Also known as: Westin River North Chicago Formerly: Hotel Nikko Chicago Built: 1986-1987 Cost: $76,000,000.00 Designed by: Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Type: Skyscraper Stories: 20 Location: 320 North Dearborn Avenue, Chicago, United States
W hen the Chicago River is your front yard, you want to look at it. It's a marvelous resource to be admired and celebrated. The Westin Chicago River North has a front row seat for river scenery, and does everything it can to capture the splendor. While the building's narrow plot necessitated putting its smaller side towards the river, massive columns of bay windows allow guests to look not just out onto the river but up and down the river, admiring the local architecture.
This building was developed by Japan Air Lines and Tishman Realty & Construction.
When this hotel had Japanese management, guests could get Japanese-style rooms.
February 4, 1987 - This building is topped out with a Japanese black pine.
October 8, 1987 - This hotel opens for business at a ceremony attended by Chicago Mayor Harold Washington and Japan Air Lines chairman Yoshio Ishikawa.
