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Oxford Capital Group’s LondonHouse Chicago Welcomes Homero Villarreal as Director of Food & Beverage and Rene Garcia as Director of Outlets
LondonHouse Chicago | January 14, 2022
CHICAGO, IL — January 14, 2022 — Magnificent Mile luxury lifestyle hotel LondonHouse Chicago (85 East Wacker Dr.), an Oxford Capital Group property, welcomes new leadership to its food and beverage department in Director of Food & Beverage Homero Villarreal and Director of Outlets Rene Garcia. The two bring nearly 35 years of combined experience in the hospitality industry to LondonHouse and its culinary offerings including LH Rooftop, Bridges Lobby Bar, the catering department, and in-room dining. “Homero and Rene both bring invaluable insight into the culinary industry,” says Juan Leyva, General Manager of LondonHous...
US-Led Consortium Wins Bid for Redevelopment of Historic Mogamma El Tahrir Into ‘Cairohouse’, a Luxury Lifestyle Hotel and Mixed-Use Compl
Oxford Capital Group, LLC | December 22, 2021
CAIRO - December 22, 2021 - On December 6th, 2021, an international consortium of developers and investors including Oxford Capital Group, Global Ventures Group and Al Otaiba Investments were selected as the winning bid to develop and repurpose the historic Mogamma el Tahrir Complex on Tahrir Square as CairoHouse, a groundbreaking mixed-use development, which will be a catalyst for a reimagined Downtown Cairo and future investment in the Egyptian economy. Chicago-based RKF Global provided legal and strategic consulting on the opportunity. Representatives of Chicago-based Oxford Capital Group, Global Ventures Group, along with UAE-based Al...
Oxford Capital Group Acquires The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit
Oxford Capital Group, LLC and Oxford Hotels & Resorts, LLC | December 20, 2021
CHICAGO, IL – December 20, 2021 — Continuing its national opportunistic investment activities, Oxford Capital Group, LLC today announced the acquisition and planned full scale interior renovation of the iconic 453-room Westin Book Cadillac Detroit Hotel, located at 1114 Washington Boulevard in the Washington Boulevard Historic District of downtown Detroit. Oxford, along with its partner Taconic Capital Advisors, led complex negotiations with multiple constituents, ultimately resulting in the modification, restructuring, and assumption of the commercial mortgage-backed security loan. As part of its investment commitment, Oxford and Tacon...
Oxford Capital Group and Hunter Pasteur to Break Ground on The Godfrey Hotel Detroit
Oxford Capital Group, LLC and Oxford Hotels & Resorts, LLC | September 27, 2021
DETROIT, MI — September 27, 2021 — Oxford Capital Group and Hunter Pasteur will break ground this week on The Godfrey Hotel Detroit in historic Corktown, bringing a 227-room, lifestyle brand hotel with first-class amenities, as well as hundreds of jobs, with many going to Detroit residents. The property, at 1401 Michigan Ave. between Trumbull and Eighth Street, is scheduled to open in 2023. Oxford’s wholly owned management affiliate, Oxford Hotels & Resorts, LLC, will manage the property. The 227-room, seven-story hotel will feature I|O, Detroit’s largest indoor/outdoor rooftop lounge with expansive views of downtown Detroit and...
Oxford Opens The Godfrey Hotel Hollywood
The Godfrey Hotel Hollywood | August 30, 2021
LOS ANGELES – August 30, 2021 – Oxford Capital Group, LLC and Oxford Hotels & Resorts, LLC announce the opening of the The Godfrey Hotel Hollywood, located at 1400 Cahuenga Boulevard (one block south of Sunset Boulevard), a 220-room luxury lifestyle hotel with food & beverage outlets including SoCal-centric restaurant and bar ALK, a courtyard event space with seven adjacent hospitality suites and the 12,000 square foot I|O rooftop, featuring a 70-foot projection mapping video wall, two bars, swimming pool, fire pits and water feature. Now open to the public, this is Oxford's 10th hotel in California and 12th in the west...
Oxford Capital Group, LLC Acquires Thompson Chicago
Thompson Chicago | August 4, 2021
CHICAGO – August 4, 2021 — Oxford Capital Group, LLC today announced the acquisition of the 247-room, luxury lifestyle hotel Thompson Chicago, located in the prestigious Gold Coast neighborhood. Oxford Capital Group’s wholly owned affiliate, Oxford Hotels & Resorts, LLC, also takes over management of the property as of today. Thompson Chicago joins Oxford’s growing national lifestyle hotel portfolio, which includes Godfrey Hotels in Chicago, Boston, Tampa, and Hollywood (with several additional locations in the pipeline); LondonHouse; Hotel Julian; Le Méridien Essex Chicago; Hotel Griffon; Hotel Vertigo; and others...
Iconic Michigan Avenue Landmark Rebranded Into Le Meridien Essex Chicago
Le Méridien Essex Chicago | June 21, 2021
CHICAGO, IL — June 21, 2021 — Oxford Hotels & Resorts, LLC, the Chicago-based hotel management affiliate of Oxford Capital Group, LLC, announces Le Méridien Essex Chicago has joined the Marriott Bonvoy family as of today. The landmark hotel, owned by an Oxford joint venture with Quadrum Global and managed by Oxford Hotels & Resorts, underwent a multi-million-dollar transformation from Essex Inn into Hotel Essex, re-opening in 2019 and giving new life to the iconic Michigan Avenue building. Its original midcentury modern aesthetic was re-imagined for the 21st century, drawing on the building’s International Style arc...
Oxford Capital Group Expands California Portfolio With Acquisition of 5 Hotels
Oxford Capital Group, LLC and Oxford Hotels & Resorts, LLC | December 2, 2020
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA; December 2, 2020) – Oxford Capital Group, LLC announces today the acquisition of five Bay Area hotels (three in San Francisco: King George Hotel; Hotel Griffon; and The Inn at Union Square; and two in Silicon Valley: Creekside Inn in Palo Alto and Hotel Los Gatos) with plans to reposition many of the assets. Oxford Capital Group’s wholly owned affiliate, Chicago-based Oxford Hotels & Resorts, LLC, takes over management of the properties as of today. These five hotels bring Oxford’s Bay Area footprint to nine properties, and join its growing national lifestyle hotel portfolio, which includes Godfrey; LondonHous...
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