US hotel chain
Cornell Tech campusGraduate Hotels is a collection of hotels located incollege towns , primarily in the United States, launched in 2014 byNashville -based real estate companyAJ Capital Partners and now part ofHilton Worldwide .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] England .[ 4]
The Graduate Providence originally opened in 1922 as theProvidence Biltmore Graduate Hotels was founded in 2014 by Nashville-based real estate investorBen Weprin and his firm, AJ Capital Partners.[ 5] [ 6] Athens, Georgia in 2014, centered around theUniversity of Georgia .[ 7]
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. agreed to buy Graduate Hotels in March 2024. AJ Capital Partners will retain real estate ownership of the existing Graduate properties under new long-term Hilton franchise agreements.[ 8]
Hotel Location Opening Year Nearby University Graduate Annapolis Annapolis, Maryland 2019 United States Naval Academy Graduate Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, Michigan 2016 University of Michigan Graduate Athens Athens, Georgia 2014 University of Georgia Graduate Auburn Auburn, Alabama 2024 Auburn University Graduate Berkeley Berkeley, California 2017 University of California, Berkeley Graduate Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana 2018 Indiana University Graduate Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2020 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate Charlottesville Charlottesville, Virginia 2015 University of Virginia Graduate Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 2020 University of Cincinnati Graduate Columbia Columbia, South Carolina 2019 University of South Carolina Graduate Columbus Columbus, Ohio 2019 Ohio State University Graduate Dallas University Park, Texas 2025 Southern Methodist University Graduate East Lansing East Lansing, Michigan 2021 Michigan State University Graduate Eugene Eugene, Oregon 2019 University of Oregon Graduate Evanston Evanston, Illinois 2020 Northwestern University Graduate Fayetteville Fayetteville, Arkansas 2019 University of Arkansas Graduate Iowa City Iowa City, Iowa 2018 University of Iowa Graduate Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee 2020 University of Tennessee Graduate Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska 2017 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Graduate Madison Madison, Wisconsin 2015 University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate Minneapolis Minneapolis, Minnesota 2017 University of Minnesota Graduate Nashville Nashville, Tennessee 2020 Vanderbilt University Graduate New Haven New Haven, Connecticut 2019 Yale University Graduate Oxford Oxford, Mississippi 2015 University of Mississippi Graduate Palo Alto Palo Alto, California 2022 Stanford University Graduate Princeton Princeton, New Jersey 2024 Princeton University Graduate Providence Providence, Rhode Island 2020 Brown University Graduate Richmond Richmond, Virginia 2017 Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Roosevelt Island New York (Roosevelt Island ),New York 2021 Cornell Tech Graduate Seattle Seattle, Washington 2018 University of Washington Graduate State College State College, Pennsylvania 2019 Pennsylvania State University Graduate Storrs Storrs, Connecticut 2020 University of Connecticut Graduate Tempe Tempe, Arizona 2014 Arizona State University Graduate Tucson Tucson, Arizona 2020 University of Arizona
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