Chateau Hotel Yanks Iconic Sign, Battles Bed Bugs (PHOTO)

While crews were hard at work Saturday afternoon pulling down the iconic neon Chateau Hotel sign, residents on the inside were batting a bed bug infestation.

Sitting at 3838 N. Broadway, the single-room occupancy hotel has roughly 30 residents left in the building. It’s slowly being vacated for a gut-rehab to transform into market rate housing.

Earlier this month, Ald. James Cappleman (46th) notified residents the ward recently worked with police and the Dept. of Family and Support Services to “assist an elderly, fragile woman living at the Chateau who was covered in bed bugs.” They moved her to the hospital, and upon her discharge, she was relocated to a new home.

But in a new statement sent out by the alderman’s office on Friday, Cappleman said he’s now helping to collect clothes after discovering a more widespread bed bug issue.

The 46th Ward Office is collecting gently used clothing for residents moving out of the Hotel Chateau due to the bed bug situation there. Any leftover clothing will be given to the Epilepsy Foundation, which would sell them to benefit people living with epilepsy. Click here for more information about giving to the Epilepsy Foundation. Please drop off your gently used clothing at the 46th Ward Office (4544 N. Broadway).

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• Confirmed: Hotel Chateau Sold to Local Investors
• Chateau’s Former Owner Dismissed from Court After $18K Fine