Images: Water Street District reshapes downtown Naperville
Downtown Naperville's first hotel in modern years opens Friday as Hotel Indigo Naperville Riverwalk welcomes its first guests. The hotel is part of the $93 million Water Street District built by Naperville developer Marquette Companies.
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The south side of the DuPage River in downtown Naperville has a whole new look with the Water Street District nearing completion including a hotel, banquet center, shops, restaurants, a Riverwalk extension, a plaza, public art and parking.
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Construction continues on part of the Hotel Indigo Naperville Riverwalk in the new Water Street District opening this week on the south side of downtown.
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Jeff Prosapio, executive vice president of development for Marquette Companies, says art and Naperville history are incorporated into the design of the new Water Street District, even in a mural on the wall of the fitness center at the Hotel Indigo Naperville Riverwalk.
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The lobby of the Hotel Indigo Naperville Riverwalk in the Water Street District includes a fireplace made from limestone like the material pulled from several former quarries in the city's downtown. It's one of several design elements chosen to pay homage to the city's history.
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This king suite at the Hotel Indigo in the Water Street District includes a mural wall of a close-up image of spools of thread at the former Kroehler Manufacturing plant on the north side of town, which created furniture.
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Hotel Indigo Naperville Riverwalk features 158 rooms such as this one, several with views of the DuPage River.
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The lobby of the Hotel Indigo Naperville Riverwalk in the Water Street District is on the second story of the building on the south side of the street, connected to a new banquet center and more hotel rooms on the north side by a skybridge.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
In place of a string of underused buildings on the south side of the DuPage River east of the Naperville municipal center, a new hotel opening this week is the anchor of the $93 million Water Street District.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Hotel Indigo Naperville Riverwalk is the anchor of the new $93 million Water Street District in downtown Naperville.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
A string of buildings described as "underused" at best or "dilapidated" at worst used to take up the 2.4-acre site along Water Street south of the DuPage River in downtown Naperville, but now it has been transformed into a hospitality destination as the Water Street District.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com January 2014
As officials host a groundbreaking ceremony for the Water Street District in downtown Naperville, Nick Ryan, CEO of Water Street developer Marquette Companies, celebrates the beginning of the long-awaited project. Plans for the hospitality destination first were discussed in 2007, and now, nearly 10 years later, the district is opening with a new hotel, shops, restaurants, parking, public art and Riverwalk improvements.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com April 2015
Demolition of several underused structures along Water Street in downtown Naperville makes way for a new hotel, banquet center, shops, restaurants, parking, public art and Riverwalk improvements as part of the $93 million Water Street District.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com April 2015
Water Street District construction moves into its third month on July 15, 2015 to create a hospitality development with a hotel, banquet center, shops, restaurants, public art, parking and Riverwalk improvements.
Marie Wilson/mwilson@dailyherald.com
Crews move the Dick Tracy sculpture in downtown Naperville away from the Riverwalk to allow construction of the Water Street District. The sculpture is soon to be reinstalled on a new perch, higher and further away from the DuPage River.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com September 2015
Construction continues to create a new face for the southern edge of downtown Naperville with the Water Street District.
Marie Wilson/mwilson@dailyherald.com
A crane lowers the final piece of precast concrete into place for the building that now holds the Hotel Indigo Naperville Riverwalk at the Water Street District in downtown Naperville.
Courtesy of Marquette Companies February 2016
Construction continues on the Water Street District in downtown Naperville.
Marie Wilson/mwilson@dailyherald.com
Crews work to build the main pieces of the Water Street District in downtown Naperville, which includes a hotel, banquet center, shops, restaurants, public art, parking and Riverwalk improvements.
Marie Wilson/mwilson@dailyherald.com
An artist's rendering shows the Water Street District in downtown Naperville as seen from across the DuPage River. The hotel at the district is opening Friday.
Courtesy of Marquette Companies
The Water Street District in downtown Naperville is still a construction site, especially on its western edge near Webster Street, but its first new business, Southern Tide, opened Oct. 24.
Marie Wilson/mwilson@dailyherald.com October 2016
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