BeerNut Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 6 hours ago, Houston19514 said: So many possibilities... Edition, Luxury Collection, St Regis, Le Meridien, Autograph Collection, Tribute Portfolio, Kimpton, Curio Collection, Signia, Tapestry Collection, Canopy, Conrad, LXR, Waldorf Astoria, Loews, Regent, Intercontinental. . . I'm thinking it will probably a one off boutique. Most of the brands you listed are already represented in Houston or this location would be significant enough for a rebrand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, BeerNut said: I'm thinking it will probably a one off boutique. Most of the brands you listed are already represented in Houston or this location would be significant enough for a rebrand. Most of those brands would be perfectly happy to have more than one location in Houston. Nevertheless, you may well be right. That seems to be the way Midway likes to go. Edited January 13, 2021 by Houston19514 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 On 1/12/2021 at 2:59 PM, downtownian said: I’m cautiously optimistic about the Life Time Green Street. It’s going to open in the spring and the facilities are large and incredible. I went in for a virtual tour over the weekend and joined at a discounted early rate. just make sure that if you office there, don't get stuck on the second floor beneath the HoB. We WILL make your life miserable between 3 and 6 when it's sound check time... those suck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 On 1/12/2021 at 4:08 PM, Houston19514 said: So many possibilities... Edition, Luxury Collection, St Regis, Le Meridien, Autograph Collection, Tribute Portfolio, Kimpton, Curio Collection, Signia, Tapestry Collection, Canopy, Conrad, LXR, Waldorf Astoria, Loews, Regent, Intercontinental. . . Some brand of Wyndham? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUCAJUN Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Ok.so this has been sold to a Maryland company. What's the likely branding name of this hotel? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Marriott is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. So, the brand could be one of about a hundred different names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 They also have a collection of Boutique properties. Hotel Icon for one example, is one of those. Flipping Marriott owns… most of the hotels downtown. Which is good in a way, since this will hopefully allow for greater competition and provide travelers a choice. Which will mean additional repurposed properties, and new developments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big E Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 2 hours ago, arche_757 said: They also have a collection of Boutique properties. Hotel Icon for one example, is one of those. Flipping Marriott owns… most of the hotels downtown. Which is good in a way, since this will hopefully allow for greater competition and provide travelers a choice. Which will mean additional repurposed properties, and new developments. Now, if they could just give Houston a new Ritz-Carlton... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 16 hours ago, Naviguessor said: Marriott is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. So, the brand could be one of about a hundred different names. It is not being bought by Marriott. It's being bought by Host Hotels & Resorts, so the possible brands are even more numerous. (Host Hotels started its life as part of Marriott, but has been completely separate corporation for a long time and owns many hotels with non-Marriott flags.) 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, arche_757 said: They also have a collection of Boutique properties. Hotel Icon for one example, is one of those. Flipping Marriott owns… most of the hotels downtown. Which is good in a way, since this will hopefully allow for greater competition and provide travelers a choice. Which will mean additional repurposed properties, and new developments. It's pretty safe to say that Marriott actually owns zero hotels downtown. And by my count, 11 of the 26 downtown hotels fly Marriott flags. IF they add this one and if the W ever gets off the ground, they would be up to 13 of 28. Side point: holy cow! 26 hotels in downtown Houston (and soon to be 27, maybe 28). It seems like not that long ago there were 4 hotels in downtown Houston. FOUR! Edited August 5, 2021 by Houston19514 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 15 minutes ago, Houston19514 said: It's pretty safe to say that Marriott actually owns zero hotels downtown. And by my count, 11 of the 26 downtown hotels fly Marriott flags. IF they add this one and if the W ever gets off the ground, they would be up to 13 of 28. Side point: holy cow! 26 hotels in downtown Houston (and soon to be 27, maybe 28). It seems like not that long ago there were 4 hotels in downtown Houston. FOUR! Apologies for not being more specific: Marriott is receiving a hefty fee every month in the money from franchise owners who are flying the Marriott branded flags on their hotels. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X.R. Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Houston19514 said: It's pretty safe to say that Marriott actually owns zero hotels downtown. And by my count, 11 of the 26 downtown hotels fly Marriott flags. IF they add this one and if the W ever gets off the ground, they would be up to 13 of 28. Side point: holy cow! 26 hotels in downtown Houston (and soon to be 27, maybe 28). It seems like not that long ago there were 4 hotels in downtown Houston. FOUR! Man thats wild, when was it 4 if you can remember? Would y'all think it would make sense to convert this to a longer stay hotel? Like the ones where they rent to you for a week or more? At 20+ hotels, you'd think you'd have so many price points covered, so may be it would make sense to introduce multiple price points at the "i'm in Houston for a week" type of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Houston19514 Posted August 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, X.R. said: Man thats wild, when was it 4 if you can remember? Would y'all think it would make sense to convert this to a longer stay hotel? Like the ones where they rent to you for a week or more? At 20+ hotels, you'd think you'd have so many price points covered, so may be it would make sense to introduce multiple price points at the "i'm in Houston for a week" type of thing. We only had 4 hotels downtown for quite some time, for most of the 1990s and until about 2000. Pre-2000: Hyatt Regency, Doubletree-Allen Center (now C. Baldwin), Four Seasons and Lancaster Hotel. 2000: Crowne Plaza (now The Whitehall) and Holiday Inn Express (approx - can't find an exact opening date) 2002: Sam Houston Hotel 2003: Magnolia Hotel, Marriott Courtyard, Residence Inn, Hilton Americas 2004: Club Quarters, Hotel Icon, and Inn at the Ballpark (now Westin) 2011: Embassy Suites 2014: JW Marriott 2015: Holiday Inn and Springhill Suites 2016: Hampton Inn, Homewood Suites, Aloft Hotel and Marriott Marquis 2017: Le Meridien and Hotel Alessandra (currently closed, soon to reopen as TBD) 2019: AC Hotel and Cambria 2021: Hyatt Place Edited August 5, 2021 by Houston19514 4 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 A very big change from the early days of this forum, that is certain. There is a Moxy Hotel listed on CentralHouston/Downtown District list of hotels. Is that under construction, or just proposed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, arche_757 said: A very big change from the early days of this forum, that is certain. There is a Moxy Hotel listed on CentralHouston/Downtown District list of hotels. Is that under construction, or just proposed? They got their building permits in March of this year... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 30 minutes ago, Houston19514 said: They got their building permits in March of this year... 36 minutes ago, arche_757 said: A very big change from the early days of this forum, that is certain. There is a Moxy Hotel listed on CentralHouston/Downtown District list of hotels. Is that under construction, or just proposed? State National Bank Building rehab... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Thanks @Houston19514 & @Montrose1100. I’m a day late and a dollar short sometimes…usually! I recall now that building being renovated into the Moxy. Good. The more places the merrier. I believe we are still a bit low on the overall number of rooms for a city this size - of course the pandemic has sort of rewritten everything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, arche_757 said: Thanks @Houston19514 & @Montrose1100. I’m a day late and a dollar short sometimes…usually! I recall now that building being renovated into the Moxy. Good. The more places the merrier. I believe we are still a bit low on the overall number of rooms for a city this size - of course the pandemic has sort of rewritten everything. We have about 8,500 rooms in the CBD. I think we're pretty much at parity with comparable cities now. Edited August 6, 2021 by Houston19514 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I wouldn’t know. I haven’t read up on what a comparable city would be for us? Dallas? Philadelphia? Based on your statement it sounds like it would be a tough sell to build a new trophy hotel similar to Marriott Marquis or Hilton Americas. I thought HoustonFirst was trying to do that in the next ____ years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 9 minutes ago, arche_757 said: I wouldn’t know. I haven’t read up on what a comparable city would be for us? Dallas? Philadelphia? Based on your statement it sounds like it would be a tough sell to build a new trophy hotel similar to Marriott Marquis or Hilton Americas. I thought HoustonFirst was trying to do that in the next ____ years? Yeah I’d say Philly, SF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staresatmaps Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 There's a new cafe there that was finished a few weeks ago, but I've never seen it open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wilcal Posted August 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2021 Article on Alessandra sale: https://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/08-05-21-hotel-alessandra-downtown-sold-host-hotels-resorts-midway/ Bought by group that owns the St. Regis, Marriott Med Center/Marriott IAH. Quote Expect more information about Host's plans for the property, including a new name, in the coming weeks. