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Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta is a part of the Toronto-based Four Seasons chain of luxury hotels and resorts. It is located in the Midtown neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta is the only 5-star hotel in Atlanta. The hotel currently houses 244 guest rooms and takes up the lower third of the GLG Grand building.

The Atlanta Biltmore Hotel (located at 817 West Peachtree Street) opened in Atlanta, Georgia in 1924 at a cost of $6 million. It was organized by Coca-Cola heir William Candler, Holland Ball Judkins, and John McEntee Bowman and was designed by the architectural firm of Schultze and Weaver. It is easily distinguished by the towering radio masts on each end of the building, with vertical illuminated letters that spell out "BILTMORE." The top floor and radio masts broadcasted WSB-AM from 1925 to 1956.

In the 1960s it became the Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel and operated under this name until the new Sheraton Atlanta opened downtown. The Biltmore operated under private ownership for a short period finally closing in 1981. The building remained vacant for many years, though the adjoining apartment building served for some time as the Biltmore Suites Hotel.