[sirkingwilliam]

LINK (http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2008/05/05/story4.html)


A well-known name in the hotel business is extending its stay in San Antonio.

Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based Drury Southwest Inc. has begun construction on a new Drury Plaza hotel. The 12-story, 196-room property will be located along Loop 1604 and Sigma Road on the city's far North Side in the Stone Oak area.

At 12 stories, the new Drury Plaza won't be tough to spot.

It will be located in an area that has already proven itself as a prime hospitality site -- given the success of the Drury Inn & Suites that is located next door to the Drury Plaza now under development.

[sirkingwilliam]

As stated above, this will be a Drury Plaza hotel (their luxury brand) like their one downtown, though with a more modern look.

[oldmanshirt]

Is the one at 1604/I10 an Inn & Suites or a Plaza?

[sakyle04]

Sigma Road?

Must be up next to Krispy Kreme and all of the 5 story hotels between 281 and Stone Oak Blvd....?

[sirkingwilliam]

Is the one at 1604/I10 an Inn & Suites or a Plaza?

Inn and Suites.

This will be the first Plaza outside of downtown.

[sirkingwilliam]

Sigma Road?

Must be up next to Krispy Kreme and all of the 5 story hotels between 281 and Stone Oak Blvd....?

Yeah. It looks like it'll be built adjacent to their (Drury) Inn and Suites that's already at that intersection.

http://www.druryhotels.com/i/p/126/c/dis_san_ext2_web.jpg

[KevinFromTexas]

Is this the same as the Drury brand hotel that was under construction at or near La Cantera at 5806 Interstate 10? The start date on that was 2006. And if not, what's the status on that hotel? Is it finished yet?

Thanks for posting this, I'll add it to Emporis if it is a different project.

[sakyle04]

Is this the same as the Drury brand hotel that was under construction at or near La Cantera at 5806 Interstate 10? The start date on that was 2006. And if not, what's the status on that hotel? Is it finished yet?

Thanks for posting this, I'll add it to Emporis if it is a different project.

Different hotel. The Drury at I-10/1604 is under construction and is rising quickly. Drove by it the other day and it looked to be on the 5th or 6th floor, but only the 1st floor above an above-ground parking garage. Could get pretty tall with that kind of parking....:yes:

[Trae]

How tall is that hotel near La Cantera suppose to be?

[KevinFromTexas]

Different hotel. The Drury at I-10/1604 is under construction and is rising quickly. Drove by it the other day and it looked to be on the 5th or 6th floor, but only the 1st floor above an above-ground parking garage. Could get pretty tall with that kind of parking....:yes:

Thanks. I'll have to add it later though, because Emporis is having issues.

[sakyle04]

12 stories...223 rooms.

The Link (http://www.druryhotels.com/properties/sanantoniolacantera.cfm)

http://www.druryhotels.com/i/p/159/c/dis_salc_construction_may08_web.jpg

[KevinFromTexas]

^ Thanks. I see I got the address wrong also. I'll have to fix that.

[oldmanshirt]

Different hotel. The Drury at I-10/1604 is under construction and is rising quickly. Drove by it the other day and it looked to be on the 5th or 6th floor, but only the 1st floor above an above-ground parking garage. Could get pretty tall with that kind of parking....:yes:

Wait, I'm confused. The hotel rooms are built on top of the parking garage? And if so, is the 12 stories including or not including the garage??

[sirkingwilliam]

The Drury Plaza in Stone Oak will also be built with a 5 story garage built on top of the first two floors, lobby and check in, with the remaining 5 stories on top of the garage being hotel rooms.

[sakyle04]

Wait, I'm confused. The hotel rooms are built on top of the parking garage? And if so, is the 12 stories including or not including the garage??

it would seem to include the garage.

the concept is interesting. more interesting will be how they use a facade to cover it up and make it look decent.

[sirkingwilliam]

So two 10+ story buildings are under construction in the Stone Oak area.

[Boquillas]

Are you sure the 12 floors includes parking? 223 rooms for five floors equals 45 rooms per floor. Doesn't that seem a bit high? The GH has 1003 rooms in 21 floors for a rate of 48 rooms per floor, but it has a much larger floorplate.

