Blossom Houston: Hotel At 7118 Bertner Ave.

[Urbannizer]

9-Story hotel going propsed at the corner of Lehall Street & Bertner Ave in the Texas Medical Center. There's a rendering on the current Planning Commission Agenda.

[BigFootsSocks]

That one, solitary hold-out at the corner...ahh zoning laws. 

[Urbannizer]

[monarch]

^^^ nice!  happy to have the BLOSSOM HOTEL come to houston....

[elecpharm]

Is this an Asian hotel brand? Looks like a hotel you'd find in the center of Seoul or Osaka or similar place.

[ArchFan]

A quick google (albeit not definitive) suggests that this brand may be one from the JR Hotel Group, which is affiliated with Japan Railways.  Isn't that the Japanese company involved with the proposed HSR between Dallas and Houston?

[BigFootsSocks]

Huh, that's a really interesting find...

[Urbannizer]

http://www.virtualbx.com/construction-preview/23113-nine-story-hotel-proposed-in-houston-medical-center.html

 

 

Houston (Harris Co.) - Zhejiang Blossom Tourism Group Houston LLC of Missouri City on Sept. 17 to request a variance needed to construction a high-rise hotel.

 

The Blossom Hotel and Suite is proposed to be a nine-story structure that will include a six-level enclosed parking garage. The site is three blocks south of the MD Anderson Mid Campus Building 1 at the corner of South Braeswood Boulevard and Bertner Avenue.

 

Houston Planning Commission is being asked to allow the partial replatting of an existing single family restricted subdivision into an unrestricted reserve. This property falls within the ordinance governing the Medical Center; this allows for mixed use development in residential area

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"As a MAC (Major Activity Center), the city encourages development with a mix of land uses, street patterns and non-residential development. It is intended to replay just the lots necessary to meet developmental and space requirements," the department staff report said.

 

The proposed hotel boundaries are Lehall Street, Bertner and St. Agnes Street. Access to the hotel would be from St. Agnes, about 150 feet from the nearest neighborhing townhouse. It is also east of, but does not reach Fannin Street.

 

"The hotel will be a state of the art facility, serving the needs of the Medical Center, and aesthetically complimentary to its surroundings. The hotel will be built to serve adjoining large scale projects, such as the hospital and related medical buildings," the staff report said.

 

"On the block the hotel is to be located on, seven townhouses, an auto body shop and a medical supply center remain. The development will actually lift a large portion of the block up to the standards of the rest of the new, ongoing medical center development."

 

In justifying recommendation of the project, department staff said that if the variance is granted, it will allow the development of a large budget hotel site servicing the Medical Center across what is now mostly unimproved lands, adding, "the owners of the remaining subdivision lot--the house is vacant and unoccupied--have not been locatable, with all attempts at purchase by representatives of the hotel meeting in dead ends."

 

[LarryDierker]

Heritage Home Builders has a luxury residential project(Aria at the Medical Center) planned on the same block. I believe where the above mentioned autobody repair shop sits.

 

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/32174-proposed-luxury-rentals-near-texas-medical-center/?hl=%2Bheritage+%2Bmedical+%2Bcenter#entry500678

[Urbannizer]

http://houston-texas-us.blogspot.com/2015/11/tmc-new-construction-nov-2015-pics.html

 

[H-Town Man]

[corbs315]

Here's the site yesterday (I work at 1MC across the street)

[alternativemike]

On December 29, 2015 at 9:13 AM, corbs315 said:

Here's the site yesterday (I work at 1MC across the street)

 

Whoever bought into those 3 tow homes are going to have a big wall or some hotel windows to stare into pretty soon - that suckssssssss...

[jmitch94]

^ Thus is life in the city. 

[HoustonIsHome]

On 4/7/2016 at 10:22 AM, alternativemike said:

 

Whoever bought into those 3 tow homes are going to have a big wall or some hotel windows to stare into pretty soon - that suckssssssss...

Those town homes look hideous and cheaply made. 

