SAINT LOUIS, IL, July 29, 2019 – Chicago, IL based hotel developer, NexGen Hotels & St. Louis-based hotel operator, Genuine Hospitality, LLC announces the groundbreaking of a new 96-room TownePlace Suites by Marriott – Waukegan, IL.

Located at 402 Lakehurst Rd. Waukegan, IL, the hotel is ideally located at the Southeast corner of I-94 and Route 120, 4-miles southwest of downtown Waukegan, IL. The TownePlace Suites by Marriott – Waukegan will open Q3, 2020 and will be operated by Genuine Hospitality, LLC.

The TownePlace Suites by Marriott – Waukegan, IL will make the third Marriott asset within the 7-hotel Genuine Hospitality portfolio.  Adding to the portfolio and partnered with NexGen Hotels, Genuine Hospitality, LLC recently opened the Four Points by Sheraton – Mt. Prospect / O’Hare, IL and opening a Four Points by Sheraton – Omaha, NE anticipating Q4, 2019.

Kurt Furlong, Chief Revenue Officer & Partner, states “The TownePlace Suites by Marriott – Waukegan, IL, will be our sixth hotel in Chicago suburbs providing a terrific product to the transient, corporate and extended stay Waukegan, IL travelers.”  Furlong added “The addition of the TownePlace Suites by Marriott – Waukegan, IL will give us synergies between our other hotels in the Chicago market in sales, revenue management and operations disciplines.”