[San Antonio] - Embassy Suites Riverwalk - 164 ft - 16 floors
As seen on next week's HDRC Agenda for Feb. 6!
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I'm not crazy about how small this will be, when huge hotels could have been shooting up in such a desired property, but at least it will pair well with Piazza Lorenzo across the street (if it is ever built) and add somewhat to the density of the area.
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I think it's cool to have well-designed, mid-rise hotels along the river. They keep the vibe cool and take up space, so the land behind and around them becomes scarcer and therefore more likely for taller buildings in the future. Downtown SA is a cool place, partly because of the Riverwalk. Don't want it to end up like Houston.
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I totally agree Jack, I'm loving all these thoughtful mid-rises that are starting to grace us.
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ydoc14, where was the height listed? I had added the building to Emporis last year, but didn't have the height listed yet. I need a source to be able to enter the height.
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However, nowhere in the PDF or on the blueprints does it give a single figure for the height. |
The design looks dated already lol
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I also agree that new midrises along the river are nice, and density can be just impressive as tall buildings imo. |
Nice! I mean.... it's not super great or anything, but hey, a 16 floor hotel downtown can't hurt anything! It looks like it will be a pretty good looking building, and it will continue to add density to the area.
Is it me, or is SA undergoing a mini-boom of sorts with buildings downtown? I lived there from 01 to 04 and I don't think any high rises were built downtown during that time. However, now we have the Hyatt, Vidorra, Vistana, Broadway, and hopefully this all right now. :tup: |
I count 17 floors. With that said, Houston Street is shaping up nicely. Now all we need is the Plaza san Lorenzo to be built and for Frost to build a new HQ, also can't forget the aloft (14 stories I believe) and the (not much known about) W hotel.
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Aside from the actual hotel high-rise, what will the rest of the structuregoing to be? Meeting space? Parking garage? Both?
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Construction on this site may be getting closer. :tup:
According to Friday's SA Business Journal, a building permit was recently issued by the San Antonio Building Inspections Department.... Quote:
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Embassy Suites
I was reading everyone's comments complaining about the lack of height for the new Embassy Suites, but 16 floors is pretty darn big for an Embassy Suites. I worked for them for 13 years and they average about 9 floors per hotel. They did try a hotel that was close to 40 floors in new york and it failed miserably. I think they've (Hilton Corp) made a decision to stay away from high rises with that brand of hotel. It's aimed at families with children on the weekend and business travellers during the week. highrises and families with children don't mix.
just my opinion, coming from the hotel business... Doug |
I was downtown today, and it looks like they're gonna break ground soon.
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They'd roped the area off and no one was parked there. No fences or anything. I should've taken a pic.
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And across the street, I think we can pretty much write-off San Lorenzo from happening. They had reported that they would be open in the Spring of 2009. If they haven't started by now, it's not going to happen. It's been at least 5 years; Too bad, that was one project I would have liked to see happen. |
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bad news - no development there. good news - potential for new, taller, and even more creative development there.... |
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