Chicago & Midwest + Downtown + Hospitality | February 18, 2022

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare has bought the

Northwestern Memorial Acquires Streeterville Hotel

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare has purchased one of the biggest hotels in Streeterville, acquiring the 419-key Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile at 633 N. St. Clair St. for an undisclosed sum, reported Crain’s Chicago Business. The 11-hospital system bought the building from a venture of Irvine, CA.-based Sunstone Hotel Investors.

The deal marks the first purchase of a traditional hotel by Northwestern. It expands the real estate footprint of the hospital system’s downtown campus and could eventually be converted or partially repositioned into different uses.

For now, the 23-year-old hotel “will provide patients and their families an option for convenient overnight accommodations while receiving care at Northwestern Medicine. It will also be an important asset for hosting conferences and events,” a Northwestern Memorial Hospital spokesman told Crain’s.

Sunstone is currently seeking to exit the Chicago market, Crain’s reported. It put all of its local properties up for sale last fall.

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