The Plaza

Shing Huei Peh

Chapter 9 in Strictly Business:The Kwek Leng Beng Story, 2023, pp 93-100 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The Plaza Hotel demands attention and gets it. In a city of global icons, from the Statue of Liberty to the Empire State Building, such persistent tenancy of the limelight is worthy of a boast, especially as it has stretched beyond a century, from the 1890s to 2020s. The Plaza, as most New Yorkers called it, knows the world could not afford to ignore its rusticated Vermont marble and cream-coloured terra-cotta brick façade. Perhaps it is because of its fantastic address — preening from a junction of Manhattan which faces Central Park to the north and Fifth Avenue to the west. It carries the ideal blend of sustainability and shopping with the famous urban open space juxtaposing with possibly the world’s most luxurious shopping street. The Plaza’s zip code is the perfect geography of glamour meets green…

Keywords: Kwek Leng Beng; Hong Leong Group; Hong Leong; Singapore; Millennium Hotel; Millenium Hotel; 9/11; The Plaza; authorised biography; CDL; City Development Ltd; Donald Trump (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L2 L21 L26 L85 M1 M13 M16 R3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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