Reunion Tower to House Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Restaurant Union Station Galas & Events to be Catered by Wolfgang Puck Catering
DALLAS, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyatt Regency Dallas and asset
manager/developer Woodbine Development Corporation announced today that master
chef and restaurateur Wolfgang Puck will operate a signature restaurant and
banquet space atop Reunion Tower when it re-opens. Additionally, Wolfgang
Puck Catering will office in and operate the event space at the historic Union
Station, also currently undergoing a Woodbine-managed renovation.
"The 50-story Reunion Tower has become an unofficial symbol of Dallas over
the years, and with the addition of Wolfgang Puck's restaurant and catering,
the tower will continue to be Dallas' most frequented destination," said Steve
Vissotzky, general manager of Hyatt Regency Dallas. "We are excited about
this partnership and the esteem it brings to our property and downtown
Dallas."
Woodbine and Hyatt announced the $46-million renovation of Reunion Tower
and Union Station in November of 2007. The new fine dining restaurant will be
Puck's first in Dallas. It will occupy the space that was formerly Antares
restaurant.
"We are excited to bring our great food and service in a beautiful
environment to a setting overlooking an amazing city like Dallas," said Chef
Puck. "Between our restaurant and catering services, I know everyone who
comes to Reunion Tower and Union Station will leave with an enduring memory."
Tom Kaplan, senior managing partner of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group
added, "With 15 fine dining restaurants coast to coast, we are very much
looking forward to bringing our brand to Dallas. The iconic Reunion Tower
location offers an exceptional opportunity for our group to expand into the
Dallas market and to further help shape the changing culinary landscape of the
city."
Carl Schuster, CEO of Wolfgang Puck Catering said, "We are especially
excited to share in the common desire with Hyatt Regency Dallas/Reunion Tower
to achieve the highest standard for dining in Dallas, whether in the
restaurant or at an event."
The 1,122-room Hyatt Regency Dallas features 160,000 square feet of
function space including three ballrooms, two exhibit halls, 56 meeting rooms
and 42 hospitality suites. A historical perspective of the city is presented
on three levels of the property through its Reflections of Dallas photo and
art exhibit. The silhouette of the hotel and adjoining 50-story Reunion Tower
has given the Dallas skyline worldwide recognition. The property is owned by
entities affiliated with Hunt-Woodbine Realty Corporation. For more
information, visit hyattregencydallas.com or call 214.651.1234.
The award-winning restaurants of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group
include Spago (Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, Maui and Beaver Creek), Postrio (Las
Vegas and San Francisco); Chinois (Santa Monica and Las Vegas); Trattoria del
Lupo and Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill in Las Vegas; Wolfgang Puck American Grille
at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City; CUT (Beverly Hills and Las
Vegas); Wolfgang Puck Grille at the MGM Grand Detroit and The Source at the
Newseum in Washington, DC. Wolfgang Puck Catering, formed in 1998, operates
the 25,000 square foot Hollywood & Highland Entertainment Center's Grand
Ballroom which is residence to the Academy Awards(R) Annual Governors Ball
among other prominent Los Angeles venues. In addition to the success of its
on and off-site catering operations in Los Angeles, Wolfgang Puck Catering
currently provides catering services at cultural centers in eleven major
markets including the Museum of Contemporary Art, the University of Chicago's
Gleacher Center and Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies (Chicago); the St.
Louis Art Museum and the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; the Museum of
Science and Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston); the Walker Art Center
(Minneapolis); Indianapolis Museum of Art; Benaroya Hall (Seattle), Seattle
Design Center; Newseum (Washington, DC); Springs Preserve (Las Vegas); Nasher
Sculpture Center (Dallas); and the Georgia Aquarium (Atlanta). Wolfgang Puck
Catering sets the standard for culinary excellence, bringing our team's
legendary combination of innovative cuisine and refined service as fine-dining
restaurateurs to the worlds most renowned and demanding corporate, cultural,
and social settings. The Wolfgang Puck Companies passionately believe in
offering the most creative, inventive menus and tastes, using organic, all-
natural and humanely treated products and ingredients; the finest in genuine
hospitality providing exceptional, consistent service and management; and
innovative design, offering our customers with the very best in eating and
dining WELL -- with Wolfgang's Eat, Love, Live!(TM) For more information
visit http://www.wolfgangpuck.com
Woodbine Development Corporation is a custom, at-risk developer focused on
development opportunities in the southern half of the United States, with
particular emphasis on projects throughout Texas, as well as in Arizona and
Nevada. The company's projects are focused in three key product lines:
hotels, resorts and golf courses; multiuse land developments; and mixed-use
retail/office/residential projects. Woodbine provides real estate services
for its own investments, as well as for corporations, non-profit organizations
and individuals.
Since its founding by Ray L. Hunt and John Field Scovell in 1973, Woodbine
has been involved with projects representing several billion dollars in real
estate investments: 15,000 acres of land, approximately 6,000 hotel rooms, 126
holes of golf and more than 50 food and beverage venues -- totaling more than
10 million square feet of building space. Notable Woodbine projects include
Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion, Hyatt Regency DFW, DFW Freeport, Fossil
Creek, all in the DFW Metroplex; Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa,
Legacy Trails and The Westin La Cantera Resort, all in San Antonio; Hyatt
Regency Lake Las Vegas Resort in Henderson, Nevada (now a Loews resort); and
Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa in Austin/Bastrop, Texas. In Arizona,
Woodbine developed the 730-acre Kierland mixed-use, master-planned community
in Phoenix/Scottsdale, which includes The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa,
Kierland Golf Club and Kierland Commons. Most recently, Woodbine completed
development of the new Hunt Headquarters building in downtown Dallas, and has
launched construction of a series of Hyatt Place hotels in Arizona and Nevada.
Woodbine's impressive track record in the development of diversified,
high-quality real estate projects has provided its partners and clients with
significant asset appreciation, minimal cash/credit exposure, and a
competitive return on invested capital. For more information visit
http://www.woodbinedevelopment.com
SOURCE Hyatt Regency Dallas
