Posted Aug 23, 2023, 12:55 PM
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https://www.houstonchronicle.com/bus...d-18307477.php
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17-story hotel planned for parking lot near Houston's Minute Maid Park
Katherine Feser,
Staff writer
Aug. 23, 2023
A 17-story, Holiday Inn Express/Staybridge Suites hotel will be built near Minute Maid Park, adding a corner grocery for hotel guests and downtown residents.
Sugar Land-based Neway Hospitality plans to start construction on the dual-brand, 275-room hotel at 1319 Texas by the end of September, according to developer Ali Momin, president of Neway Hospitality. The project will replace a 20,000-square-foot, 55-space surface parking lot.
"Our main reason for building this hotel is the location based near Minute Maid Park and the George R. Brown Convention Center," said Momin, adding that some of the amenities "will be grander than what you would see in our typical Holiday Inn Express and Staybridge Suites in and around suburbs."
The hotel will feature 144 Holiday Inn Express guest rooms along Texas Avenue, and 131 Staybridge Suites extended stay rooms, outfitted with kitchens, on the Austin Street side. Room rates were not disclosed.
The shared lobby and amenities, including a bar area, fitness center, meeting room and outdoor pool, will be on the fifth floor atop four levels of parking. Rooms will be on floors six through 17 with those on the sixth floor offering balconies overlooking the pool.
The public parking garage will be available for hotel guests and downtown drivers, including those attending Astros games, Momin said. The development will include EV fast-charging stations on Texas Avenue and in the parking garage.
The street level will house an approximately 3,000-square-foot Urban Street Market grocery store with a deli, coffee and bistro on the corner of Texas and Austin, across from the Catalyst high-rise and 1414 Texas Downtown mid-rise apartments.
"There’s a lack of grocery store options in this part of downtown," Momin said. "This valuable addition to the downtown area perfectly complements the surrounding community and the extended stay Staybridge Suite Hotel situated at our location."
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Neway Hospitality is developing a 275-room hotel under the Holiday Inn Express and Staybridge Suites brands at 1319 Texas Ave. in downtown Houston.
Neway Hospitality / MCS Architects
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Neway Hospitality aims to open its 275-room Holiday Inn Express and Staybridge Suites hotel at 1319 Texas Ave. in downtown Houston in late 2025.
Neway Hospitality / MCS Architects
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