HREC Investment Advisors adds VP in Minneapolis
HREC Investment Advisors, a hotel real estate advisory firm, has expanded its brokerage platform with the hiring of Lee Kerfoot. Kerfoot, a vice president, will…
Hospitality
Midas Hospitality makes two promotions as part of operational restructuring
Maryland Heights, Missouri-based hospitality industry specialist Midas Hospitality has restructured its operational direction to embrace an inclusive team-based management approach. Two prominent company executives were…
Hilton Chicago will reopen on June 10 after year of pandemic-induced closure
Hilton Chicago, the historic hotel that first opened its doors in 1927 and one of Chicago’s largest hotels, will reopen to guests and locals on June…
Four Seasons Hotel in Nashville celebrates topping out
Development partners Congress Group Inc. and AECOM Capital announced that the Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Nashville has topped out construction at its 40th story. At more than 540 feet tall, it is…
Chicago food and beverage reporter Steve Dolinsky joins Baum Realty
13-time James Beard Award-winning journalist Steve Dolinsky is working with Baum Realty Group (Baum Realty) as a director and will focus on the hospitality, culinary/food and…
Montecito Medical buys surgical facility in Ohio
Montecito Medical has completed the acquisition of an outpatient-oriented surgical facility in the Cleveland suburb of Beachwood, Ohio. Beachwood Medical Center, which was built in 2019,…
Willis Tower’s Skydeck attraction reopens today
EQ Office announces the reopening of Skydeck Chicago at Willis Tower to the public on April 23 after completing an extensive redevelopment. The revamped Skydeck…
Construction on new Chicago Chinatown hotel wraps up
General contractor Summit Design + Build, LLC recently completed the new construction of a 4-story, 80,000-square-foot SpringHill Suites hotel at 2353 S. Wentworth Avenue in…
Recovery for Chicago hotels may still be a long ways out
The April 19 national deadline to open all residents 18 years and older for vaccination eligibility can't come soon enough for Chicago hoteliers and those…
Chicago’s Hotel Essex undergoing name and branding change to Le Méridien Essex
Oxford Hotels & Resorts, LLC, the Chicago-based hotel management affiliate of Oxford Capital Group, LLC, today announces the rebranding of Hotel Essex, the luxury lifestyle…