Choice Hotels has announced the launch of two Cambria hotel & suites properties in Chicago. The company will develop the conversion projects in collaboration with developers Fillmore Capital Partners, Fillmore Hospitality, and Murphy Asset Management.
The properties target the city’s growing business and Millennial traveler demographics. Domestic visitation in Chicago for 2015 surpassed 50 million visitors for the first time in history, and is expected to exceed 52 million. Business visitation also increased 5.1 percent to 11.65 million visitors last year, the second year post-recession year it has exceeded 11 million.
The 22-story, 198-room Cambria hotel & suites Chicago – City Center is slated to debut in September 2017. The hotel will be located above the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theater, in the heart of the Loop neighborhood. The hotel will be a short distance from Block Thirty Seven, a stretch of upscale restaurants and retail outlets. The 29-story, 215-room Cambria hotel & suites Chicago – Magnificent Mile sits between the city’s Magnificent Mile and Lake Michigan, an easy commute to major Chicago attractions like the Riverwalk, Millennium Park, and Skydeck Chicago. Located within the existing MileNorth Hotel, the rebranded property will open in mid-2017.
