Joule Hotel expanding in Downtown Dallas
August 10, 2011
The Joule, a Luxury Collection Hotel by
chrisjonesfoto, on Flickr
Joule Penthouse by
the urban fabric, on Flickr
Joule Pool by
the urban fabric, on Flickr
The Joule Hotel is a 21 story, five-star, 129-room boutique hotel in Downtown Dallas developed by Headington Hotels.
Located at 1530 Main Street, between Akard Street and Ervay Street, the building was constructed in 1927 as the Dallas National Bank Building, and was known later as the SPG Building.
Positioned at the end of Stone Street Plaza, it is centralized in the Main Street District of Downtown Dallas and is one of two Gothic high-rises in the city, along with the Kirby Building. The Dallas National Bank completed construction of the office building in 1927.
It has garnered notoriety for its 10th floor pool that cantilevers eight feet over the easement below. The architect of the project was ARCHITEXAS (Architecture, Planning and Historic Preservation, Inc.) in Dallas.
The hotel interior was developed by world renowned designer, Adam Tihany, and the lobby level is home to the highly acclaimed Charlie Palmer restaurant.
The Joule Hotel has been a major reason Main Street in Downtown Dallas has made a
BIG comeback.
The city and the Joule's developer have planned to expand the project for sometime, helping further redevelop areas of Main and Commerce streets, and the expansion work is now underway.
The Dallas City Council has just approved $3 million in additional tax-increment financing money to help the project expand even further.
The developer plans to boost his investment from $76,500,000 to $98,000,000.
Here's what's being added.
- 1503 Commerce Street - Construction of a new 9,221 square foot building
adjacent to 1505 Commerce
- Space will house a sales office for additional employees
- The sales office will focus on event sales for the hotel
Acquisition of 1608 Main Street.
Retail Promenade (Main Street Alley located between 1604 and 1608 Main
Street)
- Transformation of the pedestrian alley into a retail promenade
- The retail space in 1608 and 1604 Main Street will open onto the
promenade
Commerce Streetscape Improvement
- The Joule black granite sidewalk, lighting and landscape treatments will
be extended off-site to the Neiman Marcus Café
- A designated valet zone will be created
- Public Utility Improvement
- Abandonment of City of Dallas sewer main currently crossing
development property requiring revisions to Neiman Marcus waste lines
- Enlargement and structural restoration of Oncor Vault in the right of
way at 1604 Main
This fantastic Downtown Dallas hotel project takes additional older and empty commercial buildings off the market and is now turning them into very high quality hotel use as well.
This is now the fourth hotel construction project currently underway in Downtown Dallas (the Omni Dallas, the NYLO Hotel, Homewood Suites by Hilton Hotel and The Joule).
An article from 08-10-11 in the Dallas Morning News describing the project in more detail:
http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/a...expanded.html#