Hotels that have opened up this year:

Hyatt Place - 125 rooms - Bagby Ave.

Aloft - 111 rooms - 900 S. 11th St.

TownePlace Suites - 85 rooms - Lacy Lakeview

There is also a Holiday Inn Express & Suites near West that looks fairly new.

Is that Aloft finally open? When I drove by a few weeks ago it appeared they had a ways to go before they would be open.

I think it just opened.

hotel dale.

on the drawing board.

- BUmma

{ sipping coffee }

william said:

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hotel dale.

on the drawing board.

- BUmma

{ sipping coffee }

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Does it have a self-serve soft-serve machine?

Yogi said:

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william said:

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hotel dale.

on the drawing board.

- BUmma

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Does it have a self-serve soft-serve machine?

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of course.

we just sketched in the BNTR*.

Buck Nekkid Twister Room - complete w hands free oiling station and attached UniSex shower.

D!

- KKM

UBBY said:

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I think it just opened.

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I drove by the Aloft hotel tonight and it is definitely not open yet.

PTGHUNTER said:

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UBBY said:

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I think it just opened.

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I drove by the Aloft hotel tonight and it is definitely not open yet.

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Ok. I'll take your word on that.

PTGHUNTER said:

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UBBY said:

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I think it just opened.

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I drove by the Aloft hotel tonight and it is definitely not open yet.

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You are right. I just went to the updated section on wacoheartoftexas.com and see that Aloft is "nearing completion."

Under Announced Projects they have the Grant Hotel 354 rooms. We will see on that one. Need to get the Hyatt Place and Embassy Suites up.

Grant Hotel I think would be 2nd tallest building in Waco at 17 stories. Roosevelt Tower is 186 ft. Alico is 282 ft. Grant would be 213 ft.

What about the hotel that is supposed to go up behind Ninfa's/crickets etc.? The land was cleared a year ago and nothing since. It is been taken over by natural vegetation.

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What about the hotel that is supposed to go up behind Ninfa's/crickets etc.? The land was cleared a year ago and nothing since. It is been taken over by natural vegetation.

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Embassy Suites. Not sure on the delay.

UBBY said:

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UBBY said:

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I think it just opened.

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I drove by the Aloft hotel tonight and it is definitely not open yet.

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You are right. I just went to the updated section on wacoheartoftexas.com and see that Aloft is "nearing completion."

Under Announced Projects they have the Grant Hotel 354 rooms. We will see on that one. Need to get the Hyatt Place and Embassy Suites up.

Grant Hotel I think would be 2nd tallest building in Waco at 17 stories. Roosevelt Tower is 186 ft. Alico is 282 ft. Grant would be 213 ft.

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Aloft is supposed to open in April, per Marriott.

I base this on absolutely nothing, but I don't think the Grant will ever happen.

Bearly Interested said:

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I base this on absolutely nothing, but I don't think the Grant will ever happen.

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Nice.

Bearly Interested said:

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I base this on absolutely nothing, but I don't think the Grant will ever happen.

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Base it on any other project Dyson has ever proposed...

Hahaha. There is just something about that ad that they ran at McLane and now run during the basketball games that just doesn't seem to add up. Hope I am wrong.

The proposed location does not look like a setting for a resort type hotel. Everything around it looks like it could be used as a set for "The Walking Dead".

PartyBear said:

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The proposed location does not look like a setting for a resort type hotel. Everything around it looks like it could be used as a set for "The Walking Dead".

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I think part of the thought process is that it will spark more development for that area.

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The proposed location does not look like a setting for a resort type hotel. Everything around it looks like it could be used as a set for "The Walking Dead".

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Don't worry...when the Zombies come everybody will just hop on the Lady Donnell and head up river, to escape.

PartyBear said:

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The proposed location does not look like a setting for a resort type hotel. Everything around it looks like it could be used as a set for "The Walking Dead".

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It actually wouldn't be terrible cleaned up depending on how long it takes TXDOT to revamp Hwy 6.

There is actually another basin where that hotel would sit that is very similar to Baylor Basin by McLane Stadium.

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Hahaha. There is just something about that ad that they ran at McLane and now run during the basketball games that just doesn't seem to add up. Hope I am wrong.

