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    The Galleria Mall At 5085 Westheimer Rd.

    in Uptown and Galleria Area

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    hey, my great pal htownlive, do you have any form of insight as to when will neiman marcus completely renovate / expand their highly antiquated galleria store?  or heck, tear it down and rebuild a newer more modern luxury masterpiece along the lines of saks 5th avenue.  i am aware, that their houston store is currently the chains number #1 in sales.  however, everyone knows that this current galleria edifice is indeed too small and quite antiquated.  

     

    you would think that they shall be currently making renovation / expansion plans, in light of the new forthcoming saks store.... right?

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    JW Marriott At 806 Main St. & Expansion Into Battlestein’s - 812 Main St.

    in Downtown

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    please HAIF JW MARRIOTT patrons, please continue alerting us as per your experiences at this gorgeous new downtown hotel facility.  purpledevil, our HAIF stalwart.. works for marriot corporate.  this may be a brilliant part of their pre grand opening strategy to iron out all of the minor deficiencies until the actual grand opening appears.  i would think that this would indeed be a wonderful tool for purpledevil to help / assist the Marriott management as per any ongoing minor issues....  

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    Uptown Park: Shopping Center At 1121 Uptown Park Blvd.

    in Uptown and Galleria Area

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    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. 

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    Uptown Park: Shopping Center At 1121 Uptown Park Blvd.

    in Uptown and Galleria Area

    Posted · Edited by monarch

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    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....


     


     


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    JW Marriott At 806 Main St. & Expansion Into Battlestein’s - 812 Main St.

    in Downtown

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    I stayed at the JW Saturday, my impression was that the wall was to spruce the area up a bit for those people staying at the JW.  The valet is right in front of the old Battelstein's and the building is dark and dicey looking at night.  I imagine it will be covered with one of those banners that look like fake retail.  BTW - the JW has a lot of work left.  I stayed on floor 12, but wondered around a bit.  Floors 2-5 had a lot of work left on them.  Not sure how much is complete. 

    much obliged, as per your update ttuchris.  however, i'm a bit surprised that you were hereby able to wonder around a section of the hotel that is still undergoing construction.  isn't there a bit of a liability involved here?  as there are no signage above the front entrance porte cochere, as well as no official hotel flags... i would assume that this hotel is not yet officially open for business.  it seems, that this is only a "soft opening" thus far...

    Uptown Park: Shopping Center At 1121 Uptown Park Blvd.

    in Uptown and Galleria Area

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    my gosh!  i do indeed pray that this particular hotel is not deeply hidden within that vicinity.  this hotel, shall need to standout... big time!  why on earth shall we construct a w hotel, and not gain as per the overall excitement that this particular brand usually delivers from the standpoint of overall aesthetics.  this is why i was hoping that this brand would be developed downtown houston vs the galleria vs the river oaks district vicinity.

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