Iyunithi yebhizinisi lokuhlala elinesevisi ephethwe yi-CapitaLand ngokuphelele, i-Ascott Limited, ithole indawo eyinhloko ku-Fifth Avenue waseNew York. Izotshala imali elinganiselwa ku-US$50 million (S$68 million) kule ndawo. I-Hotel Central Fifth Avenue esebenzayo yamayunithi ayi-125 eNew York izolungiswa ngezigaba ukuze ilungiselelwe ukwakhiwa kabusha kwe-Citadines Fifth Avenue New York ngo-2018. Izophawula ukukhishwa kwesikhungo sokuqala se-Ascott esiseviswa i-Citadines e-US.
Lokhu kutholwa eNew York kulandela ukungena kuka-Ascott kwakamuva eNingizimu Melika ngezivumelwano zebhizinisi lezindawo zokuhlala ezimbili ezihlinzekwa yi-Citadines eSão Paulo, eBrazil. I-Ascott's real estate investment trust, i-Ascott Residence Trust, iphinde yathola i-369-unit Sheraton Tribeca New York Hotel kanye nehhotela le-411-key Element New York Times Square West ngo-2016 nango-2015 ngokulandelana. I-Citadines Fifth Avenue New York izonyusa iphothifoliyo yakwa-Ascott emazweni aseMelika ibe ngaphezu kwamayunithi ayi-1,100 kuzo zonke izakhiwo ezinhlanu.
UMnu Lee Chee Koon, Isikhulu Esiphezulu Sakwa-Ascott, uthe: “Ukuqala komkhiqizo wethu we-Citadines eNyakatho Melika kuyisinyathelo esibalulekile sokwandisa inethiwekhi yomhlaba wonke yezakhiwo ze-Ascott. I-Citadines iwuphawu olukhula ngokushesha kakhulu lwe-Ascott olunephothifoliyo yalo ephindwe kathathu kusukela ekutholeni kwethu uxhaxha lwamahhotela e-Citadines Apart'hotel eYurophu ngo-2004. Selokhu silethe lo mkhiqizo e-Asia Pacific, Middle East, South America kanye manje nase-US Njengombukiso ovelele. yomkhiqizo, i-Citadines Fifth Avenue New York izosheshisa izinhlelo zika-Ascott zokwandisa ibhizinisi lethu lama-franchise eNyakatho Melika. I-Franchise kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali, izinkontileka zokuphatha kanye nemifelandawonye yamasu kuzoqhubeka nokuba ngamasu abalulekile okuqinisa isikhundla sika-Ascott njengoba silwela ukufinyelela esihlokweni sethu samayunithi angama-80,000 emhlabeni wonke ngo-2020. "
“INew York ibhalise ukwanda okukhulu kwesilinganiso sansuku zonke nokuhlala kwabantu eminyakeni edlule, ikakhulukazi eManhattan lapho njengamanje siphethe ezinye izakhiwo ezimbili eziphambili nge-trust yethu yokutshala izindlu nezakhiwo, i-Ascott Residence Trust. Zontathu izakhiwo eziseManhattan zidingeka kakhulu futhi kuseduze ukuba kuhlalwe kuzo uma kubhekwa izindawo zazo zamasu e-Times Square, Tribeca kanye ne-Fifth Avenue. Kumakhasimende amaningi akwa-Ascott ajwayele ukunikezwa kwesevisi yekhwalithi yemikhiqizo yethu ewine imiklomelo, indawo yethu yokuqala enophawu lwe-Citadines enhliziyweni yedolobha eliphithizelayo laseNew York izoqinisa inethiwekhi yethu yomhlaba wonke futhi ibanikeze enye inketho yokuhlala ephambili. .”
UMnu Lee wengeze wathi: “I-US izoqhubeka nokuba yisizinda esinamandla kwezomnotho futhi amandla ayo okuthola inzuzo yesikhathi eside ayathandeka. Yimakethe yethu yesithathu enkulu yomthombo wezivakashi futhi silindele ukuthi lokhu kukhule. Ukuletha uhlobo lwethu lwe-Citadines e-US kuzothuthukisa ukusebenzelana kwethu namakhasimende aseMelika, futhi kuqinise ukudayiswa kwezinye izindawo zethu e-Asia Pacific, eYurophu naseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Ngaphandle kokuqinisa ukuma kwethu eNew York, sibona namathuba okuthi u-Ascott andise kwamanye amadolobha ase-US anjengeBoston, Los Angeles, San Francisco kanye
Washington DC.”
Lesi sakhiwo sitholakala enkabeni ye-15 West 45th Street eduze komgwaqo wezitolo ohlonishwayo u-Fifth Avenue futhi eduze ne-Times Square, enye yezindawo ezivakashelwa kakhulu emhlabeni enezivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-40 unyaka ngamunye. Futhi iseduze ne-Grand Central Station, kufinyeleleka kalula kuyo ngesitimela esingaphansi kanye nebhasi, futhi ihlinzekwa kahle yizinsiza - indawo enhle kakhulu yezivakashi ngokuhlala isikhathi eside nesifushane. Ngo-2016, iDolobha laseNew York laphula irekhodi ngokufika kwezivakashi eziphakeme kunawo wonke - izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-60 - okuphawula unyaka wesikhombisa wokukhula okulandelanayo. Ubusuku bekamelo lamahhotela obuthengisiwe bubuye bukhuphuke ngo-1.2 million kuya ku-34.9 million nights ngonyaka odlule.
I-Citadines Fifth Avenue New York izokwazi ukufinyelela endaweni enkulu yabahambi bebhizinisi njengoba ingaphakathi kwebanga lokuhamba ngezinyawo ukuya endaweni yamahhovisi engaphezu kuka-100 million square feet lapho izinkampani ezifana ne-IBM, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America kanye ne-Verizon zikhona. Izivakashi zokungcebeleka zingajabulela i-Museum of Modern Art, zibambe umbukiso e-Broadway Theatre District, zithenge ku-Fifth Avenue, i-ice-skate e-Rink e-Rockefeller Center noma zishaye udaka e-Central Park noma e-Bryant Park, konke okuseduze. lempahla.
Ngalokhu kutholwa kwakamuva eNew York, i-Ascott yengeze izakhiwo eziyi-10 ezinamayunithi ayi-1,900 kuze kube manje kulo nyaka, kulo lonke elase-China, Brazil, South Korea kanye ne-US Ascott iphinde yavula izindawo ezine ezinamayunithi angaphezu kuka-800. Lezi zihlanganisa izindawo zayo zokuhlala zokuqala ezinesevisi e-Jeju, eNingizimu Korea naseMakassar, e-Indonesia; kanye nezakhiwo eziseRiyadh, Saudi Arabia naseTokyo, Japan.
