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Hotel Inter-Continental to Undergo Major Renovation

CHICAGO-The facility, built in 1929, will be rehabbed in two phases. Phase I renovations are slated for a May, 2001 completion.

By Bonnie Grota | Updated on November 22, 2000

CHICAGO-The Hotel Inter-Continental Chicago, an 844-room hotel built in 1929, will undergo a major renovation starting in December. Located on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile on North Michigan Avenue, the renovation will be conducted in two phases. Amenities of the hotel include 30 meeting rooms, four ballrooms, a lobby lounge and a salon for evening entertainment.

Phase I, slated for completion in May 2001, will include the lobby, restaurant, bar, guest rooms in the North Tower and the hotel’s exterior. Internal improvement will include extra soundproofing for guestrooms, rebuilding the hotel’s elevator banks and enhancing the building’s energy efficiency.

The building’s North and South Towers will eventually have one grand entrance. The lobby will be enlarged and reconfigured. The new space this creates will include a four-story rotunda, 45-ft. in diameter with cast bronze ornamentation. A focal point will be a custom designed onyx mosaic floor complimented by a grand staircase.

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