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Navy Pier Hotel Press
"A perfect fusing of proficiencies, the upcoming boutique hotel at Chicago's Navy Pier is a deed, which has multiple contributors, ensuring the property stands proud and unique at the edge of the city" Soumya Jain's article in LuxuryFacts, on July 20th, 2018, gives an...
Navy Pier Groundbreaking
From left to right: William Brodsky, Marilynn Gardner, Robert Rivkin, Robert Habeeb, Greg Wilson, Dave Alexander, Louis Dodd, Kelly Powers Baria, Mark Spears, and Jackie Koo KOO LLC, the architect, and interior designer, for the Navy Pier Hotel and Rooftop Bar, was...
Interview: Jackie Koo
Our Founding Principal, Jackie Koo, was interviewed by Tastytrade, a financial radio and podcast network on June 21st, 2018. KOO is a Chicago-based full-service architecture, interior design & planning firm, founded by Jackie Koo in 2005. She is the first female...
KOO Interiors – Cook County Hospital Redevelopment
Work to convert the long-vacant Cook County Hospital building into two Hyatt hotels, medical offices and retail space is expected to start soon, after the project secured about $135 million in financing. The eastern two-thirds of the building will be converted to...
2018 CBC Merit Award Winner
KOO received the 2018 Chicago Building Congress Merit Award (New Construction $15-$55) for our work on Hotel EMC2. The Chicago Building Congress is the cornerstone of greater Chicagoland's dynamic building industry, for it unites diverse members of the city's...
Construction on planned Navy Pier hotel to start next month
"One of Chicago's most popular tourist attractions is expected to get a new seven-story hotel. The Chicago Tribune reports developers have unveiled plans for a $100 million 222-room hotel that's part of Hilton's Curio Collection. It will feature views of the lake and...
First Hospitality Group, Inc. and Navy Pier announce Navy Pier Hotel to operate under Curio Collection by Hilton Brand
"First Hospitality Group, Inc. (FHG), a leading hotel management, acquisition and development company, and Navy Pier, Chicago's mission-driven cultural district, announced that its highly-anticipated Navy Pier hotel will operate upon opening in 2019 under the...
First Hospitality Group to develop new Curio for Chicago’s Navy Pier
"First Hospitality Group, a hotel management, acquisition and development company, and Navy Pier, Chicago’s mission-driven cultural district, revealed that the Navy Pier hotel will operate upon opening in 2019 under the Curio Collection by Hilton, which has more than...
Hotel EMC2 Supports Youth in STEM Education
"'Curiosity, combined with the ability to be creative and inventive, is the human trait, which lies at the heart of the Hotel EMC2’s brand identity. When a human being can be creative and invent, it can transform their view on life and ennoble the spirit,' said Scott...
30,000-square-foot rooftop restaurant and bar will crown new Navy Pier hotel
"Visitors who play at Navy Pier soon will be able to stay there as well, with a new seven-story hotel set to rise on the eastern end of the familiar landmark over the next 18 months. Developers unveiled plans this week for the upscale, 222-room Curio Collection by...
Autograph Collection Hotels & SMASHotels Introduce Hotel EMC2
"Driven by the vision and passion of local real estate developer, leader and disruptor Scott Greenberg, President and CEO of SMASHotels, as well as General Manager Christine Wechter, the hotel's interiors are designed by the award-winning Rockwell Group and...
KOO’s Latest One-Of-A-Kind Design
"EMC2 is the follow-up to theWIT Hotel. The 27 story, 298 guest room soft-branded Hilton Doubletree in the heart of the Loop. Its glassy façade punctuated by a chartreuse lightning bolt secured KOO on Chicago's architectural map when it debuted. This is KOO's third...
Quick Hits: Hotel EMC2 Opens in Chicago
"The under-used east end of Navy Pier would come to life with an elevated walkway and reflecting pool under a new chapter of the pier’s centennial makeover advanced Thursday.The Chicago Plan Commission also signed off on a seven-story, 240-room hotel, a seasonal...
Hotel EMC2 Downtown Chicago Celebrates Opening
"With interiors designed by the award-winning Rockwell Group, and architecture led by KOO, art and science are thoughtfully woven throughout every nook and cranny of the 21-story, 195-room hotel. A typographic design greets guests upon arrival featuring the commanding...
Walter Payton College Prep in PBC’s 2016 Year in Review
The Public Building Commission's 2016 Year in Review magazine highlights our recent renovation to Walter Payton College Prepatory. Credit: Public Building Commission
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