Behold New York City’s most expensive hotel suite, which costs a cool $80,000 per night.
It’s the personal part-time residence of Beanie Babies billionaire Ty Warner, and it is available to rent starting this Friday when Warner reopens the Four Seasons Hotel New York for the first time in more than four years on Billionaires’ Row in Midtown.
The 57 E. 57th St. property has been shuttered since the pandemic — when it stayed open during lockdown to house first responders — and has been closed to the public ever since. Furloughed staff were out of work and insurance, according to reports.
Warner, 80, has not explained why the hotel has remained shut, along with the Four Seasons Biltmore in Santa Barbara, which the reclusive and eccentric billionaire also owns. It has been reported, however, that Warner had been locked in a bitter battle over fees with the Toronto-based Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Management company, which manages the properties. Warner also owns Las Ventanas al Paraiso resort in Los Cabos, Mexico, and the San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, Calif. — where president John F. Kennedy honeymooned with Jackie O.
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The Four Seasons Hotel was on Billionaires’ Row before the neighborhood for the ultra-wealthy even existed. Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown
The generously windowed unit in the sky sports majestic views of Manhattan. Ben Diep
The executive co-founded Beanie Babies maker Ty, Inc. Corbis via Getty Images
The property has long been known for its chic lobby bar, which has hosted many high-end events over the years. Tamara Beckwith/NY Post
A view of the ambient space. Tamara Beckwith/NY Post
Visitors of all stripes are welcomed into the luxe lobby. Tamara Beckwith/NY PostThe hotel’s revamped luxury rooms will be offered from the 20th to 52nd floors. The hotel will also be launching luxury “extended stay” residential rentals on the fifth to 19th floors as the second stage of the rollout, hotel execs told Gimme Shelter.
Warner’s penthouse suite is on the 52nd floor of the 52-story hotel. At 4,300 square feet, it’s larger than most homes, and looks out to stunning views of Central Park and panoramic open vistas of the city. And yet, it comes with only one king bed and the option of a “rollaway” bed or crib, according to the hotel’s website.
The über-luxurious stay also boasts three of its own private elevators. It is filled with original art and comes with four cantilevered glass balconies — touted as the world’s highest — and a curated 700-square-foot library with a 26-foot cathedral ceiling and a Bösendorfer baby grand piano.
Features also include a private “Spa Room” with a gym, including a Peloton and massage tables, and a “Zen Room” with a “soothing waterfall wall cascading from the ceiling to the floor,” according to the website.
Further details include 25-foot-high, bronze-clad bay windows and a diamond-shaped skylight.
