First look at Found Chicago hotel

Hours before making its Tuesday debut, the new Found Chicago hotel still sports a bit of blue painter’s tape on its subway tile in the lobby. ( Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune )

Chicago Tribune

April 9, 2018 3:44 PM PT

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Take a look inside Found Chicago hotel, a new property that offers shared and private accommodations at an affordable price.

The check-in desk at the Found Chicago hotel at 613 N. Wells St. The “limited service” lodging will welcome its first guests Tuesday. The property won’t be fully up and running until May. ( Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune )

Whimsical knickknacks fill the warm wood shelves in the lobby of Found Chicago hotel.

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A desk is tucked into a corner in Found Chicago’s lobby, designed by John Sofio of LA-based Built Inc. ( Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune )

Found Chicago’s lobby is meant to feel like a living room — a place for digital nomads to gather and do some work or drink some coffee from the adjacent coffee bar, which won’t open until May. ( Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune )

A 1970s vibe permeates the lobby area at the Found Chicago hotel, designed by John Sofio of Built Inc. ( Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune )

The basement lounge area at the Found Chicago hotel is more brightly lit than the upstairs lobby, but it’s just as inviting. ( Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune )

Vintage board games can be found throughout the basement lounge at Found Chicago. ( Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune )

A pair of bunk beds line a wall in one of Found Chicago’s 60 hotel rooms. ( Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune )

Some of the rooms at Found Chicago hotel look over Wells Street in River North. ( Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune )

A hallway at Found Chicago, where some of the 60 hotel rooms are shared, hostel-style. ( Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune )

A view of a top bunk in one of the 60 hotel rooms in Found Chicago, a new brand of hotel debuting in Chicago. Other Found properties are headed for Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles. ( Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune )

Locker-style storage is built into the bunk bed in the shared accommodations at Found Chicago. The cabinets will be able to be locked with a padlock once the hardware arrives and is installed on the front of the cabinet. Guests can either bring their own locks or buy one at the front desk. ( Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune )

Found Chicago hotel at 613 N. Wells St. is in a building that used to house single room occupancy apartments in River North. The building went through a gut rehab to make way for the new hotel. ( Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune )