After years of unsuccessful attempts, work on the expansion of the Four Seasons in Florence finally seems to be taking concrete shape.
The Four Seasons Florence has 114 rooms
According to a report in the Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica, Cugimi the company that owns the 116-room five-star hotel, has begun work, through Cugimi Matteotti srl, on Palazzo Salleac. This is a building that used to house a scientific high school and is located in Viale Matteotti 7.
Adding a new wing?
The building file describes a "building merger and change of use from office to hospitality with modest structural and plant works." The two buildings could be connected through the Gherardesca garden which is inside the Four Seasons and borders the courtyard of the former high school. However, it is not clear whether when the work is completed, the new building will be an additional entrance to the main building, or whether it will be a separate hotel location. Cugimi is part of the Constellation Hotels Holding Ltd Soc. Anonyme group, which in turn is owned by Qatari capital.