[alternativemike]

On April 12, 2016 at 6:01 AM, HoustonIsHome said:

Those town homes look hideous and cheaply made. 

And going for $2350 a month - 3 br 3 bath - http://www.har.com/u/250EE615

 

How long until the price drops? Any bets?

[Houston19514]

44 minutes ago, alternativemike said:

And going for $2350 a month - 3 br 3 bath - http://www.har.com/u/250EE615

 

How long until the price drops? Any bets?

 

I wouldn't bet on it dropping.  The price seems in line with the market.

[corbs315]

A new variance sign posted yesterday with "Blossom Hotel" on it and (I think?) another building was cleared next to the site. So, some kind of progress...

 

edit: this was on the last plat agenda:

II. Establish a public hearing date of June 9, 2016 a. Blossom Hotel and Suites replat no 1 and extension

Edited May 24, 2016 by corbs315

[Urbannizer]

Reason for new variance request - they've acquired the house on the corner.

 

New:

 

 

Previously:

 

[corbs315]

New banner up on the site. 

 

Edited June 18, 2019 by corbs315
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[Avossos]

54 minutes ago, corbs315 said:

New banner up on the site. 

 

 

 

That looks different and better

[KinkaidAlum]

That looks much nice and MUCH taller than 9 floors! 

[BigFootsSocks]

I count maybe 14?

[OkieEric]

Much better, hopefully that's the actual rendering

[Urbannizer]

Site still inactive but here's a better look at the rendering. 14-15 floors

 

[Montrose1100]

I wonder if they were counting on TMC3 kicking off earlier? 

[Urbannizer]

https://www.virtualbx.com/industry-news/24681-blossom-hotel-project-transforms-expands-reaches-build-phase.html

 

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Almost two years have passed since a Houston company proposed a nine-story hotel to be built near the Texas Medical Center. Since then, the project has morphed and grown and finally reached the construction phase.

 

 

Zhejiang Blossom Tourism Group Houston LLC chose a location centrally located to serve the many surrounding hospitals and clinics. It was originally envisioned as a budget hotel with an adjacent six-level parking structure. The working title in 2015 was Blossom Hotel and Suite, but the name has since changed to Blossom Hotel Medical Center, 7118 Bertner Ave.

 

According to state records, the project originally had an estimated cost of $30.7 million. The price tag has gone up and so has everything else.

Zhejiang Blossom Tourism Group Houston LLC is not known for land development, and has not released an explanation for the design changes. It may be that news of the Texas Medical Center's intention to invest $1.5 billion into a new campus that is directly across Bertner Avenue from their property inspired the developer to re-think and upgrade.

 

In any case, the architectural documents are complete and subcontractors have until May 15 to submit bids on a project that will be going to construction sometime this summer. The project is expected to take 18 months to complete.'

 

 

At a recalculated cost of about $94.7 million, this is now a 16-story hotel that faces Bertner Avenue. It will have an adjacent eight-level parking garage along LeHall Street with capacity for 269 vehicles. Access into and out of the parking garage will be from Bertner Avenue and Saint Agnes Street.

 

The hotel is positioned toward the southeast corner of the property at Bertner and St. Agnes, and will include meeting rooms, private dining and other amenities. There will be 265 guest rooms. The hotel's area is 400,000 square feet, according to the construction documents.

 

 

[j_cuevas713]

Waaaaay better design

[MaggieMay]

I walked to 1MC today from OST--wanted to try the cafeteria again because I can't eat at Luby's every day.  Pickings are slim in the area.  

 

The sign for this place certainly caught my interest.  There will be food!  Still no construction, but it will improve the area.  

[corbs315]

1 hour ago, MaggieMay said:

I walked to 1MC today from OST--wanted to try the cafeteria again because I can't eat at Luby's every day.  Pickings are slim in the area.  

 

The sign for this place certainly caught my interest.  There will be food!  Still no construction, but it will improve the area.  

 

But the cafeteria here sucks!