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REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM P3 BULLETIN, OCTOBER 30, 2026

The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) has issued a request for information (RFI) for a potential P3 to deliver a mixed-use hotel and student housing project.

A full-service hotel plus apartment-style student housing beds would be developed at the university’s downtown Chicago campus, with features including food and beverage venues, meeting and event spaces, and a connection to the existing parking garage adjacent to the site.

Developers are being sought to provide feedback on the plans, which will see a private partner to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the hotel, while the university intends to retain greater control over the student housing component.

Brailsford & Dunlavey is advising the university on the project.

Interested parties have until December 8, 2026, to respond to the tender, which can be found here by searching the reference number of 9DGS2703 – Request for Information: UIC Hotel & Student Housing P3-Development-Lot 14. To download the RFI document, parties will need to be registered as a user and can log-in (with a previously established registration) or create an account (for new users) in the upper/right hand corner of the main page.

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