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The Hotel Negresco is a hotel and site of the restaurant Le Chantecler, located on the Promenade des Anglais [1] on the Baie des Anges in Nice, France. It was named after Henri Negresco (1868–1920), who had the palatial hotel constructed in 1912. [ 2 ]
Mercure is a French midscale hotel chain owned by Accor. [2] Created in 1973 in France, the brand was acquired by Accor in 1975, and subsequently became a major part of the company's midscale hotel portfolio, alongside Novotel. As of 2021, Mercure operated 949 hotels in 63 countries. [1]
Hotel Negresco. Henri Alexandre Negresco (né Alexandru Negrescu; 14 March 1870 – 14 May 1920) was a Romanian hotelier and founder of the Hotel Negresco in Nice, France. [1] He died bankrupt after World War I, his hotel having been commandeered into a hospital during the war.
The Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Méditerranée is a nine-floor luxury casino hotel complex located on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France. It was built in 1929 by architects Charles and Marcel Dalmas, and partly rebuilt and modernized in 1990, a year after two of its facades were classified as historical monuments. It contains 187 ...
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In 1998, Grimaldi retired and sold the Grimaldi's brand name and franchise to Frank Ciolli. Several years later, Ciolli moved Grimaldi's Pizzeria to a larger building next door. In 2011, Grimaldi announced he was coming out of retirement at the age of 80, but was unable to open a restaurant in his own name due to selling his brand rights. [2]
In 2021, the project was updated to a cost of $105 million, with 40 apartments and similar other uses, including four to five bars, restaurants, and coffee shops; the hotel was cut from the plan and replaced with a two-story restaurant and office space with a rooftop bar. The estimated completion date was moved from 2021 to summer 2023. [7]
The building was acquired by Nice City Council in 1866, and was converted for municipal use to a design by the city architect, François Aune. Council officers relocated from their old accommodation at the Palais communal de Nice in Place Saint-François [5] into their new home on Rue Saint-François de Paule in 1868. [1]