https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2018/01/09/state-approves-initial-funding-for-uthealth.html
Site is just outside the TMC: https://www.google.com/maps/place/2800+S+MacGregor+Way,+Houston,+TX+77021/@29.7115275,-95.3746963,3a,75y,279.77h,93.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sU2JfaN4iiyYPnKes4n3MAQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x8640bf97b4082a43:0xd01096f0aebe7d01!8m2!3d29.7122117!4d-95.3743252
CQ are designed for basic business travel. I've stayed at three:
Financial District SF - modern clean decor, compact rooms
DT Boston - clean, comfortable, small rooms, fairly modern, clean decor
Center City Philly - larger rooms, but not very well-maintained
*all of them were in older/historic buildings...the one here is in an older building (I think). I'm not sure about the quality of the Houston CQ.
The other half of the embassy hotel site would work as well. Although, I still have dreams of something really tall going there and blocking that waste of a building.
I don't understand the concerns. It was a vacant lot that will now attract more people downtown. I won't be going but Houston is full of rednecks and country western fans. I hear the one in Dallas does well so let them fill an empty space for a while, draw more people downtown , generate more foot traffic and revenue while the convention center makes plans for the future. It sure cant hurt anything. Im sure restaurants, hotels and parking lots will be happy to have the extra business. It might surprise you how well they will do.
Just to refresh what this project will look like. Not sure where the 3 comes in, it looks like only one building to me, will there be more in the future?
EDIT: Renderings removed at the demand of Large arts in Collingwood, Australia. —Editor
http://zieglercooper.com/the-midtown-3/