, 1986, the Dupont Plaza was the site of
16-741: The House of Representatives' Annex Buildings (1955) and the Hotel La Concha (1958). Osvaldo Toro FAIA (1914–1995) studied architecture at Columbia University , graduating in 1937. Miguel Ferrer FAIA (1914–2005) studied architecture at Cornell University , graduating in 1938. Both were members of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects and recipients of the Henry Klumb Award in 1986. The firm
24-546: The hotel an operating permit, because the owners had only installed sprinklers in the hotel's first three floors, and not throughout the entire building. A massive federal trial over the fire began in San Juan on March 15, 1989. It was one of the largest personal damages trials in US history up to that point, with $ 1.7 billion sought by 2,300 plaintiffs from 250 defendants, including a maze of corporations and subsidiaries involved in
32-563: The property's ownership. AIG , a lead insurance underwriter supplying coverage for the blaze, ended up acquiring title to the shuttered hotel in June 1989, as part of the settlement of claims arising from the fire. In October 1992, AIG announced plans to completely renovate the hotel at a cost of $ 130 million and rebrand it as a Marriott. The hotel reopened on February 16, 1995, as the San Juan Marriott Resort & Casino . It
40-561: The second deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history , started by disgruntled employees in the middle of a labor/salary dispute. The fire claimed 97 lives and left 140 people injured. The San Juan Dupont Plaza Corp renovated the hotel in 1988, at a cost of $ 9 million, and renamed it the Palm Hotel and Casino . A reopening was announced for early 1989, but it was cancelled on December 19, 1988, when the Puerto Rican government refused to grant
48-659: Was an architectural firm and one of the principal exponents of Puerto Rico 's tropical modernism . Founded in 1945 by Osvaldo Toro FAIA (1914–1995), Miguel Ferrer FAIA (1914–2005) and Luis Torregrosa Casellas, the firm designed some of Puerto Rico's most significant modern landmarks. Major works include the Caribe Hilton Hotel (1945), the Aeropuerto Internacional de Isla Verde (1955), the Corte Suprema (Puerto Rico Supreme Court) (1955),
56-699: Was known by various names including Toro Ferrer y Torregrosa before settling on Toro-Ferrer. Exhibitions By Archivos de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico - AACUPR The Architecture and Construction Archives at the University of Puerto Rico (AACUPR) conserves the Toro y Ferrer Collection (1938-1984). Approximately 98 cubic feet in size, the collection contains architectural drawings, photographs, presentation boards, project albums, and textual documents. The Architectural Drawing Series holds 267 projects organized chronologically. The collection
64-675: Was later renamed slightly, becoming the San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino . AIG sold the hotel to Rockwood Capital in August 2011 for $ 133 million. Rockwood Capital resold it in May 2017 to an unnamed Chinese buyer for $ 184 million. The San Juan Marriott has 525 hotel rooms and a casino. In addition, the hotel has 8 meeting rooms with a total of 10,900 sq ft (1,010 m) of meeting space. 18°27′22″N 66°4′13″W / 18.45611°N 66.07028°W / 18.45611; -66.07028 Toro Ferrer Toro y Ferrer
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