The Plaza Retail Collection 70% Leased and Nearing Completion

Now more than 70% leased, The Plaza Retail Collection offers a
select group of top tier international retailers the chance to be part
of an elite collection of the world´s most coveted brands, exceptional
boutiques and celebrated restaurants at the corner of Fifth Avenue and
Central Park - the crossroads of luxury. With retailers from around
the world vying for the final spots in the 160,000-square-foot retail
space, this rare opportunity remains available for only a few.

"The Plaza Retail Collection has attracted an eclectic group of
international luxury retailers reflecting the quality, personal
service, craftsmanship and elegance embodied by The Plaza," said
Anthony Nicola, general manager of retail for the Collection.

The Collection´s remarkable roster of extraordinary retailers
includes hand-crafted mobile phone maker Vertu, home goods and gifts
designer Jay Strongwater, fine leather luggage and handbag designer
Ghurka, bespoke clothier Seize sur Vingt, fine book publisher
Assouline´s boutique and reading room, world-renowned Caudalie´s first
company-owned U.S. spa, hairstylists to the stars Warren Tricomi´s
salon, and famed Austrian confectioner Demel and others.

Visitors, shoppers and guests from around the region and around
the world will experience the best of the past blended with the best
of the new. The great defining landmark spaces, from the grand Fifth
Avenue entryway to the Edwardian Room, Terrace Room, Palm Court, and
the Oak Bar and Oak Room will all be restored to their former glory.
The complementary, dazzling multi-level Plaza Retail Collection will
present its own surprises and delights, a pageant of open counters,
floral accents, sparkling jewels, high fashion elegance and a
spectacular and inviting food court suffused with the aromas of fresh
gourmet offerings and imported treats.

Guests can enter the Plaza Retail Collection from the main Fifth
Avenue entry, from the hotel lobby, from 58th Street and from Central
Park South via an escalator descending into a vast koi pond. The
Collection will draw from a wide-ranging sophisticated market,
including hotel guests, private residents, diners and tourists
attracted to destination restaurants in landmark settings as well as
the curious and discriminating from near and far anxious to sample all
the Plaza has to offer.

The Plaza Retail Collection is scheduled to open the first quarter
of 2008. For more information call 212-588-8011.