Chicago-based Kevin Robinson and Mario Tricoci have partnered with Milwaukee developer Tim Dixon and marketing associate Brigette Breitenbach to create Aparium Hotel Group, LLC and Aparium Development Company, LLC. 

The new hotel group will assume management of Dixon’s Iron Horse Hotel in Milwaukee's Fifth Ward, and the new development arm will concept and create boutique hotels around the country.  

Robinson is the former COO of the Elysian Hotel Company. Tricoci was previously the managing partner in the development and ownership of the Elysian Hotel Chicago and president of Elysian Hotel Company. 

Iron Horse Hotel is the 2011 and 2010 Boutique Hotel of the Year, and was recognized by Condé Nast Traveler in its 2011 Top 100 Gold List.