(formerly L'Astral), which is situated on the top floor of the hotel and offers a 360-degree view of Quebec City and the Saint Lawrence River.
The hotel is located in the historic restaurant district La Grande Allée and behind is the historic national park The Plains of Abraham (French: Les plaines d'Abraham) and The Battlefields Park (French: Parc des Champs-de-Bataille).
The hotel was constructed by wealthy businessman Marcel Adams, owner of Développement Iberville, and designed by architect Dimitri Dimakopoulos.
[2] In January 2014, it was announced that the hotel would be sold to Groupe Savoie for $11,5M in order to transform it into a luxury retirement apartment building.
The hotel reopened in May 2014 as Hôtel Le Concorde Québec, no longer affiliated with Loews.