Catalyst Ranch

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Guest capacity

Up to 150 seated guests


About this venue

With a creative environment to set the stage, Catalyst Ranch guarantees that your event can be a celebration that leaves a lasting impression. The colorful and creative ambiance of Catalyst Ranch will infuse your event with life and a jovial spirit. Guests will relax, kick up their heels, and have a ball in the unique venue space of Catalyst Ranch. Our historic loft venue is located in the trendy West Loop, steps away from hotels, dining and entertainment.


Our event spaces

Cha Cha

The Cha Cha Room is a favorite of a lot of our clients with its blue and green color palette. At 2,500 sq. ft. there’s space for quite the fantastic silent auction, birthday celebration with band and dancing or very special wedding ceremony. There’s also plenty of space for your Bar/Bat Mitzvah activities and interactive food stations.

Guest capacity

Up to 100 Seated

Square footage

2,500

The Polka Room

The Polka Room bursts with happiness and energy with two walls of windows pouring in sunshine for daytime events and showing off the city at night. The largest room at Catalyst Ranch, it’s our most popular room for fundraisers and wedding ceremonies and receptions. There’s plenty of room for a dance floor, as well as delectable food stations (maybe even a chocolate fountain) and of course the bar. It also has a special nook affectionately called the Harem. Make sure you share a quiet tete-a-tete with a special someone in the Harem when you’re here!

Guest capacity

Up to 150 Seated

Square footage

3,250

Tango

Our most intimate room on the floor is the Tango Room. With its cozy walls of reds and brick and double French doors which open out to the curved purple bar, it’s the perfect room for a baby or wedding shower. Or add it on as a quiet room for your older relatives who want to get away from the loud music in the Polka Room where the younger folks are dancing their feet off – although we’ve caught a grandmother here or there doing the hoola-hoop, so you just never know!

Square footage

700

The Jitterbug

The Jitterbug Room gets you moving the second you cross its threshold. The lively green and orange color scheme screams happy feet and sets your toes to tapping. Hopefully there’s a band gearing up to start their set. In the meantime, sidle up to the vintage Tiki Bar and enjoy a cocktail and a conversation with a long lost relative. Many a big birthday party has been celebrated in this room from Sweet Sixteen to the big 5-0. We’ve even had one 90th birthday celebration already and hopefully we’ll host a few more. 100 anyone?

Guest capacity

Up to 75 Seated

Square footage

1,400

The Mambo

Enter the Mambo Room through the vintage double French doors and you’ll find yourself in an exotic land of Indian, Thai and Indonesian puppets, hand painted flowers and lush plants. The Mambo Room lends itself to beautiful and memorable wedding ceremonies, anniversary parties, book launches and engagement parties.

Guest capacity

Up to 60 Seated

Square footage

1,100

The 3W Event Space Common Areas

One of the first things you see when you enter the floor is the beautiful curved purple bar which has been used for a dessert station, additional silent auction space and family memorabilia when celebrating that big birthday, to name a few. It’s really your call depending on the type of event you’re hosting. The Sausage Room just across the way has the full collection of Nancy Drew books (in case you need to fresh your memory of how the case in Volume #13 was solved) and a vintage vanity that’s great for primping before the ceremony.

Guest capacity

Up to 200 Seated

Cha Cha

The Cha Cha Room is a favorite of a lot of our clients with its blue and green color palette. At 2,500 sq. ft. there’s space for quite the fantastic silent auction, birthday celebration with band and dancing or very special wedding ceremony. There’s also plenty of space for your Bar/Bat Mitzvah activities and interactive food stations.

Guest capacity

Up to 100 Seated

Square footage

2,500

The Polka Room

The Polka Room bursts with happiness and energy with two walls of windows pouring in sunshine for daytime events and showing off the city at night. The largest room at Catalyst Ranch, it’s our most popular room for fundraisers and wedding ceremonies and receptions. There’s plenty of room for a dance floor, as well as delectable food stations (maybe even a chocolate fountain) and of course the bar. It also has a special nook affectionately called the Harem. Make sure you share a quiet tete-a-tete with a special someone in the Harem when you’re here!

