Hyatt House Chicago / West Loop-Fulton Market

Skender, serving as base building and interior construction manager, completed construction of Chicago’s first Hyatt House extended-stay hotel in June 2019.

Hyatt House includes amenities ranging from an indoor pool and multiple green roof features to upgraded common areas such as the bar and lounge with city views. The hotel building offers a third-floor lobby and first-floor future retail space. The pool, workout center and lounge are situated on the 14th floor, with 200 guest rooms on floors 4-13.

The hotel’s exterior cladding comprises hand-laid masonry, precast concrete panels, unitized window wall systems, metal panels and intricate storefront system. Building information modeling (BIM) was used to coordinate all site utility, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems around the post tension and reinforced concrete structure.

Hyatt House sits on a corner lot in the center of Chicago’s bustling Fulton Market neighborhood. Site access, parking, and pedestrian safety were all carefully managed. The construction site was adjacent to another active construction site run by a different general contractor, and the construction schedules of both projects involved crane use at the same time. Skender worked closely with the neighboring site on crane coordination.

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