Rockville Nights: EVEN Hotel Rockville

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

SIGNAGE INSTALLED AT EVEN HOTEL IN ROCKVILLE (PHOTOS)

Construction workers were busy in the lobby, but some major outdoor work had already been accomplished at the soon-to-open EVEN Hotel on Rockville Pike. Permanent signage has now been installed, so this is how it will appear to busy travelers driving along the Pike (MD 355).

The completely-renovated hotel at 1775 Rockville Pike was most recently known as the Legacy Hotel. Now Rockville has bragging rights to one of the first EVEN hotels in the country, a new IHG brand marketed as upscale lodging for health-conscious travelers. A second hotel, Cambria Suites, is currently under construction in Rockville Town Center.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

EVEN HOTEL ROCKVILLE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE, ROOM PREVIEW (PHOTOS)

The transformation of the former Legacy Hotel into an EVEN Hotel continues on Rockville Pike. EVEN Hotels is a wellness-themed brand within the IHG hospitality group, which also includes Holiday Inn. The hotel is designed to not only make healthy travel accommodations available, but also accessible and easy to take advantage of.

In the hotel room renderings by IHG below, you can see that exercise equipment is not just in the expected fitness center of the hotel, but also right in the room. I've seen this trend myself in some Hilton hotels, for example, where there was a treadmill right in the room. On-site food and beverages will also fit the wellness theme, quite a change from the decadent carrot cake I had in the old Phillips Restaurant in the Legacy Hotel.

You may notice some of the Legacy Hotel's windows are being bricked up; as you can see in the IHG rendering below, that brown rectangle is where those windows are being eliminated as part of the redesign.