Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago

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The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago
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Original 1963 wing center, 1974 tower addition on the right
Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago
Interactive map of The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago
Former namesThe Continental Plaza
The Westin
General information
Location909 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Coordinates 41°53′58″N87°37′25″W / 41.89944°N 87.62361°W / 41.89944; -87.62361
OpenedNovember 23, 1963;62 years ago (November 23, 1963)

The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago is a hotel in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois.

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Description and history

The Continental Plaza was scheduled to open on November 22, 1963, but its opening was postponed to the following day, due to the assassination of John F. Kennedy that day. [1] Scheduled for November 29, 1963, the grand opening festivities were cancelled. [2]

Operated by Western International Hotels, the hotel had 15 floors and 400 rooms until August 1974, when its size practically doubled with the completion of a 27-story extension. Western International was renamed Westin Hotels in 1981, and the hotel was renamed soon after, becoming The Westin. [3] [4]

Before its workers went on strike in 2018, the hotel had been renamed The Westin Michigan Avenue in the 1990s, as well as being renovated in 2008. [5] The ground floor has approximately 5,860 square feet of retail space, which was purchased by Blatteis & Schnur in March 2023. [6]

On December 3, 2025, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust announced that it had completed the sale of the hotel for $72 million to an unidentified investor. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "The Westin Michigan Avenue | KMC Controls". October 31, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Westin Hotels & Resorts, J. William Keithan Archives - Archives West".
  3. ↑ "Marriott hotels reach agreement with striking hotel workers". ABC7 Chicago. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  4. ↑ Freund, Sara (September 14, 2018). "Why are Chicago hotel workers on strike?". Curbed Chicago. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  5. ↑ "The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago". Travel Weekly. Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  6. ↑ Ecker, Danny (March 20, 2023). "California firm buys Mag Mile retail property". Crain's Chicago Business. Archived from the original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Completes $72.0 Million Sale of The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago". Business Wire. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
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