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Virgin Hotel to Open Thursday in the Loop

By David Matthews | January 15, 2015 5:35am
 Richard Branson's first Chicago-based Virgin Hotel is set to open on Wabash Avenue in January.
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THE LOOP — The new Virgin Hotel is ready to get busy in Chicago. 

Sir Richard Branson's 250-room hotel, the first Virgin Hotel in the world, will open Thursday at 203 N. Wabash Ave. after several delays. Branson launched the hotel business in 2010, and went under contract to convert the Art Deco Old Dearborn Bank Building on Wabash a year later

Check out the slideshow for a peek at the new Downtown lodge. 

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