Marc s partner in the project is Urban Holiday, which operates a well-regarded hostel in the Bucktow

More importantly, it has a huge, friendly terra-cotta Borden s sign over its front entrance, which features a garage door.  It s not hard to imagine horse-pulled wagons pulling out of the sally port loaded down with massive steel vessels of milk and fanning out across the Gold Coast.
Disused for years, china international travel service the building will now get a new life.   Marc Realty has filed paperwork with the city to turn the building into a two-story, 46-room hostel.  Downtown Chicago has seen a surge in hostels in recent years as hotel rates remain sky high for middle-income travelers, and stratospheric for the backpacker set.
Marc s partner in the project is Urban Holiday, which operates a well-regarded hostel in the Bucktown neighborhood.  It appears to appeal largely to Spaniards and Australians seeking clean accommodations at reasonable prices who don t mind riding the Blue Line into downtown to see the majority of the city s attractions.
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