Hospitality

ADDISON, ILL. — Chicago-based Paramount Lodging Advisors has arranged the sale of the recently renovated 153-room Hilton Garden Inn, which is located at 551 N. Swift Rd. in Addison. Infinity Hospitality Services has acquired the property for $13.4 million. Adam Montufar of Paramount Lodging Advisors facilitated the transaction through a collaborative effort with Robert Chvalovsky of W-W Real Estate, who represented the seller.

ST. LOUIS — The renovation of The Holiday Inn Airport Oakland Park, which is located at 4505 Woodson Rd. in St. Louis, is nearing completion. Chicago-based Atira Hotels owns and manages the 158-room hotel. Interior spaces undergoing renovations include all of the guestrooms, the hotel lobby and front desk, the meeting and banquet areas, the fitness center, and the restaurant and lounge areas. Exterior renovations will feature updated Holiday Inn brand-specific architecture, design, painting and signage. Amenities at the Holiday Inn Airport Oakland Park, which is situated .5 miles from the Lambert International Airport, include a fitness center, a full-service restaurant and 5,000 square feet of flexible meeting and banquet space. The project is scheduled for completion this month.

OMAHA. NEB. — Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has plans to open an element hotel within Mutual of Omaha’s Midtown Crossing at Turner Park development in Omaha. The element Omaha Midtown Crossing is scheduled to open in the 1 million-square-foot mixed-use development in late 2010. As Starwood’s newest concept, element is the first hotel brand to mandate that all properties pursue LEED Certification. Sustainable aspects of the hotel will include energy-efficient, stainless steel appliances and lighting, amenity dispensers in the shower to reduce waste, and recycling bins for plastic and paper products. The element Omaha Midtown Crossing will also feature approximately 1,000 square feet of meeting space.