HOTELYEAR BUILT 1909ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION THE UNIVERSITY CLUB OF CHICAGO. IT BEGAN RATHER MODESTLY MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO WHEN A SMALL GROUP OF COLLEGE ALUMNI FORMED THE FOUNDING CHARTER. THEIR GOAL WAS A SIMPE ONE. TO CREATE AN ENVIORNMENT IN WHICH EXCELLENCE THRIVES. TO DEVELOP A PLACE WHERE THEY, THEIR GUESTS, AND ALL FURTURE MEMBERS COULD DRAW UPON THE SUSTAINING VALUES OF A COMMON EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. HERE AT THE CORNER OF MICHIGAN AVENUE AND MONROE STREET, AT THE EASTERN GATEWAY TO THE CITY THEY ESTABLISHED A PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOR THEIR SHARED IDEALS. THROUGH GENERATIONS THIS MAGNIFICENT 14 STORY STRUCTURE HAS PROVIDED A STIMULATING ATMOSPHERE WHERE MEMBERS CONDUCT BUSINESS, GATHER SOCIALLY, AND EXPAND CULTURALLY. MORE THAN AN ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARK, THE UNIVERSITY CLUB OF CHICAGO HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE IN THE CAREERS OF THIS CITYS BEST AND BRIGHTEST. TODAY, MORE THAN EVER THE CLUB REMAINS A VITAL PART OF THE PROFESSIONAL LIFE OF CHICAGO. M