GS Associates

Returning a landmark riverfront tower to Four Seasons luxury.

Investment
~$450M restoration
Keys
341 rooms + 92 residences
Restoration
CambridgeSeven
Design
Bill Rooney Studio

Overview

Four Seasons’ first New Orleans hotel sits inside the landmark former World Trade Center at the foot of Canal Street. Edward Durell Stone’s 1968 tower was reimagined in a roughly $450 million restoration by CambridgeSeven, with interiors from Bill Rooney Studio. GS Associates delivered the FF&E procurement across 341 rooms and suites and 92 private residences, helping return one of the city’s signature riverfront buildings to a new standard of luxury.

The Challenge

Converting a 1968 modernist icon into a Four Seasons hotel and residences meant procuring for two distinct programs, hotel and private residences, inside the constraints of a historic tower. Every piece had to serve the restoration’s luxury ambition while fitting the realities of an existing landmark structure.

The Design Team

The restoration was led by architects CambridgeSeven, reimagining Edward Durell Stone’s 1968 tower, with interior and FF&E design by Bill Rooney Studio.

Our Scope

We sourced and bought the FF&E across all 341 guestrooms and suites and the 92 private residences, coordinating two furnishing programs on one landmark site.

From competitive bidding and value engineering through expediting, logistics, and installation, we tracked every item to the design standard and the opening schedule as the owner’s independent agent.

The Outcome

One of New Orleans’ signature riverfront buildings reopened to a new standard of luxury, its guestrooms and residences furnished to the level Four Seasons demands.

Gallery

Inside Four Seasons New Orleans.

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