Timeline of Naperville's Water Street district

  • The 158-room riverfront Hotel Indigo is the anchor of the new Water Street District in downtown Naperville, a development in the works since 2007.

      The 158-room riverfront Hotel Indigo is the anchor of the new Water Street District in downtown Naperville, a development in the works since 2007. Paul Michna | Staff Photographer

 
Updated 11/15/2016 6:17 AM

2007: Marquette Companies makes initial proposal to city, including condos, shops, restaurants and offices

August 2012: New plan proposed with a Holiday Inn Express and 63 apartments

 

November 2012: Apartments eliminated from plan

December 2012: City council rejects plan; sends Marquette Companies back to drawing board

April 2013: Plan approved with an unnamed hotel, 524 parking spaces, shops, restaurants and offices

April 2013: City pledges $7.5 million in tax rebates during next 20 years

Construction moves into its third month on July 15, 2015, as developers work to build the Water Street District in downtown Naperville, a hospitality development with a hotel, banquet center, shops, restaurants, public art, parking and Riverwalk improvements.
  Construction moves into its third month on July 15, 2015, as developers work to build the Water Street District in downtown Naperville, a hospitality development with a hotel, banquet center, shops, restaurants, public art, parking and Riverwalk improvements. - Marie Wilson | Staff Photographer

October 2013: Hotel Indigo announced as anchor

November 2013: First restaurants announced

September 2014: Plans tweaked to accommodate space needs of retail tenants

November 2014: City funding agreement approved to commit $18 million toward $93 million development

April 1, 2015: Demolition begins

April 16, 2015: Groundbreaking ceremony kicks off construction

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On Feb. 25, 2016, construction crews are forming the structure of the hotel building on the north side of the Water Street District and beginning to install 500 feet of new Riverwalk path.
  On Feb. 25, 2016, construction crews are forming the structure of the hotel building on the north side of the Water Street District and beginning to install 500 feet of new Riverwalk path. - Marie Wilson | Staff Photographer

September 2015: "Dick Tracy" sculpture temporarily removed from Riverwalk to accommodate construction

February 2016: Giant yellow construction crane removed from site

Almost exactly a year after construction began with an April 16, 2015, groundbreaking ceremony at the Water Street District in downtown Naperville, the hotel building on the north side of the development is taking shape.
  Almost exactly a year after construction began with an April 16, 2015, groundbreaking ceremony at the Water Street District in downtown Naperville, the hotel building on the north side of the development is taking shape. - Marie Wilson | Staff Photographer

Oct. 24, 2016: Southern Tide becomes first store to open

Nov. 4, 2016: Final construction crane departs

Nov. 18, 2016: Hotel Indigo scheduled to host first guests

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