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grantboston
08 January 2008, 11:27 AM
Hotel group plans Uptown project

Plans are for either Marriott or Starwood property, broker says

08:15 AM CST on Tuesday, January 8, 2008

By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News
stevebrown@dallasnews.com

A Maryland-based hotel group has purchased land in Uptown for a new project.

The site, about one acre on Pearl Street just north of Dallas' Arts District, was bought by an affiliate of Baywood Hotels of Greenbelt, Md.

"I'm told they are planning to build a hotel with either a Marriott or Starwood flag," said Dallas real estate broker Mike Turner, who negotiated the sale.

The mostly vacant property is just north of a motor bank and across from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. It is one of the last undeveloped tracts in that area.

"We've had it under contract in the past three different times," said Mr. Turner, who worked on the transaction with Dallas broker Newt Walker. "We finally closed the sale last week."

Officials in Baywood Hotel's headquarters office and at the Texas division in San Antonio were unable to provide details about the planned project.

Baywood was formed in 1975 and now has more than $200 million in assets. The company operates hotels with brands including Marriott, Hilton, Holiday Inn, Staybridge Suites, Country Inn & Suites and Comfort Suites.

Real estate broker Sperry Van Ness represented the hotel company in its purchase.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-hotel_08bus.ART.State.Edition1.2aee2e0.html

Come on St. Regis!

Kelley USA
08 January 2008, 11:45 AM
They only have $200 million in assets- so I wouldn't expect too much here... If nothing else, we might see a Marriott like the one on 35 across from the World Trade Center. I wouldn't expect anything big or fancy here... But hopefully I'm wrong!!!!

AeroD
08 January 2008, 11:52 AM
I would think it would have to be big and fancy. It is going to be near the Woodall Rogers Park and Arts District, and it is in Uptown. What kind of traveler is that area going to attract?

Kelley USA
08 January 2008, 12:00 PM
I just looked on their website- www.baywoodhotels.com - these guys don't do big and fancy... The best I could find was a new Aloft hotel on the Riverwalk in SA. Everything else was Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn, Country Inn, Marriott Residence etc...

tamtagon
08 January 2008, 12:02 PM
Hopefully this time the land gets built upon. Moderately priced hotel rooms in Uptown would be a big success.

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Thread merged to show history of the parcel north of the Federal Reserve Bank.

vman
08 January 2008, 01:07 PM
I see nothing wrong with a mid level hotel in Uptown if it is built and maintained well. It will probably stay full, as opposed to the upper end ones that seem to pack 'em in only when there's some big event going on. They would be wise to go after that market in that prime of a location.

St-T
08 January 2008, 01:30 PM
I hope it's AT LEAST a Westin or JW.

jsoto3
08 January 2008, 02:14 PM
Thread merged to show history of the parcel north of the Federal Reserve Bank.
Tam, this is not on the former Reserve Condos site. It's on the south/west side of the Federal Reserve, between Pearl and Olive:
Google Map (http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=32.790855,-96.801492&spn=0.002954,0.006748&t=h&z=18&om=1)

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/28/baywoodhotelsitemaptj8.jpg

chiboi
08 January 2008, 02:22 PM
The latest rumors are that the hotel will be an Aloft hotel - a subrand of W hotels (Starwood).

grantboston
08 January 2008, 03:21 PM
^But an Aloft is already planned for the Santa Fe conversion downtown. Why another one so close?

tamtagon
08 January 2008, 03:40 PM
Tam, this is not on the former Reserve Condos site.

doh!

Even better location for a less expensively priced hotel, more in the middle of things.

tamtagon
03 November 2011, 10:44 AM
I wonder if there's a new project in the works for this ~acre of land.

xen0blue
03 November 2011, 02:46 PM
I wish someone would bulldoze those drive-through banks on woodall rodgers

gchrisbailey
03 November 2011, 03:06 PM
I wish someone would bulldoze those drive-through banks on woodall rodgers

I share that desire...it's the only part of the area surrounding "The Park" that won't match...at least a nice mid-rise apartment or condo building should be there, with balconies that overlook the park...

ChampionDallas
03 November 2011, 04:52 PM
I'm not really digging this.