Chicago Hotels
Viceroy Hotel prepares to open in Chicago’s Gold Coast
The 18-story State Street hotel includes 180 guest rooms, two restaurants, and a rooftop pool.
Fulton Market’s Ace Hotel officially opens today
The Ace delivers 159 rooms, a new restaurant concept from Team Giant, and a large rooftop lounge space to the West Loop area.
Chicago Nobu Hotel construction about to go vertical
Crews were spotted installing the base for a tower crane which will be used to help construct the mid-rise hotel.
Another look at construction sites around River North
Construction crews are working on delivering new office space, apartments, condos, and hotel rooms to the River North area.
High-rise hotel project near McDonald’s new West Loop HQ revealed
The 19-story proposal would cater primarily to extended-stray corporate travelers and attendees of Hamburger University.
West Loop Ace Hotel preparing for its big debut
The new Chicago hotel is allowing guests to book overnight stays in preview rooms starting July 1.
Hoxton Hotel for Fulton Market gearing up for construction
Heavy equipment spotted on the site indicates that foundation work is on the way.
An early look at Chicago’s upcoming Viceroy Hotel
The 180-room Gold Coast boutique project will a feature roof top pool, cocktail lounge, and a new ground floor restaurant.
Lincoln Park Days Inn reopens as boutique Hotel Versey
The new boutique hotel concept features 137 rooms.
University of Chicago to build 15-story hotel near Obama Library
The 180-room project is roughly two blocks west of the future site of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park.
Alderman blocks 15-story Dana Hotel expansion
The proposed addition was denied on the grounds of the existing River North hotel consistently acting as a "bad neighbor."
Work continues on River North’s upcoming ‘Found Hotel’
Previously single room occupancy (SRO) apartments, Chicago’s old Olympia Building is being transformed into a trendy boutique hotel and bar.
Boutique hotel ready to rise in Chicago’s Hyde Park
The unnamed project will replace parking lot and a two-story commercial building at the corner of 53rd Street and Dorchester Avenue
Another look at Midtown Athletic Club’s major renovation and expansion
The $75 million expansion will see the addition of a new 55-room hotel.
The Ace Hotel takes shape in Chicago’s Fulton Market
While the Fulton Market location of the Portland-based Ace Hotel chain won’t officially open until autumn, the building’s exterior is nearly complete.
A peek inside Chicago’s remodeled Talbott Hotel
The historic Gold Coast building will reopen in May with more guest rooms and a fresh look driven by designer Kara Mann.
High-rise hotel planned near McDonald’s future West Loop HQ
The 19-story building would replace a parking lot at the northeast corner of Washington and May with extended-stay guest rooms, retail, and parking.
Michigan Avenue’s upcoming ‘Hotel Julian’ eyes 2018 opening
The long-delayed conversion of Chicago’s old terra cotta-clad Atlantic Bank Building has been in the works since 2012.
Alderman delays vote on Wicker Park hotel over its ‘suburban’ design
A Chicago Alderman is obstructing a proposed development not based on height, density, or traffic, but over poor aesthetics.
Proposed ‘Erie Street Hotel’ shown to River North neighbors
A 15-story hotel proposed for 12-22 W. Erie Street containing 178 rooms will connect to the neighboring Dana Hotel.
As one Hyde Park hotel prepares to dig-in, a second is planned nearby
A demolition permit has been issued for the corner of 53rd Street and Dorchester Avenue. Several blocks south, the U of C is planning a hotel of its own.
Inside the Fieldhouse Jones—Chicago’s newest boutique hotel
With a strong social vibe that’s borrowed from the Chicago 1850s playbook, there is space for both residents and out-of-towners to gather.
Three more old River North rowhouses threaten by development
A glassy, 15-story hotel is looking to replace a cluster of older buildings on Erie Street.
Midtown Athletic Club to reopen this summer with 55-room hotel
The Lincoln Park fitness club will unveil its $75 million expansion this July.
Lakeview Days Inn getting boutique hotel makeover
The group behind the LondonHouse and Godrey Hotel are renovating and rebranding Lakeview’s Days Inn hotel.
Hyde Park hotel nearly ready to break ground
The seven-story, 100-key project would replace a surface parking lot at the corner of Dorchester and 53rd Street.
Ace Hotel in Fulton Market to open in the autumn
The under-construction boutique hotel will deliver 159 new hotel rooms to the booming West Loop neighborhood.
One LaSalle hotel digs in, another stalls
Separated by just a couple blocks, these two new LaSalle Street hotel projects hope to leave their mark on River North. While one appears to be moving forward, another has hit legal trouble.
New 466-room McCormick Place hotel ready to rise
A long-discussed plan to bring even more hotel rooms to Chicago’s newly-branded "McCormick Square" entertainment district is finally ready to put shovels in the ground.
Glassy South Loop hotel tower officially cleared to rise
Downtown Chicago’s hot hospitality segment is showing no signs of cooling as the South Loop’s newest high-rise hotel prepares to kick off construction at the southeast corner of Wabash and 11th Street.
Take a tour through Wicker Park’s new Robey hotel
The 69-room boutique hotel officially opens Wednesday, November 30
Here’s the view from the top of Wicker Park’s Northwest Tower
The old office tower will reopen at the end of the month as The Robey
Mystery 8-story hotel headed to River North?
Provided a newly issued permit is accurate, an empty lot at the northwest corner of Grand and LaSalle in Chicago’s River North neighborhood is apparently getting a new eight-story boutique hotel.
Work quietly begins on new 281-room South Loop hotel tower
Designed by local architect Lothan Van Hook DeStefano, the upcoming building would contain a 196-room Homewood Hilton, a separate 85-room extended stay hotel, 3,500 square feet of retail, and garage parking for 57 vehicles.
New Chicago Conrad Hotel to open on Monday
The hotel will deliver 287 hotel rooms and three new restaurant concepts to the Mag Mile
River North hotel tweaks design, goes back to the city
Though approved this May, the 17-story project has re-filed its zoning documents and will pay into Chicago’s Neighborhood Opportunity fund. The hotel still features 200 rooms and no on-site parking.
Controversial Streeterville hotel gets a name, height chop
The glassy hotel proposed for 237 E. Ontario has drawn fierce opposition from neighbors over its alley-accessed porte-cochere. The group has even launched its own website declaring that "alleys are alleys, not streets."
River North SRO to see new life as FOUND hotel
A plan to convert River North’s neglected Olympia Building at 613 N. Wells into a new boutique hotel was revealed last week by a building permit issued by the city of Chicago.
Hotel planned for Wrigley Field gets new look, name
The long-discussed hotel slated for the northwest corner of Clark and Addison across from Wrigley Field has been rechristened Hotel Zachary in honor of the ballpark’s architect Zachary Taylor Davis. The hotel's previous retro design has also changed.