Graduate Hotels

Graduate Hotels
Company type	Private
Industry	Hospitality
Founded	2014; 10 years ago
Founder	Ben Weprin
Headquarters	Nashville, TN, United States
Number of locations	35
Area served	United States ; England
Owner	Hilton Worldwide
Parent	AJ Capital Partners
Website	graduatehotels.com

Graduate Hotels is a collection of hotels located in college towns, primarily in the United States, launched in 2014 by Nashville-based real estate company AJ Capital Partners and now part of Hilton Worldwide.^[1]^[2]^[3] There are currently 33 operating hotels in the United States and two in England.^[4]

History

Graduate Hotels was founded in 2014 by Nashville-based real estate investor Ben Weprin and his firm, AJ Capital Partners.^[5] The company launched the Graduate Hotels brand by acquiring and remodeling hotels in university-anchored towns across the country.^[6] The first hotel opened in Athens, Georgia in 2014, centered around the University 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]

Locations

United States


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 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

England


Hotel	Location	Opening Year	Nearby University
Graduate Cambridge	Cambridge	2021	University of Cambridge
The Randolph Hotel	Oxford	2021	University of Oxford

Future


Hotel	Location	Opening Year	Nearby University
Graduate Austin	Austin, Texas	2025	University of Texas
Graduate Dallas	Dallas, Texas	2024	Southern Methodist University

References

^ "This college town boutique hotel chain is the anti-Airbnb". CNBC. 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
^ "Graduate Hotels graduates into a bigger chain". USA Today. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
^ "Visiting Colleges? The Era of Staying in a Sad Hotel Is Over". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
^ Felice, Selene San. "Loews Annapolis reopens as Graduate Annapolis following remodel". capitalgazette.com. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
^ Brown, Abram. "The Revivalist: Young Hotelier Ben Weprin Has An Eye For An Aged Luxury Gem". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
^ Rosman, Katherine (2018-07-14). "The Education of a Brotelier". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
^ "Boutique Group Graduate Hotels Finds Its Niche in University Towns". Skift. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
^ Clark, Patrick (14 March 2024). "Hilton Agrees to Buy Graduate Hotels Brand for $210 Million". Bloomberg. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

External links

Official website

[:1-1] "This college town boutique hotel chain is the anti-Airbnb". CNBC. 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2020-04-28.

[2] "Graduate Hotels graduates into a bigger chain". USA Today. Retrieved 2019-10-15.

[3] "Visiting Colleges? The Era of Staying in a Sad Hotel Is Over". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2019-10-15.

[4] Felice, Selene San. "Loews Annapolis reopens as Graduate Annapolis following remodel". capitalgazette.com. Retrieved 2019-10-15.

[5] Brown, Abram. "The Revivalist: Young Hotelier Ben Weprin Has An Eye For An Aged Luxury Gem". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-10-15.

[:2-6] Rosman, Katherine (2018-07-14). "The Education of a Brotelier". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-15.

[7] "Boutique Group Graduate Hotels Finds Its Niche in University Towns". Skift. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2019-10-15.

[8] Clark, Patrick (14 March 2024). "Hilton Agrees to Buy Graduate Hotels Brand for $210 Million". Bloomberg. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

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