Yet another hotel planned for downtown Houston

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Yet another hotel is on the drawing board for downtown Houston, which brings the total to eight hotels that are planned to open before the Super Bowl comes to town in 2017. 

Aloft Houston Downtown will open at 820 Fannin St. in June 2016, according to a listing by Starwood Hotels and Resorts, which operates Aloft. Real estate blog Swamplot first reported the news. The new Aloft will be a redevelopment of the former 10-story Stowers Building at the corner of Fannin and Walker. 

The news comes just one week after Houston-based Midway Cos. said it would develop the 25-story, 225-room Hotel Alessandra to anchor GreenStreet, formerly known as the Houston Pavilions.
 
In addition to the Aloft and Hotel Alessandra, here are the six other hotels planned or underway in downtown Houston:

• The 1,000-room Marriott Marquis will break ground in April. Estimated completion in January 2017.

• The almost finished 325-room JW Marriott is a redevelopment of an the former Samuel F. Carter building, which was built in 1911 at 806 Main. Its $80.8 million renovation will be complete in August.

• A new Hyatt Place is expected to be complete in January 2016. Developers Oldham Goodwin Group LLC, based in College Station, and Austin-based Phin-Ker Ventures LLC are planning the 11-story, 261-room hotel.

• A new Hampton Inn/Homewood Suites will be completed by January 2016. Houston developer American Liberty Hospitality will spend $50 million for a 14-story, 168-room Hampton Inn and a 132-room Homewood Suites. 

• A redevelopment of the Humble Tower Apartments into a 166-room SpringHill Suites Hotel, expected to be completed in summer 2015. Construction has not yet started.

• A redevelopment of the former Savoy Hotel into a 215-room Holiday Inn Hotel is underway. Asbestos removal and interior demolition has been completed, and interior work is underway on the 17-story hotel.

By: Emily Wilkinson Houston Business Journal
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