Texas city approves $810M expansion project

The Arlington city council, Texas, approves an $810-million development project, anchored by the Loews Arlington Hotel and a new convention center. Image courtesy City of Arlington
The Arlington city council, Texas, approves an $810-million development project, anchored by the Loews Arlington Hotel and a new convention center.
Image courtesy City of Arlington

The City of Arlington, Texas, has approved an $810 million expansion of its Entertainment District, which would add a new hotel, convention center, corporate office headquarters, mixed-use residential building, small business coworking and incubator space, and more dining, retail, and entertainment options.

The city council has entered into a public-private partnership with the Texas Rangers, Loews Hotels & Co, and the Cordish Companies, for a 30-year period to facilitate the development project.

The expansion will include:

  • a $550-million, 888-room Loews Arlington Hotel with 1500 parking spaces that will be connected to a new convention center offering 20,067 m2 (216,000 sf) of meeting and outdoor function space;
  • a mixed-use residential building with 280 units and 9290 m2 (100,000 sf) of retail, entertainment, and coworking and incubator space;
  • a planned 18,581-m2 (200,000-sf) corporate office headquarters; and
  • an additional public garage with 1900 parking spaces.

This is the next phase of a $4 billion expansion plan. Construction will commence in the first quarter of 2020 beginning with the 1500-space parking garage.

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