Real estate development company ECD
Co. hired Igor to name a new upscale hotel for Doubletree, at the
historic corner of State and Lake in downtown Chicago. The qualities
of keen perception, sagacity, intelligence and humor invoked by the word "wit" perfectly
fit the positioning of this new hotel experience, which Igor dubbed
theWit. Notes ECD:
Chicago's
historic corner of State and Lake is the site of ECD’s
newest hotel project, theWit. The Hotel will include a high-end restaurant
and rooftop lounge, a spa for hotel guests and a luxurious private
screening room to be rented to hotel guests or the public for private
movie screenings or sporting events. Floors 6-20 will include 238
beautifully appointed "standard" hotel rooms. On floors
21-26, ECD plans to sell 48 hotel-condo units with studio, one and
two bedroom floor plans available.
The site is located just steps from the Chicago River, two blocks
from Millennium Park, and is part of the ongoing reconstruction of
State Street. The "State St. renaissance" is highlighted
by two major retail developments by Joseph Freed and Associates: 108
North State Street and the renovation of Carson’s into several
high end retail boutiques. theWit is just a block and a half away
from these exciting developments.
Scheduled to open in May, 2009, theWit will offer
guests a hotel experience unlike any other in Chicago.
Join us for drinks at the rooftop garden lounge – it's going to be
very cool.
Chicago's historic corner of State and Lake is the site of ECD’s newest hotel project, theWit. The Hotel will include a high-end restaurant and rooftop lounge, a spa for hotel guests and a luxurious private screening room to be rented to hotel guests or the public for private movie screenings or sporting events. Floors 6-20 will include 238 beautifully appointed "standard" hotel rooms. On floors 21-26, ECD plans to sell 48 hotel-condo units with studio, one and two bedroom floor plans available.