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

[editor]

Clearing out. 

[IntheKnowHouston]

A replat named JW Marriott Reserve is under review. 

According to the text on the replat, it's "a partial replat of all of lots 3-5, part of lots 11-12, Block 92 of South Side Buffalo Bayou." The reason for the replat is "to create an unrestricted reserve."

As discussed, JW Marriott Downtown at 806 Main St is expanding. It's renovating the Battelesteins Building next door at 812 Main St. The  plan is to connect the two buildings for the hotel's expansion.

Southwest Value Partners ( SWVP JW Houston LLC ) acquired the Battlesteins Building and JW Marriott Downtown Houston last fall.



Below is the map showing the parcels for 806 Main St and 812 Main St:






Below are maps showing the requested replat that will combine the 806 Main and 812 Main parcels into one:








 

Edited June 3, 2023 by IntheKnowHouston

[IntheKnowHouston]

A replat named JW Marriott Reserve is under review. 

According to the text on the replat, it's "a partial replat of all of lots 3-5, part of lots 11-12, Block 92 of South Side Buffalo Bayou." The reason for the replat is "to create an unrestricted reserve."

As discussed, JW Marriott Downtown at 806 Main St is expanding. It's renovating the Battelesteins Building next door at 812 Main St. The  plan is to connect the two buildings for the hotel's expansion.

Southwest Value Partners ( SWVP JW Houston LLC ) acquired the Battlesteins Building and JW Marriott Downtown Houston last fall.



Below is the map showing the parcels for 806 Main St and 812 Main St:






Below are maps showing the requested replat that will combine the 806 Main and 812 Main parcels into one:







 

[IntheKnowHouston]

2 minutes ago, IntheKnowHouston said:

A replat named JW Marriott Reserve is under review. 

According to the text on the replat, it's "a partial replat of all of lots 3-5, part of lots 11-12, Block 92 of South Side Buffalo Bayou." The reason for the replat is "to create an unrestricted reserve."

As discussed, JW Marriott Downtown at 806 Main St is expanding. It's renovating the Battelesteins Building next door at 812 Main St. The  plan is to connect the two buildings for the hotel's expansion.

Southwest Value Partners ( SWVP JW Houston LLC ) acquired the Battlesteins Building and JW Marriott Downtown Houston last fall.



Below is the map showing the parcels for 806 Main St and 812 Main St:






Below are maps showing the requested replat that will combine the 806 Main and 812 Main parcels into one:






 

Below is the replat submitted to the city's planning and development department.  The requested replat combines the 806 Main and 812 Main parcels into one:








 

[IntheKnowHouston]

  

2 minutes ago, IntheKnowHouston said:

A replat named JW Marriott Reserve is under review. 

According to the text on the replat, it's "a partial replat of all of lots 3-5, part of lots 11-12, Block 92 of South Side Buffalo Bayou." The reason for the replat is "to create an unrestricted reserve."

As discussed, JW Marriott Downtown at 806 Main St is expanding. It's renovating the Battelesteins Building next door at 812 Main St. The  plan is to connect the two buildings for the hotel's expansion.

Southwest Value Partners ( SWVP JW Houston LLC ) acquired the Battlesteins Building and JW Marriott Downtown Houston last fall.



Below is the map showing the parcels for 806 Main St and 812 Main St:






Below are maps showing the requested replat that will combine the 806 Main and 812 Main parcels into one:






 

Below is the replat submitted to the city's planning and development department.  The requested replat combines the 806 Main and 812 Main parcels into one:

[hindesky]

[rechlin]

The front was boarded up a couple months ago and I haven't noticed any construction workers on site since.  Inside is gutted but with temporary construction lights lit up all the time.  The roof looks a lot cleaner with the chiller mechanisms gone.  Guessing they finished demolition and are waiting to start construction?

[hindesky]

[Houston19514]

https://www.arch-con.com/divisions/hospitality/jw-marriott-houston-downtown-expansion/

72,382-square-foot building conversion to add 56 rooms as well as the demolition and renovation of the storefront, entry vestibule, elevators, ballroom and restrooms on the first floor and meeting rooms on the second floor.

[IntheKnowHouston]

12 hours ago, Houston19514 said:

https://www.arch-con.com/divisions/hospitality/jw-marriott-houston-downtown-expansion/

72,382-square-foot building conversion to add 56 rooms as well as the demolition and renovation of the storefront, entry vestibule, elevators, ballroom and restrooms on the first floor and meeting rooms on the second floor.