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Trying not to get too OT, but adding to the list of hotels, apparently the Hogg Palace Lofts were re-opened as a hotel by Sonder. Not sure exactly when that happened (but super glad it did, that’s legitimately been one of my favorite downtown buildings since I was a kid) Glad to hear something is being done here. Green Street always seemed like a development that arrived a bit too early to Downtown. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted August 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2021 The Palm Steakhouse on Westheimer in the Galleria area is moving into the old III Forks spot in Greenstreet. https://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/08-16-21-palm-steakhouse-original-location-briargrove-closing-moving-downtown/ 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 The Palm steakhouse moves from longtime home on Westheimer to downtown One of Houston’s long-running, iconic steakhouses has a new home in downtown. The Palm, having spent more than 40 years on Westheimer, opens Friday, Oct. 1 at 1201 Fannin (the former III Forks space) in the mixed-use GreenStreet district. The relocated Palm arrives downtown complete with its signature murals and caricatures as well as a familiar menu of aged steaks and chops, seafood, and Italian-inspired dishes. The new two-story location features a modern, updated décor with seating for 230 and a piano bar offering live music nightly. There’s also a table for six seated directly at the grand piano as well as an eight-top created from one of the original round boots from the original location at 6100 Westheimer. Longtime Palm fans will recognize Jimmy Martin, who served as the original general manager, who is returning to operations as the downtown location’s maitre’d. Martin lends his recipe for Veal Chop Parm as one of the new additions to the menu. That menu, under direction of executive concept cchef Michael Coury and executive chef Jim Krauss, includes Palm staples such as jumbo lump crab cake, fried calamari, clams oreganata and clams casino, jumbo shrimp cocktail, crab meat cocktail, steak tartare, lobster bisque, and a variety of salads. The Tuscan-inspired fare includes veal parm, linguine with white clam sauce, chicken parm, pappardelle Bolognese, mushroom gnocchi, chicken arrabbiata, Veal Martini (veal with shallots, mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, white wine and marsala), and Chilean sea bass pizzaiolia. Seafood options: King salmon with Tuscan white beans and broccoli rabe; Alaskan King crab; tuna with charred tomatoes, olives, capers, pine nuts and raisins; squid ink pasta with lobster, clams and shrimp; Gulf red snapper in classic Livornese sauce; and broiled Nova Scotia lobster. The Palm’s signature Prime steaks menu offers New York strip, dry-aged Kansas City strip, ribeye, Delmonico, Porterhouse, and tomahawk ribeye, as well as lamb rib chops, veal chop, and double-cut pork chop. “The move to GreenStreet presented the perfect opportunity for The Palm. We are thrilled to revitalize this legendary restaurant at its new location in the heart of Downtown Houston,” said James Hamilton, vice president of Palm Restaurants. “Guests can look forward to an array of innovative, chef-curated offerings, in addition to The Palm’s classic offerings in a lively, modern environment.” The Palm, 1201 Fannin, 713-977-2544; thepalm.com/location/the-palm-houston. Open daily, Monday through Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday 3:30 to 11 p.m., and Sunday 3:30 to 10 p.m. https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/dining/the-palm-steakhouse-opens-downtown-oct-1-16497272 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nate4l1f3 Posted November 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2021 The Laura Hotel, Autograph Collection by Marriott. The valet says they’ve been open for two weeks- not sure how we missed this one. 15 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidCenturyMoldy Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, nate4l1f3 said: The Laura Hotel, Autograph Collection by Marriott. The valet says they’ve been open for two weeks- not sure how we missed this one. Its website still has Hotel Alessandra photos. https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/houkd-the-laura-hotel-autograph-collection/ Edited November 24, 2021 by MidCenturyMoldy 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downtownian Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 4 hours ago, MidCenturyMoldy said: Its website still has Hotel Alessandra photos. https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/houkd-the-laura-hotel-autograph-collection/ Those are also Hotel Laura photos. They did not change any of the rooms or design. Really just changed the name from Alessandra to Laura 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Great rebrand! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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