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| Kate Ivanova |
CHICAGO, IL, Jan. 5, 2021 – James McHugh Construction Co.,
one of the country’s largest commercial contractors with a concentration in
high-end hospitality, announces it has completed the multimillion-dollar
renovation of Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, located on floors 30-46 of the 900 North
Michigan skyscraper.
The project, which marks the hotel’s largest
renovation since its opening in 1989, ushers in a contemporary design for the
luxury hotel’s public spaces as well as its 347 suites.
“We have completed nearly every high-end hotel
renovation project in the city of Chicago, so we were eager to dive in and
apply our experience to the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago,” said Kate Ivanova, vice president of McHugh
Construction.
“Executing luxury renovation on a tight schedule
requires a certain vernacular and meticulous execution of work that we’ve
mastered. It’s why we’re so proud of our hospitality teams and why we acutely
vet each subcontractor and supplier to ensure only the finest craftsmen and
curators are on a project like this.”
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| Chef Jonathon Sawyer |
Beginning in November 2019, McHugh started renovating the nearly 55,000 square feet of public space at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago in phases so the hotel could remain open throughout the process.
Designed by international architecture and
design firm Rottet Studio,
the newly renovated hotel features a lighter interior color palette and an open
floor plan throughout the lobby that invites guests to linger and enjoy live
entertainment.
As part of the hotel’s lobby renovation, an
expansive social lounge was created using various seating configurations to
accommodate a wide audience – from intimate guest gatherings to follow social
distancing practices to those more suitable for larger groups in the
future.
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| Four Seasons Hotel Lobby |
Other spaces that underwent a major
transformation at the hotel included the Grand Ballroom on the seventh and
eighth floors and all smaller event spaces and boardrooms on the seventh floor.
In
addition, McHugh renovated the hotel’s one- and two-bedroom suites; its two-
and three-bedroom apartment units; and the presidential suite, a
2,700-square-foot luxury suite occupying the corner of the 46th floor.
The hotel’s former restaurant space was
gut-rehabbed for the new signature Adorn Bar & Restaurant, Chicago’s first
restaurant in partnership with James Beard award-winning chef Jonathon
Sawyer. In the restaurant’s bar, nearly 1,000 pieces of glass were
installed to create a show-stopping chandelier.
For some of the hotel’s most intricate and
distinct renovation details, McHugh worked with Chicago-based commercial stone
subcontractor GI Stone, who sourced, fabricated and installed
nearly 20,000 square feet of stone, with approximately 8,000 square feet
dedicated to the lobby and restaurant floor.
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| Four Seasons Hotel Bar |
GI Stone was also responsible for restoring
parts of the hotel’s original stonework. Several types of stones were hand
selected and installed, including polished marble from Spain, Italy, Pakistan,
Turkey; quartzite from Brazil; and travertine from Turkey.
High-touch areas, such as the restaurant bar,
were made with engineered quartz from Israel and the U.S.
“The complexity of the project, which included
carved portals and stone slab installation, required highly skilled craftsmen,”
said Sandya Dandamudi, president of Chicago-based GI
Stone.
“The reception desks had to be elaborately bookmatched, a process where multiple slabs
are ‘opened up’ and polished on surfaces facing each other to create a mirror
image. And to match the original stone of the hotel’s grand staircase, we
traveled to a quarry in Italy to find the perfect slab.”
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| Four Seasons Hotel Social Lounge |
The entire project required extensive demolition and restructuring of space, including raising ceiling heights in some areas as well as floor reconstruction.
According to McHugh, one challenge of the
project included redesigning the bar area to ensure that the plumbing would not
interfere with the jumbotron televisions
on the ceiling of the shopping center below the Four Seasons.
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| Sandya Dandamudi |
“The Four Seasons is the epitome of luxury, so
it was an honor to deliver a fresh new aesthetic for this iconic hotel’s
30-year anniversary,” said Kevin Maguire, McHugh’s senior project manager on
the job. “Everyone on the project knew how special it was and scrutinized every
detail to ensure hotel guests would be in awe from the moment they stepped into
the stunning lobby.”
Renovations were completed in early October
2020. Located at 120 E. Delaware St., the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago is just
steps from the Magnificent Mile with sweeping views of Lake Michigan and the city.
In addition to the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago,
McHugh Construction’s hospitality division has completed the renovations of
some of the city’s most luxurious hotels, including The Peninsula Chicago,
Waldorf Astoria Chicago, Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, Hyatt
Regency, and The Ritz-Carlton Chicago, on which GI Stone served as stone
subcontractor.
CONTACTS:
Paula Widholm, pwidholm@taylorjohnson.com
(312)
267-4520
Kim Manning, kmanning@taylorjohnson.com
(312) 267-4527
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