Arch-Con offers the following description of the JW Marriott Hotel Downtown Houston remodel on the website Houston19514 linked above.

Located at 806 Main St, the hotel is expanding into adjacent Battlestein's Building at 812 Main St.


The JW Marriott Houston Downtown Expansion is an adaptive reuse of the historic, 10-story Battlestein’s Building built in 1950. It is adjacent to the existing JW Marriott Houston Downtown, an adaptive reuse of the historic Samuel F. Carter Building built in 1910. Arch-Con’s scope of work includes a 72,382-square-foot building conversion to add 56 rooms as well as the demolition and renovation of the storefront, entry vestibule, elevators, ballroom and restrooms on the first floor and meeting rooms on the second floor. Designed by MCS Architects LLC, project highlights include ribbon windows and a rooftop penthouse, bar and pool.

[IntheKnowHouston]

12 hours ago, Houston19514 said:

https://www.arch-con.com/divisions/hospitality/jw-marriott-houston-downtown-expansion/

72,382-square-foot building conversion to add 56 rooms as well as the demolition and renovation of the storefront, entry vestibule, elevators, ballroom and restrooms on the first floor and meeting rooms on the second floor.

 

7 minutes ago, IntheKnowHouston said:

Arch-Con offers the following description of the JW Marriott Hotel Downtown Houston remodel on the website Houston19514 linked above.


The JW Marriott Houston Downtown Expansion is an adaptive reuse of the historic, 10-story Battlestein’s Building built in 1950. It is adjacent to the existing JW Marriott Houston Downtown, an adaptive reuse of the historic Samuel F. Carter Building built in 1910. Arch-Con’s scope of work includes a 72,382-square-foot building conversion to add 56 rooms as well as the demolition and renovation of the storefront, entry vestibule, elevators, ballroom and restrooms on the first floor and meeting rooms on the second floor. Designed by MCS Architects LLC, project highlights include ribbon windows and a rooftop penthouse, bar and pool.

A screenshot of the rendering for the JW Marriott Houston Downtown hotel expansion. The rendering depicts the pool and terrace going in the Battelstein's Building at 812 Main St. Based on the image's url, the rendering was uploaded to Arch-Con's website this month.

JW Marriott Houston Downtown is located at 806 Main St.

Edited March 20 by IntheKnowHouston

[IntheKnowHouston]

The city cited 812 Main St for unpermitted work last week.

As mentioned, the Battlestein's Building at 812 Main St is being redeveloped. It's part of the expansion of the JW Marriott Houston Downtown at 806 Main St.

Below are the inspector's note from the 311 complaint for unpermitted work at 812 Main St:


Upon return to 812 Main St. I37 met with Mgr of Marriott Hotel, explained requesting access to adjacent building for Inspection. spoke with Maint. Mgr. to gain access. I37 inspected and took photos of Basement, 10 floors and roof of building. observed non-function water pump in basement, and every floor was vacant Temp electrical stations on every floor. all elevator doors were secured.  Remodel permit is required for all renovations. with all Trades. All work must stop till further notice from Building Official as well as Fire Marshal.

https://houston311.powerappsportals.us/en-US/checkcasestatus/casedetail/?id=e2514c14-23e6-ee11-904d-001dd80b3d80

[IntheKnowHouston]

An impact water fee permit and impact wastewater fee permit (water/waste water application) were purchased last week for 812 Main St.

The Battlestein's Building at 812 Main St is part of expansion plans for JW Marriott Houston Downtown at 806 Main St.



Impact water fee

 

 

Impact wastewater fee

[Highrise Tower]

Photos I took today.  Orange tagged by the COH.

[editor]

I saw tags on it a couple of weeks ago about nobody being available for a city inspection.  

The stop work order seems much more serious.

[rechlin]

After not seeing any activity on this for nearly a year, I finally heard workers inside, so I looked up and saw they have now removed the windows from the second and third floors and are doing something with loud tools inside:

[editor]

2 hours ago, rechlin said:

After not seeing any activity on this for nearly a year, I finally heard workers inside, so I looked up and saw they have now removed the windows from the second and third floors and are doing something with loud tools inside:

There's been quite a lot of activity there for a long time.  Skid-steers gutted the place over the winter.  

Work stopped a couple of weeks ago because of issues with the city (see the red tags above).  

