Format
Full
City
Chicago
State/Province
IL
Country
USA
Metro Area
Chicago
Project Type
Hotel
Location Type
Central Business District
Land Uses
Hotel
Keywords
Adaptive use
Botique hotel
Downtown hotel
Historic preservation
Public-private partnership
Redevelopment
Renovation
Urban regeneration
Site Size
0.1
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
1998
Date Opened
1998
The Burnham Hotel at the Reliance Building is a 122-room “boutique” ù hotel in an adaptive use of an architecturally significant building in the heart of Chicago’s downtown. The Reliance Building, reflecting downtown Chicago’s office market in the 1980s, had slipped into disrepair. In order to protect a treasured landmark, the city purchased the building and quickly stabilized it by restoring the exterior. The city then issued a request for proposals (RFP) and awarded a contract to the winning development team, headed by the locally based McCaffery Interests, on the basis of the team’s proposal to convert the office building into a hotel. The development scheme included the reconstruction of the interior to complement the architectural grandeur of the historic building.
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Format
Full
City
Chicago
State/Province
IL
Country
USA
Metro Area
Chicago
Project Type
Hotel
Location Type
Central Business District
Land Uses
Hotel
Keywords
Adaptive use
Botique hotel
Downtown hotel
Historic preservation
Public-private partnership
Redevelopment
Renovation
Urban regeneration
Site Size
0.1
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
1998
Date Opened
1998
Date Completed:
Case Study/Profile Type: DCS
Website: http://http://www.burnhamhotel.com/
World Region: North America
Developer(s): McCaffery Interests Inc
Website (Dev.):
Designer(s): Antunovich Associates, McClier
Website (Des.):