Chicago's Latest Luxury Hotel Project

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Aug 17th 2007 at 8:03AM

Chicago's oldest hotel is getting more than a makeover, it's losing everything but its location and its name. The Dana Hotel, an old Queen Anne-style inn, will be torn down and replaced by the Dana Hotel and Spa. The The $60 million project will be a 26-floor, 216-room property where rooms will start at $350. Preservation Chicago had hoped that the old hotel could be renovated in a way that preserved the original building but the building was deemed unfeasible. Instead, the new slender tower designed by Chicago architect Walter Eckenhoff, will include a spa and fitness center, a rooftop lounge, a Japanese steakhouse and sake lounge, a sushi bar in the lobby, and a sidewalk cafe.

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