{"id":131292,"date":"2026-02-12T15:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/131292\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:20:07","slug":"chinese-insurer-owner-to-sell-nycs-waldorf-astoria-after-acclaimed-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/131292\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Insurer Owner to Sell NYC\u2019s Waldorf Astoria After Acclaimed Renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bloomberg\">The Waldorf Astoria hotel on Manhattan\u2019s Park Avenue is coming up for sale following an extensive renovation.<\/p>\n<p>Real estate investment bank Eastdil Secured is expected to bring the hotel to market on behalf of the hotel\u2019s Chinese owners, according to a person familiar with the plans, who asked not to be named discussing a private matter.<\/p>\n<p>A representative for Eastdil didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment. The Wall Street Journal reported on the planned sale earlier Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s Anbang Insurance Group agreed to acquire the Waldorf in 2014, paying a record $1.95 billion for the property. The new owner closed the hotel and embarked on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/national\/2019\/06\/12\/529015.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">lengthy renovation<\/a> process that restored the luxury property\u2019s former glory while converting many rooms into condominiums.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel, now owned by state-run Dajia Insurance Group, reopened last year to wide acclaim and high room prices.<\/p>\n<p>Dajia didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagtag\">\n            Topics<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/carriers\/\" class=\"btn btn-sm btn-primary tagtag\" style=\"color: #fff; padding: 2px 8px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0 2px;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carriers<\/a><br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/location\/china\/\" class=\"btn btn-sm btn-primary tagtag\" style=\"color: #fff; padding: 2px 8px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0 2px;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">China<\/a>\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Was this article valuable?<\/p>\n<p>\n            Yes<br \/>\n            No\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"thank-you-text\">Here are more articles you may enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>            Interested in Carriers?<\/p>\n<p>Get automatic alerts for this topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Waldorf Astoria hotel on Manhattan\u2019s Park Avenue is coming up for sale following an extensive renovation. Real&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[56266,9,56,63,65,64,1826],"class_list":["post-131292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-anbang-insurance","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-waldorf-astoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}