Urbannizer Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Do you have a link to their flyer? #7 under New Construction: http://har3.commgate.com/photos/pdf/fs/241783_1.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Awesome, thanks. I wonder why it doesn't list any residential units.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownproud Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 The one in Dallas is next to a freeway so it's o.k.Isn't this going into a $1.2 billion development? I bet there will be something else to do in the area that won't require a cab. Isn't the BRT and maybe the LRT going to be right in front of this location, eventually?I didn't think the W in Dallas was literally on the freeway like this one, but it's been five years since I stayed there. In any event, I hope this hotel does well, but I will be sending out of town guests downtown. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 No nightlife nearby? It's not exactly my scene by Belvedere does pretty good business. Also, the tasting room is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 The W in Dallas is set back some distance from any of the nearby freeways. I think it's in Victory Park. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) gorgeous illustrations, as per the w hotel dallas. this beautiful edifice doesn't appear to be in the direct vicinity of any freeway from what i can tell. it appears to be located downtown dallas inside their new "victory park" district. this hotel is located exactly where is should be... directly inside an area / district that is indeed vibrant and fun. this particular hotel should never ever be hidden. heck, even austin, tx. did the correct thing in constructing their w hotel upon their downtown district. let us provide hope, that houston does not make the grand mistake with this forthcoming high profile development. what a shame it would be for our fair city.... Edited October 30, 2014 by monarch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 That felt pretty muted after the buildup Monarch. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/32.7889985,-96.8120178/32.7891173,-96.8088688/@32.788404,-96.8109434,385m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en It's not terribly close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMF Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) The W in Dallas is about a block away from 35. You can CLEARLY see and hear the freeway from it. It is also very close to Woodall Rodgers freeway too.It is close to TWO freeways.http://hksinc.com/wp-content/uploads/w-dallas-victory-hotel-5.jpghttp://dweddings.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/WHotel_Altitude_0029.jpghttp://assets.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/Victory%20Park%20P16%20%2011-10*304.jpg?v=1http://www.americanairlinescenter.com/gfx/PHOTOS/new_photos/vp_ariel1.jpg Edited October 30, 2014 by SMF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Let's keep the discussion away from Dallas please. Where a hotel is located in Dallas has nothing to do with this topic. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownproud Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I think there is a big difference between being right on the freeway (like this proposed location), and several blocks away like it would be if it was in downtown Houston (or as it is in most other locations). And a chain wine bar and a club I thought closed six or seven years ago is not the nightlife that I would think a hotel like the W would try to associate with. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMF Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I think there is a big difference between being right on the freeway (like this proposed location), and several blocks away like it would be if it was in downtown Houston (or as it is in most other locations) No there isn't. None at all. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I think it would be ok being next to a freeway IF the freeway was like the submerged area of 59 or even better had a park over it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 anyone thinking that being in close proximity to a freeway (or that being a couple hundred feet closer to a freeway than another W) would somehow have a discernable nagative impact on potential business is simply looking for a reason to complain. the granduca must be struggling! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Back in the day businesses in Houston wanted to be located right off the freeways for convenience. Today, I think more businesses want to offer more then just convenience to people in vehicles. Uptown Park will be a walkable mixed use area, and there will also be light rail near by so I think it will be ok. Also I figure that the next time the West Loop gets redone, there will be more porgressive people in the city that will likley submerge the West Loop into a tunnel and place a park over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 anyone thinking that being in close proximity to a freeway (or that being a couple hundred feet closer to a freeway than another W) would somehow have a discernable nagative impact on potential business is simply looking for a reason to complain. the granduca must be struggling!And Hotel Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownproud Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Different strokes for different folks. If you want the W right along side the West Loop, more power to you. I would just prefer downtown or in a walkable area, meaning something more than the stores in the strip center/parking lot surrounding it. On the plus side, it is closer to the gentlemen's clubs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 anyone thinking that being in close proximity to a freeway (or that being a couple hundred feet closer to a freeway than another W) would somehow have a discernable nagative impact on potential business is simply looking for a reason