AUSTIN | JW Marriott Convention Center Hotel | 408 FT | 34 FLOORS | T.O.
This would be Austin's 2nd convention center hotel. It'll be located across the street from the Austonian.
1,003 rooms 27 to 30 floors It would be Austin's largest hotel. It would be one of the tallest hotels in the city, maybe the tallest. http://www.statesman.com/blogs/conte...waivers_f.html Quote:
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Here are all the renderings I've saved of it so far of the current design (2013).
http://i.imgur.com/VgPfw4M.jpg http://i.imgur.com/S6WtwUi.jpg http://i.imgur.com/MF0oFMn.jpg http://i.imgur.com/4Yd06XL.jpg http://i.imgur.com/m4ePXkF.jpg http://i.imgur.com/7a52oo1.jpg http://i.imgur.com/58wQ42R.jpg http://i.imgur.com/oZGLVBY.jpg http://i.imgur.com/QxntJtH.jpg http://i.imgur.com/zBq1bBh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/laB0Ga1.jpg http://i.imgur.com/7wiq2MO.jpg http://i.imgur.com/VdKvUsk.jpg http://i.imgur.com/V19LdOZ.jpg Some screen caps of the renderings from this link: http://i.imgur.com/gUiM95t.jpg http://i.imgur.com/7FAdJmf.jpg http://i.imgur.com/wzrL5CD.jpg http://i.imgur.com/V3YF2nY.jpg http://i.imgur.com/WHBPPWT.jpg http://i.imgur.com/uMnR48W.jpg http://i.imgur.com/iLUYo8o.jpg http://i.imgur.com/vAXv5Qz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/zlWaX4z.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RHqHheU.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ZiXd8ht.jpg |
Old design:
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/1451/hotelk.jpg White Lodging Services - http://www.whitelodging.com/ |
http://www.statesman.com/opinion/mar...t-1556003.html
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By the way, originally I had heard it would have 1,016 rooms, but the current number being quoted in articles seems to be 1,003 rooms.
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And...apparently they have some competition. A 2nd convention center hotel has been announced a few blocks away. Basically it'll be a race between the two developers to see who can get the farthest along so they can secure the fee waivers. The City is also offering to kick in 500K for utility upgrades in a shared cost with the developer.
Of course, it would be nice if we could have two new 1,000+ room hotels. There's no mention of height for this 2nd hotel, but it'll probably be in the area of 30 floors also since both are the same size and working with the same size blocks. http://www.statesman.com/business/se...n-1558983.html Quote:
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Now that the city approved the incentives, I hope this can break ground real soon. I wonder how this will affect the other 1k room project that we all like so much better.
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I believe we need about 10,000 rooms downtown... we have 6000 now. I'd like to see 12,000 rooms. I think Dallas has about 12,000 downtown. I think San Antonio is around 9-10,000. We can't accomodate several weekends of festivals right now... add F1... we still won't with 10,000 rooms.
This allows the convention center to get more and larger conventions as well... so you get the average occupancies necessary. |
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^^ Really? Its a very common style that we've now seen repeated possibly hundreds of times all over the world. I hardly think it's the world's first and it's not really even unique.
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The hotel tower is in the background, but what is the lower rise building in front?
I'm not crazy about the hotel tower look. I guess we need to know what color and materials will be used for the facade. |
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i dont much care for the design
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The Austin American-Statesman had said the hotel would range from 27 to 30 floors. This press release by White Lodging says it will be 26 floors.
I'll email them soon to see if I can get the official height. It should be in the area of 300 feet. Construction is expected to begin June 1, 2012. This article also mentions the 17-story Hyatt Place hotel that White Lodging is planning one block away. The article mentions that it will break ground next month. http://www.whitelodging.com/news/070111-2.asp Quote:
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More details are coming out about when we can expect to see construction start.
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