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13-439: Russell Hotel may refer to: Hotel Russell , London hotel Russell Hotel (Ottawa) , Ottawa hotel Russell Hotel, The Rocks , Sydney hotel The Russell Hotel , former Dublin hotel Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Russell Hotel . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

26-567: A historic five-star hotel, located on Russell Square , Bloomsbury , in the London Borough of Camden . From its opening in 1900 until 2018, it was known as the Hotel Russell . The Hotel Russell was built in 1898 by the architect Charles Fitzroy Doll and opened in 1900. It is distinctively clad in decorative thé-au-lait ("tea with milk") terracotta and was based on the Château de Madrid near

39-569: A significant portfolio of offices and logistics platforms. Another subsidiary, Foncière des Murs, acquired 22 retirement homes from the Suren group, followed by 128 hotel properties from the AccorHotels group. In 2018, Foncière des Régions became Covivio. Covivio's office portfolio in France will account for 31% of its total portfolio by the end of 2022. Covivio designs new or restructured office projects in

52-684: The Bois de Boulogne in Paris. Its restaurant, which was originally named after the architect but is now called Neptune, is said to be almost identical to the RMS Titanic 's dining room, which he designed. Also in the hotel is "Lucky George", a bronze dragon on the second floor stairs. An identical copy was on the Titanic . Known for its palatial design, the hotel's fixtures and fittings included an ornate Pyrenean marble staircase and an interior sunken garden. Each room

65-534: The coats of arms of the world's nations (as they were in 1898) in the spandrels of the first floor. The hotel was one of the few that were not taken over by the War Office during the Second World War . It survived the war largely intact, but the magnificent dome that stood on the roof was badly damaged in an air raid of 1941 and not replaced. Campaign for Better Transport , then known as 'Transport 2000'

78-601: The 1981 miniseries Kessler . The Kimpton Fitzroy London appeared on Top Chef: World All-Stars as the accommodation of the season's contestants. Covivio Covivio's assets are valued at €24.8 billion. Covivio was born in 2018. It is the new name of Foncière des Régions, which was created in France in the early 2000s. The Covivio identity brings together all the group's activities in Europe: Finally, in 2017, Covivio created Wellio , an offer dedicated to flexible offices and coworking. Foncière des Régions

91-656: The Greater Paris area and in major regional cities such as Lyon , Bordeaux, Marseille and Montpellier . In 2022, the Group delivered 3 buildings in Paris: In Italy, Covivio is concentrating its investments on the office market in Milan, which accounts for 15% of its total portfolio. In Milan, Covivio is developing a number of projects, including : Covivio is developing co-working with its subsidiary Wellio, created in 2017. At

104-1005: The beginning of 2023, nine sites were open (4 in Paris and 1 in Marseille, 1 in Bordeaux, 1 in Lyon and 2 in Milan) totalling more than 35,000 m . The Hotels business will account for 16% of the Group's assets by the end of 2022. Covivio has forged partnerships with hotel groups in Europe and supports them in their leasing, ownership and fund or development projects. It owns €6.7 billion in hotel assets (323 hotels in 12 European countries) and works with 16 hotel operators and 30 brands, including AccorHotels , B&B HOTELS , IHG , Marriott , Radisson , NH Hotel Group , Motel One , Meininger, etc. Ho In Germany , Covivio owns 41,300 homes, including coliving units, in cities such as Berlin , Dresden , Hamburg , Leipzig and

117-400: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russell_Hotel&oldid=1029930004 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hotel Russell The Kimpton Fitzroy London is

130-612: Was created in 1998 in Metz , initially with the property and workers' housing assets of the Usinor group, which was refocusing on its steel business. In 2002, the company continued to invest in housing, taking over 4,000 homes from the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique through its Sovakle subsidiary. But it is also diversifying its investments. In 2004, Foncière des Régions took control of another listed property company, Bail Investissement, which owns

143-456: Was fitted with an en-suite bathroom, a great innovation at the time. A sister hotel by the same architect, the Imperial Hotel , was also built on Russell Square, but it was demolished in the late 1960s. The life-size statues of four Queens - Elizabeth I, Mary II, Anne and Victoria - above the main entrance were the work of the sculptor Henry Charles Fehr . The façade, by Doll, incorporates

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156-727: Was launched on 6 February 1973 with a press conference at the Hotel Russell, London. The Russell Group of universities is named after Hotel Russell, where the first informal meetings took place. On 16 April 2018, the hotel reopened as The Principal London after an extensive renovation by the Principal Hotel Company . In July 2018, the Principal Hotel Company sold 12 hotels in its portfolio (including The Principal London) to Covivio Hotels , which then licensed their management to InterContinental Hotels Group . The hotel

169-588: Was renamed the Kimpton Fitzroy London on 24 October 2018. The interior features contemporary design by lead designer Tara Bernerd & Partners. The bedrooms are decorated with a design by British textile artist Kit Miles. The Hotel Russell is mentioned in Andrew Lloyd Webber 's musical Cats during the song "The Journey to the Heaviside Layer". The Hotel Russell is used as a location in

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