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Originally Posted by Fireoutofclay

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W Hotel

Bowie / Commerce / Blum / Elm

580ft tall, 622ft to top of Spire

1250 rooms or maybe a mix with apartments & condos

Limited parking at base.

I guess this could be any hotel: Four Seasons, Waldorf, etc. (Hotel Denny's? lol), but since I've seen 2 different renderings of a W Hotel for downtown, I figure what the hell, why not a third? They must be really interested in coming to SA. With the relative success of the 7th day Adventists Convention, as well as the new Convention Center/Hemisfair additions, this city is likely to host many more 70,000plus conventions or events. Of course, with that comes the need for more hotel rooms, and space near the Convention area is becoming more scarce, so I went up instead of out.

This would be the 13th tallest hotel in the US, 9th if you include the spire.

I was assuming that the La Quinta still owns the property east of elm by Commerce, so I figure rather than sell the property to a nearby hotel, it could profit by building a huge parking garage with retail at the base. This parking garage would benefit from its proximity to IH37 and the Convention Center and spaces could be made available for lease to the surrounding hotels, workers, and residents.

Used Sketchup by Trimble. Love it!!!

Nice!!! I like it. It would be awesome if they build something like like....