Who is the owner of The Cecil Hotel?
THE Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles became notorious after a number of serial killers stayed there.
It was also where the body of Elisa Lam was found.
Who is the owner of The Cecil Hotel?
The hotel is no longer open.
In 2011 it was rebranded as Stay on Main.
In 2014, the hotel was sold to New York City hotelier Richard Born for $30million, after which another New York-based firm, , acquired a 99-year ground lease on the property.
It was announced in 2016 that the hotel would have a $100million renovation and closed the following year.
“We are going to redevelop it from the doorway to the roof and everything in between.”
Baron added: “We really think it’s a fantastic location - the center where everything is happening.”
Beyond renovating rooms, the developer also plans a gym, lounge, and rooftop pool.
It was constructed by W. W. Paden at a cost of $1.5million.
The budget hotel would become a place to sleep for people who were down on their luck.
The hotel though has a murky past and has been the location for a shocking number of murders, suicides and other violent incidents over the years.
1927
The first death occurred in the same year it opened when a man called Percy Ormond Cook, 52, shot himself, and died the same evening on January 22.
1930s
W. K. Norton, 46, was found dead in his room after ingesting poison capsules on November 19, 1931.
2013
The naked body of , 21, was discovered on February 19 inside one of the water supply tanks on the hotel roof.
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She had disappeared three weeks earlier.
While authorities later ruled Lam's death as an accidental drowning have persisted.