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Boutique chain to open Hotel Lincoln next year
Joie de Vivre will open its first hotel in Chicago early next year. The San Francisco-based boutique hotel company said it has finalized the management agreement last week for the 184-room property.
When it launches as Hotel Lincoln next February, it will be Joie de Vivre's second property outside of California, where the company operates more than 30 hotels. The Chicago hotel, which is currently closed and undergoing a major renovation, is located in the city’s upscale Lincoln Park neighborhood in a landmarked building purchased earlier this year by Angelo, Gordon & Co., AJ Capital Partners and Centrum Properties.
The 12-story property is the tallest building in the neighborhood, which means 60 percent of the hotel’s rooms will have direct views of Lake Michigan, while the remaining ones will overlook downtown Chicago. Hotel Lincoln will also feature a new lobby bar and lounge as well as an all-season rooftop bar. In addition, the hotel will continue to be home to the Perennial Virant restaurant, which opened earlier this year. Perennial Virant will provide breakfast and room service for Hotel Lincoln guests.
“We're excited to bring Joie de Vivre hospitality to Chicago with the opening of Hotel Lincoln,” says Joie de Vivre president and chief operating officer Ingrid Summerfield said: “Wherever we go nationally, Joie de Vivre will continue to create distinct properties that reflect their location and become part of the fabric of a community so our guests can enjoy genuine, multi-layered experiences."
Joie de Vivre has hired San Francisco-based Dirty Lines Design to oversee the renovation of the hotel’s interiors. “One of the guiding themes for the hotel is the idea of being ‘connected,’” said Andrew Alford, Dirty Lines’ owner and principal. “We want guests to feel like they are staying in someone's home in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. The hotel will have a very residential feel with an eccentric-meets-collegial preppy style that will be realized through a mix of vintage and contemporary décor and artwork.”
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