Chelsea Hotel, Toronto
The Chelsea Hotel, Toronto (formerly the Delta Chelsea Toronto and briefly the Eaton Chelsea) in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest hotel in Canada.[1] Located at 33 Gerrard Street West, it contains 1,590 guest rooms and suites on 26 floors, with 5 basements and 18 elevators. It originally received funding from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to be built as a student housing cooperative and then was planned as a residential condominium building by Toronto architectural firm Crang and Boake, but it opened as a hotel on October 15, 1975.[2] The 26 floor, 83.72 metres (274.7 ft) original single-tower structure was purchased in 1996 by Great Eagle Holdings of Hong Kong.[3] The hotel was part of the Delta Hotels chain from its opening until July 2013.
| Chelsea Hotel, Toronto | |
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 The balconies of the hotel in 2011 | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 33 Gerrard Street West Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°39′31″N 79°22′59″W |
| Opened | October 15, 1975 |
| Owner | Great Eagle Holdings |
| Management | Langham Hospitality Group |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 26 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Crang and Boake |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 1,590 |
| Number of restaurants | 3 |
| Website | |
| chelseatoronto | |
Location
The Chelsea Hotel is located within the Downtown Yonge area of downtown Toronto. It is situated between the College and Dundas TTC subway stations on the Yonge-University-Spadina Line.
Ownership and management
On December 19, 2012, hotel owner Great Eagle Holdings announced that it would end its management agreement with Delta Hotels on July 1, 2013, and place the property under the control of its own subsidiary, Langham Hospitality Group. It was reported that Great Eagle Holdings would not commit to renovations that Delta sought to upgrade the facility.
The hotel changed its name from the Delta Chelsea to the Eaton Chelsea on July 1, 2013.[4][5] Ken Greene, president and CEO of Delta Hotels, stated that "It was a tough decision to part ways", adding, "This is symbolic of the repositioning that Delta is going through. It definitely shows that we are very serious about becoming the leading four-star brand."[1] Delta had announced that it was building a new flagship hotel (the Delta Toronto Hotel) in Toronto's South Core district as part of a development led by its parent company at the time, the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation.[1]
The Eaton Hotels chain also has hotels in Shanghai, Hong Kong and New Delhi. Although the Toronto hotel has a marketing partnership with the nearby Toronto Eaton Centre,[6] it has no corporate relationship to the mall, nor does the hotel chain have any historical connection to the mall's namesake, Timothy Eaton, or the defunct Eaton's department store chain that he had founded.
In early 2015, the hotel rebranded again as the Chelsea Hotel, while remaining under the control of the Langham Hospitality Group and retaining most other aspects of the Eaton Hotels branding. The reasons for this latest rebranding have not been publicized.
Amenities
In addition to the 1,590 guest rooms and suites, the Chelsea Hotel also has several restaurants, meeting areas, conference rooms, an underground parking garage, a KidZone (as the hotel bills itself as a family-friendly destination), and 2 indoor swimming pools, one of which has Toronto's only downtown, indoor water slide. A portion of the slide is visible over the Walton Street entrance.
References
- Susan Pigg (19 December 2012). "Delta Hotels to abandon management of Toronto's Chelsea hotel". Toronto Star. Thestar.com. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
- "Delta Chelsea Inn". Emporis. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
- Neshevich, Carol (2014-01-10). "How Delta Chelsea Became Part of the Eaton Family of Hotels". Hotelier Magazine. Archived from the original on 2014-06-01. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
- "Delta Hotels parts ways with Toronto's largest hotel, Delta Chelsea in July". CFTR (AM). 680news.com. The Canadian Press. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
- Rosanna Caira (16 April 2013). "Delta Chelsea to become Eaton Chelsea Toronto". Hotelier magazine.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- "Exclusive Hotel Rate for Toronto Eaton Centre Shoppers". Toronto Eaton Centre. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
