On Monday, another Singaporean owner of a Perth Hotel, Low Keng Huat, announced the start of the second stage of its $35 million renovation of the 27-year-old Duxton Hotel in a 1962 building at 1 St Georges Terrace, originally built for the Australian Tax Office.
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Cook said he thought the Hyatt’s issues were unique to the location, and was diplomatic when asked about the appearance of the building.
“It really represented everything that Western Australia was going to be in that post-Americas Cup world,” he said.
It’s done such great service to the people of WA … we’ve all got fond memories of the Hyatt, and we’ll be sad to see it go.”