Austin | 7th & Trinity Hotel | Feet? | Floors? | Proposed

[agsatx88]

License Agreement filed for a project called "7th and Trinity" described as a "high rise hotel". Does anyone have more information about this? Could this be the Block 87 site?

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s..._propertyrsn=0

[ILUVSAT]

Originally Posted by agsatx88

License Agreement filed for a project called "7th and Trinity" described as a "high rise hotel". Does anyone have more information about this? Could this be the Block 87 site?

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s..._propertyrsn=0

Who in their right mind would stay there if ARCH is still in operation?!?

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

Who in their right mind would stay there if ARCH is still in operation?!?

Well, people DO regularly stay at the Indigo/Holiday Inn Express, which is a block north of ARCH. But point taken. Takes stones to propose a high rise hotel that will overlook our most active homeless shelter.

[paul78701]

Originally Posted by agsatx88

License Agreement filed for a project called "7th and Trinity" described as a "high rise hotel". Does anyone have more information about this? Could this be the Block 87 site?

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s..._propertyrsn=0

A long while ago, there was a hint of a possible office tower at the southwest corner of this intersection. Nothing ever came of it though. That could be where this is?

[paul78701]

Originally Posted by paul78701

A long while ago, there was a hint of a possible office tower at the southwest corner of this intersection. Nothing ever came of it though. That could be where this is?

Yep. It is.

https://austin.towers.net/hot-on-the...lyn@towers.net

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by paul78701

Yep. It is.

https://austin.towers.net/hot-on-the...lyn@towers.net

Good sleuthing from Towers. That footprint is really small, relatively speaking. It's not going to end up looking like the JW or the Marriott Downtown, and meeting space will be limited. IMO it'll be more in the mold of the Aloft/Element, or the Westin Downtown. I'll be interested to see what "highrise" actually means.

[ILUVSAT]

Originally Posted by We vs us

I'll be interested to see what "highrise" actually means.

Maybe unfortunately, "High-rise" is defined as a building between 13 and 39 stories tall.

I guess it depends on how many rooms this project is going to have. Hopefully it will be 30+ stories.

[chundercracker]

Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

Who in their right mind would stay there if ARCH is still in operation?!?

While the Proper Hotel in Austin was built in the "nice" part of downtown, the one in SF was built knowing full well that it would be in the heart of the Tenderloin district and surrounded by homeless.

As Austin's downtown matures and available spaces become limited, the prices of the more desirable locations (post office block for instance) are probably driving developers to look elsewhere for more speculative opportunities.

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

Maybe unfortunately, "High-rise" is defined as a building between 13 and 39 stories tall.

I guess it depends on how many rooms this project is going to have. Hopefully it will be 30+ stories.

Yah for sure, though in hotel marketing language "high rise" can mean . . . anything higher than a couple of floors.

I'm interested to see if this one is YET ANOTHER White Lodging project, as Towers suggests. They've got so much freakin' product in this town, I'm really at a loss as to what else they can do here. Though, they have been building a spate of Kimpton hotels in other cities, so maybe that's what they're considering. Our one Kimpton property, the Hotel Van Zandt, just recently went full independent, so there's definitely a brand opening for another entrant.

[myBrain]

Really glad that parking lot is being redeveloped, it's been a blight for years. It is a HORRIBLE pedestrian experience, with a busted sidewalk, retaining wall and staircase. After the bars on 6th close, it often fills up with people waiting on ride shares, and I've seen some sketchy stuff go down while people were congregated there.

[The ATX]

The permit that was filed for this was deleted.

[agsatx88]

Site plan filed for high rise hotel at 7th and Trinity. I think it is for this project.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...ertyrsn=172393

[chinchaaa]

Originally Posted by agsatx88

Site plan filed for high rise hotel at 7th and Trinity. I think it is for this project.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...ertyrsn=172393

this is major.

[GoldenBoot]

Originally Posted by chinchaaa

this is major.

Please expand on that...

[The ATX]

No CVC, so it can go tall. But since it's hotel only, I think we're looking at 20 floors max. But it's great to see something like this in the least desirable part of downtown.

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by chinchaaa

this is major.

Yes, please expand on that.

[agsatx88]

Speculation on brand?

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by agsatx88

Speculation on brand?

If it’s White Lodging, they loooove Marriott products. They’ve also just opened their first Kimpton in San Antonio. I’m leaning towards Kimpton, TBH.

If it’s not White Lodging all bets are off. Could be anything!

[chinchaaa]

Originally Posted by We vs us

If it’s White Lodging, they loooove Marriott products. They’ve also just opened their first Kimpton in San Antonio. I’m leaning towards Kimpton, TBH.

If it’s not White Lodging all bets are off. Could be anything!

We already have a Kimpton hotel on Rainey.

[EagerTurnip]

The Travis County property search shows the owner as XWALK MGT, LLC. which is also tied to the JW Marriott, Courtyard Marriott, Aloft/Element, Otis and Moxy (all White Lodging Marriott Hotels)