Work resumed this week, with the entire sidewalk taped off, but the tags are still up.  Perhaps pending a re-inspection.  I'm not sure how that's handled in Houston.

[hindesky]

Work stopped because they were waiting on permits which they recently received. 

 

[Highrise Tower]

Stopped by today. That's a lot of permits posted!

 

[editor]

On 5/10/2024 at 10:19 PM, Highrise Tower said:

Stopped by today. That's a lot of permits posted!

 

Funny.  

I always find it curious when big companies screw up on basic things like permits.  Whether they're the owner of the building, or a developer, or a general contractor.  It seems to happen more often than it should.

Then again, there was a passing mention in the Sunday Chronicle that the permitting department in Dallas didn't bother to get permits for its own new building, and is in violation of fire and some other codes.

[ATH]

12 hours ago, editor said:

Funny.  

I always find it curious when big companies screw up on basic things like permits.  Whether they're the owner of the building, or a developer, or a general contractor.  It seems to happen more often than it should.

Then again, there was a passing mention in the Sunday Chronicle that the permitting department in Dallas didn't bother to get permits for its own new building, and is in violation of fire and some other codes.

Permit procurement is difficult at best in the City of Houston.  Not enough reviewers, not enough pay.  I'm told that Mayor Whitmire is getting ready to name some really strong people to a committee to try, again, how best to improve the permit procurement process.

[Texasota]

Permit procurement is not difficult in Houston compared to peer cities in other parts of the country. 

Not to say it couldn't or shouldn't be better, but pulling permits is an issue in *every* big city and Houston is absolutely faster than most. 

[editor]

On 5/13/2024 at 9:26 PM, ATH said:

Permit procurement is difficult at best in the City of Houston.  Not enough reviewers, not enough pay.  I'm told that Mayor Whitmire is getting ready to name some really strong people to a committee to try, again, how best to improve the permit procurement process.

"It's hard" isn't an excuse.  It's their job to get permits.  They're not doing their job.  

[Purdueenginerd]

On 5/13/2024 at 9:26 PM, ATH said:

Permit procurement is difficult at best in the City of Houston.  Not enough reviewers, not enough pay.  I'm told that Mayor Whitmire is getting ready to name some really strong people to a committee to try, again, how best to improve the permit procurement process.

Ehh, disagree with this. I do renovation design all over the country. The City of Houston Permitting is among the easier ones. Generally 6-10 week time period, which is slow, but Harris county is worse. The biggest issue(s) Ive seen the last few years for CoH is that they've subbed out 3rd party reviewer companies which are more nitpicky, or less familiar with CoH amendments to the building code. 

[Purdueenginerd]

One thing to note about hotel companies is that theyre often franchised, and so while some of them are operated by large companies, sometimes theyre not. Sometimes the owner is ignorant of typical processes and/or used to skirting regulatory laws. Generally my experience with Hotel Renovation projects is the ownership/property management is pretty naïve and  ignorant of building construction. 

[editor]

46 minutes ago, Purdueenginerd said:

One thing to note about hotel companies is that theyre often franchised, and so while some of them are operated by large companies, sometimes theyre not. Sometimes the owner is ignorant of typical processes and/or used to skirting regulatory laws. Generally my experience with Hotel Renovation projects is the ownership/property management is pretty naïve and  ignorant of building construction. 

Of course, you are correct about the franchising and the owners not being versed on every local regulation.  But that's why they hire general contractors and other people experienced in this sort of thing.  They're supposed to make sure everything is correct.  I didn't necessarily mean to imply that Marriott Corporate was at fault.  

[Highrise Tower]

Arch-Con's signage went up this week.  Very cool!

Photos I took today.

[mollusk]

19 hours ago, editor said:

Of course, you are correct about the franchising and the owners not being versed on every local regulation.  But that's why they hire general contractors and other people experienced in this sort of thing.  They're supposed to make sure everything is correct.  I didn't necessarily mean to imply that Marriott Corporate was at fault.  

It's pretty common for GCs to exclude permitting from their scope - any plan modification issues really need to be left up to the design professionals. 

[Purdueenginerd]

On 5/17/2024 at 12:39 PM, editor said:

 But that's why they hire general contractors and other people experienced in this sort of thing.  They're supposed to make sure everything is correct.  I didn't necessarily mean to imply that Marriott Corporate was at fault.  

Agreed.