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Colony Palms Hotel
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Coordinates 33°49′53″N 116°32′42″W / 33.8315°N 116.5450°W / 33.8315; -116.5450
Address
Opening date 1936
Developer Al Wertheimer
Architect Martyn Lawrence-Bullard
(2007 renovation)
Management Colony Palms Hotel
Owner Michael Rosenfeld
(Woodridge Capital Partners)
No. of restaurants 1
No. of rooms 52
of which suites 5
No. of floors 2

The Colony Palms Hotel is located in Palm Springs, California. The hotel has 57 rooms and suites.

It re-opened after a 2007 renovation, and features the "Winner's Circle Suite" in honor of previous owners, Robert S. and Andrea Leeds Howard (owners of the racehorse Seabiscuit).

History

The Colony Palms Hotel was originally built as the "Colonial House" by Las Vegas casino owner and Purple Gang member Al Wertheimer. It was renamed "Howard Manor" in the late 1940s when Robert and Andrea Leeds Howard took possession. (Robert Howard was the son of Charles S. Howard.) Boxing champion Jack Dempsey was also an owner. For the next 25 years the hotel was a haven for young Hollywood in Palm Springs.

In the 1970s, it became a health spa called The Palms operated by Sheila Cluff (owner of The Oaks in Ojai, California).

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