Development Rebranding Scheduled for Q4 2019

The Atherton Hotel

AJ Capital Partners Acquires Atherton Hotel in State College, Pennsylvania

Adventurous Journeys (AJ) Capital Partners announced today that it has acquired the Atherton Hotel in State College. The hotel will operate independently while renovations take place. Once complete in fall of 2019, the hotel will be converted to Graduate State College, part of the Graduate Hotels® collection.

The 150-room hotel is conveniently located in downtown State College, just a few blocks from The Pennsylvania State University's campus. Prominently situated on Atherton Street, the hotel is a short walk from Old Main and the sprawling Penn State University Park campus, and just steps from College Avenue's restaurants and shops.

The hotel is also in close proximity to Beaver Stadium, the Bryce Jordan Center and University Park Airport, making Graduate State College an ideal location for business and leisure travelers alike. Created for travelers who seek memory-making journeys, Graduate Hotels is a thoughtfully crafted collection of hotels that reside in the most dynamic university-anchored cities across the country.

Each property celebrates and commemorates the optimistic energy of its community, while offering an extended retreat to places that often play host to the best days of our lives. There are currently 11 open and operating hotels across the U.S. and an additional 12 hotels under development slated to open by 2020.

The hotel will undergo a comprehensive renovation to convert it to Graduate State College, which will touch all guestrooms, common areas, the restaurant and lobby lounge and the hotel's 5,000 square feet of flexible meeting and events space. For more information on Graduate Hotels, please visit www.graduatehotels.com.

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Acquired by Hilton in March 2024, Graduate Hotels is a collection of hand-crafted hotels that reside in dynamic university-anchored towns in the U.S. and U.K. Each hotel pays homage to the heritage of its unique town through cultural nods to the local community. Launched in 2014, there are currently more than 35 Graduate Hotels open or in the pipeline across the U.S. and the U.K.

AJ Capital Partners, based in Chicago, is an accomplished team of hospitality and real estate investors whose innate passion is to create a one-of-a kind portfolio of timeless assets. The counter-culture investors acquire, design and develop transformative real estate throughout the United States. In fall 2014, AJ Capital Partners launched the Graduate Hotels® collection.