[sakyle04]

Are you sure the 12 floors includes parking? 223 rooms for five floors equals 45 rooms per floor. Doesn't that seem a bit high? The GH has 1003 rooms in 21 floors for a rate of 48 rooms per floor, but it has a much larger floorplate.

good question....

here are a sampling of other drury san antonio properties:

WURZBACH/I-10 Number of Floors: 8 • Number of Rooms: 210
RIVERWALK Number of Floors: 24 • Number of Rooms: 306
1604/281 Number of Floors: 6 • Number of Rooms: 119

so, assuming 6 floors of hotel, 5 of parking, and 1 of lobby/conference (total 12)....they would need 37 rooms per floor.

[satxgreen]

good question....

here are a sampling of other drury san antonio properties:

WURZBACH/I-10 Number of Floors: 8 • Number of Rooms: 210
RIVERWALK Number of Floors: 24 • Number of Rooms: 306
1604/281 Number of Floors: 6 • Number of Rooms: 119

so, assuming 6 floors of hotel, 5 of parking, and 1 of lobby/conference (total 12)....they would need 37 rooms per floor.

When passing by over 1604 and I10 it looks like there are rooms in the same floor as the lobby/conference... it looks like a small lobby..

next time if anyone stuck in traffic over in the area take a look in to the first floor and you can see the lobby.

[sirkingwilliam]

Drury Plaza Stone Oak

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1207/1182000tnah0.jpg

http://xs228.xs.to/xs228/08264/druryplaza776.png

[texboy]

Looks like they're going to go ahead and use the existing creek there as a water feature! cool! I would love to know what restaurant is going in there...

[oldmanshirt]

Looks nice, but I'm counting between 9 and 10 floors in those renderings :sly:

[sakyle04]

Looks nice, but I'm counting between 9 and 10 floors in those renderings :sly:

i'm guessing that the top 3 windows (the long ones) are actually two floors each. compare their size to those of the lower floors. either they're two floors or the drury is going to be hooking up average joe-business travellers with 20 ft ceilings.:haha:

[miaht82]

I took pics this past weekend of the Drury construction, I'll post when I get home. They already have the first floor set and the columns set as well.

[miaht82]

From the Creek on Sontera Blvd.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/miaht82/fromthecreekonsonterablvdfacingsw.jpg
From across Sontera Blvd facing southwest towards 1604
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/miaht82/fromsideofsonterablvd.jpg
From parking lot of existing Drury Inn and Suites facing East.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/miaht82/fromdruryparkinglotfacingwest.jpg

sorry for the quality of the photos, i was in a bit of a rush.

[jaga185]

I can't believe this got off the ground so quickly.

[miaht82]

I know, I couldn't believe it either when I first drove by.. It was just an empty lot a couple of weeks ago.

[oldmanshirt]

Awesome! Hopefully they'll have a crane up by the time I'm there this weekend :yes:

[oldmanshirt]

Here's the progress made so far on the I-10/1604 Drury (think this one is only going 10 stories, tho):
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/9105/d770tc3.jpg

[sakyle04]

Here's the progress made so far on the I-10/1604 Drury (think this one is only going 10 stories, tho):
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/9105/d770tc3.jpg

MySa real estate blog says that its going 12 stories here (http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/realestate/2008/07/drive_by_at_the_drury.html)...

There are a couple of photos linked to there as well.

This could end up looking really awkward, though... 7 stories of hotel over 4 stories of parking over 1 reception/lobby level. Did we get renderings at some point?

[miaht82]

I can't see the pics from here but does it look like this?
http://cdx.xceligent.com/Attachments/000/1182000_tn.jpg
This is what I found on the Weitzman/Cencor (http://cdx.xceligent.com/privatebrandingcode/ListingSearchResults.asp?BranchID=13546&lv_type=forlease&usejscript=true&locReset=true)website.
horrible pic, i know.
sorry i can't see the pics on page 1.

[sirkingwilliam]

It's on page 1.

[miaht82]

Crane is up; tower crane.
Couldn't see much else, it was dark out.