Guest capacity

Up to 150 Seated

Square footage

3,250

Tango

Our most intimate room on the floor is the Tango Room. With its cozy walls of reds and brick and double French doors which open out to the curved purple bar, it’s the perfect room for a baby or wedding shower. Or add it on as a quiet room for your older relatives who want to get away from the loud music in the Polka Room where the younger folks are dancing their feet off – although we’ve caught a grandmother here or there doing the hoola-hoop, so you just never know!

Square footage

700

The Jitterbug

The Jitterbug Room gets you moving the second you cross its threshold. The lively green and orange color scheme screams happy feet and sets your toes to tapping. Hopefully there’s a band gearing up to start their set. In the meantime, sidle up to the vintage Tiki Bar and enjoy a cocktail and a conversation with a long lost relative. Many a big birthday party has been celebrated in this room from Sweet Sixteen to the big 5-0. We’ve even had one 90th birthday celebration already and hopefully we’ll host a few more. 100 anyone?

Guest capacity

Up to 75 Seated

Square footage

1,400

The Mambo

Enter the Mambo Room through the vintage double French doors and you’ll find yourself in an exotic land of Indian, Thai and Indonesian puppets, hand painted flowers and lush plants. The Mambo Room lends itself to beautiful and memorable wedding ceremonies, anniversary parties, book launches and engagement parties.

Guest capacity

Up to 60 Seated

Square footage

1,100

The 3W Event Space Common Areas

One of the first things you see when you enter the floor is the beautiful curved purple bar which has been used for a dessert station, additional silent auction space and family memorabilia when celebrating that big birthday, to name a few. It’s really your call depending on the type of event you’re hosting. The Sausage Room just across the way has the full collection of Nancy Drew books (in case you need to fresh your memory of how the case in Volume #13 was solved) and a vintage vanity that’s great for primping before the ceremony.

Guest capacity

Up to 200 Seated


Available services that can be provided by Catalyst Ranch

Services & amenities

  • Bar services
  • Catering services
  • Clean up
  • Dance floor
  • Dressing room / Bridal Suite
  • Event staff
  • Lighting/Sound
  • On-site accommodations
  • Pet friendly
  • Service staff
  • Set up
  • Wedding cake services
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Wifi

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Preferred vendors of Catalyst Ranch

Caterer
Amazing Edibles Catering
Caterer
Beyond Catering & Events
Caterer
Entertaining Company

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We have around 10,000 square feet of space spread out between two event floors and six different rooms.
Catalyst Ranch has partnered with seven top-notch companies to create our Preferred Catering List. Each catering company has unique offerings, exceptional service and a great staff.
Celebrate your special moment with the vendors that reflect your style. Catalyst Ranch does not limit vendors to a specific list but we do ask to know what companies will be working in our space. And we are happy to give out referrals from our vast network.
Catalyst Ranch works with a parking garage just 1.5 blocks away for discounted vouchers. At just $10 per voucher, that’s a deal!
Only one event is booked per floor at one time. Your event floor will be private to your celebration with no guest overflow or sound overflow from another celebration.
There are separate ceremony rooms available for rent. We can also help create the perfect ceremony setup right in the reception room.
With pride! And not just any old green, but chartreuse.
The kids in your family or of friends can be an important part of your event. We allow children that are 13 years old or younger, and walking, at a maximum of 10 kids. Mitzvah celebrations are an exception and we hire chaperones for events with more than 10 kids present.
The Special Events team is always on site to assist with any facilities issues or requests: adjusting the thermostat, guiding load-in, answering phones, and pointing people in the right direction. Leading up to your event, we are happy to help with fun suggestions and recommendations too.
Yes, we can! Catalyst Ranch will temporarily hold your first choice date for up to two weeks. Holds are valid until another client calls interested in the same date. When conflicts arise, clients have 24 hour right of refusal.
An event room is guaranteed with 50% of the room rental charges as a deposit and a signed contract. There is also a $500 refundable Damage Deposit due before your event date.
50% of the room rental fee is non-refundable. All subsequent payments made are non-refundable unless the space can be rebooked. If the date is rebooked for a lower amount, the difference is non-refundable. An event date can be moved to an alternate date within three (3) months of the original date.