to complain. the granduca must be struggling! ok swtsig, my great and wise pal.. you have just added a whole new dimension as per our ongoing debate regarding houston's first w hotel. no one, myself included.. is hereby indicating that this prospective hotel edifice shall offer a "discernable negative impact on potential business" at any rate. all we are hereby trying to debate... is the very fact that an obviously small minority of us, would like to see our fair city's very first w hotel, be constructed upon an area that is viable, energized, hip, pedestrian friendly, and certainly fun. it is becoming quite evident that every hip city.. has a w hotel that is located upon the aforementioned vicinities. we want so very hard to officially ERASE this great city's oft reputation of being a blue collar gentlemen's bar paradise. the granduca, houstonian hotel, omni post oak, are certainly providing a certain niche within our city. these particular and yet famous edifices, are positioned into obscure areas by design. these hotels, are indeed significant moneymakers as per their investors.. however, there are many patrons, that don't even know that these particular hotel's even exist. yes, of course there are freeway's located throughout the downtown vicinity. however, should this hotel actually be constructed within the downtown cbd district... then it shall become a bona fide showcase.. just as it should be. instead of being located directly along the 610 freeway corridor... basically, away from everything that is considered now and hip. houston, has indeed waited long enough. our fair city deserves better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMF Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 It is best to have the W along side the freeway so that it is easy for cars to get in and out of it. I hope the W entrance and huge surface parking lot is off feeder so that no driver is bothered by any foolish uptown pedestrians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMF Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) Here are more interesting proposals. The Austonian? Sure looks like it but slightly different. Here is one that I like the best. A So and So Design IMO. https://vimeo.com/71610193 Fast Forward to 5:25 Are we so certain that this will be "on the freeway"? How do you know it won't be located back a few feet like the W in Dallas. Edited October 30, 2014 by SMF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 What I really love about this site is we find out great news but everyone has a different idea of what it should be. Some imagine it Downtown, and some imagine it not adjacent a freeway in Uptown Park.I think it should be fine if located on the corner of the feeder by that "park". People will be swept away by the awesome views of the skyline and not concerned about a little noise on their balconies. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) edited. Edited October 30, 2014 by cloud713 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapillionWyngs Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 We had Ritz-Carlton and couldn't sustain it. I think there's no way in Hades that they would EVER "give" us another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I thought Ritz left due to other reasons. Something to do with some sheik owning 4 properties, that being one of them, and selling them off to someone who rebranded them or something? Did I just make that up..? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 We had Ritz-Carlton and couldn't sustain it. I think there's no way in Hades that they would EVER "give" us another one.misinformed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I had a room at the Fairmont at Vancouver airport facing the runway and had no issues with noise of jets taking off. I think appropriate windows can take care of the noise so guests can enjoy a skyline view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) misinformed...Right. I agree with you. They left because the operator didn't keep it up to Ritz standards, not for lack of a market for the brand. It would do well here. Right now, a lot of my clients stay at the ZaZa, which is nice., but no restuarants etc in walking distance. It forces them into a car or cab and changes their experience. Edited October 31, 2014 by Dakota79 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 We had Ritz-Carlton and couldn't sustain it. I think there's no way in Hades that they would EVER "give" us another one. That is not true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 (edited) Uptown Park owner to be acquired in $763M dealHouston-based AmREIT Inc. (NYSE: AMRE) will be acquired — but not by the company that offered to buy it a few months ago.The real estate investment trust said late Oct. 31 that South Carolina-based Edens Investment Trust will pay $26.55 per share for AmREIT in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $763 million.The deal, which was unanimously approved by AmREIT's board of directors, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2015, subject to customary closing conditions and the shareholder approval. AmREIT stockholders will vote on the transaction at a special meeting, the date of which has yet to be announced.In July, Florida-based Regency CentersCorp. (NYSE: REG) offered to buy AmREIT, which owns Uptown Park in Houston and other retail and mixed-use properties in Texas and Atlanta, for $22 per share, but shareholders called the offer inadequate. Later that month, AmREIT rejected the offer and decided to explore strategic alternatives.http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2014/11/uptown-park-owner-to-be-acquired-in-763m-deal.html Edited November 1, 2014 by Triton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2014/11/uptown-park-owner-to-be-acquired-in-763m-deal.htmlLet's hope this doesn't change the redevelopment plan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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