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How about the idea that you spend tons and tons of money advertising for hotel rooms in a building that hasn't even broken ground yet. Advertising a generic product (hotel rooms) that is probably two years or more from being offered up for sale. I'm still trying to find the logic in that. And, makes me think that if they ever do build, they will have to cut a lot of corners to bring the project in on budget with all the advertising spent early.

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PTGHUNTER said:

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UBBY said:

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I think it just opened.

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I drove by the Aloft hotel tonight and it is definitely not open yet.

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You are right. I just went to the updated section on wacoheartoftexas.com and see that Aloft is "nearing completion."

Under Announced Projects they have the Grant Hotel 354 rooms. We will see on that one. Need to get the Hyatt Place and Embassy Suites up.

Grant Hotel I think would be 2nd tallest building in Waco at 17 stories. Roosevelt Tower is 186 ft. Alico is 282 ft. Grant would be 213 ft.

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Grant will 95% not ever be built

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Bearly Interested said:

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Hahaha. There is just something about that ad that they ran at McLane and now run during the basketball games that just doesn't seem to add up. Hope I am wrong.

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How about the idea that you spend tons and tons of money advertising for hotel rooms in a building that hasn't even broken ground yet. Advertising a generic product (hotel rooms) that is probably two years or more from being offered up for sale. I'm still trying to find the logic in that. And, makes me think that if they ever do build, they will have to cut a lot of corners to bring the project in on budget with all the advertising spent early.

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theyre spending the seed money so they can say that the project never got off the ground and they don't owe the Series A investors anything because that money sailed upriver

Developers "Fees" always get funded first. License plate on Developer's Porsche 911, "1ST-DRAW".

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UBBY said:

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PTGHUNTER said:

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UBBY said:

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I think it just opened.

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I drove by the Aloft hotel tonight and it is definitely not open yet.

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You are right. I just went to the updated section on wacoheartoftexas.com and see that Aloft is "nearing completion."

Under Announced Projects they have the Grant Hotel 354 rooms. We will see on that one. Need to get the Hyatt Place and Embassy Suites up.

Grant Hotel I think would be 2nd tallest building in Waco at 17 stories. Roosevelt Tower is 186 ft. Alico is 282 ft. Grant would be 213 ft.

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Grant will 95% not ever be built

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If it doesn't, then they've done some serious public promotion for absolutely nothing.

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trey3216 said:

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UBBY said:

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PTGHUNTER said:

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UBBY said:

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I think it just opened.

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I drove by the Aloft hotel tonight and it is definitely not open yet.

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You are right. I just went to the updated section on wacoheartoftexas.com and see that Aloft is "nearing completion."

Under Announced Projects they have the Grant Hotel 354 rooms. We will see on that one. Need to get the Hyatt Place and Embassy Suites up.

Grant Hotel I think would be 2nd tallest building in Waco at 17 stories. Roosevelt Tower is 186 ft. Alico is 282 ft. Grant would be 213 ft.

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Grant will 95% not ever be built

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If it doesn't, then they've done some serious public promotion for absolutely nothing.

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Gotta spend that initial money somehow. "Hey, we promoted the heck out of this thing trying to raise funds, just didn't work!"

My problem with the "Grant Hotel" is that Baylor will do the Baylor thing...nice hotel with rooms starting at $599 per night.

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My problem with the "Grant Hotel" is that Baylor will do the Baylor thing...nice hotel with rooms starting at $599 per night.

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That's why you do the Delta thing instead...

fadskier said:

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My problem with the "Grant Hotel" is that Baylor will do the Baylor thing...nice hotel with rooms starting at $599 per night.

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You do know that Baylor won't own this hotel, right? They just paid to use the phrase "the official Hotel of Baylor Athletics"

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fadskier said:

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My problem with the "Grant Hotel" is that Baylor will do the Baylor thing...nice hotel with rooms starting at $599 per night.

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You do know that Baylor won't own this hotel, right? They just paid to use the phrase "the official Hotel of Baylor Athletics"

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Did I say that they owned it? I don't think I did.

Don't get me wrong, I hope they build it. That area needs some sprucing up. I've just noticed when Baylor "lends" its name to things the price dramatically increases...probably true of all universities. However, my experience is just with Baylor.

I imagine that the "the official Hotel of Baylor Athletics" will go up for bids and could end up with some other hotel