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House of Blues Hotel Gaining Different Theme

CHICAGO-The hotel is in the process of a $17-million renovation and, when finished in May, will be renamed the Hotel Sax Chicago.

By Gina Kenny | Updated on February 28, 2007

CHICAGO-Work is under way on a $17-million renovation for the House of Blues Hotel, 333 N. Dearborn St. Work on the exterior of the building began in August with the majority of the renovations expected to be complete by the end of May. The hotel will be renamed Hotel Sax Chicago in May.

The 353-room hotel is owned by LaSalle Hotel Properties, which purchased the hotel last year for $114.5 million. The hotel is managed by Gemstone Resorts International LLC, based in Park City, UT. MCCARTAN, based in New York, is the designer for the renovations. “We are taking the property pretty upscale, a little bit away from kind of the bluesy theme, and be something a little bit more modern with Moroccan and French overtones,” says Mark van Hartesvelt, principal with Gemstone.

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