Texas city approves $810M expansion project

by sadia_badhon | December 19, 2019 4:51 pm

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[2], 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[3], Loews Hotels & Co[4], and the Cordish Companies[5], 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.

Endnotes:

[Image]: https://www.constructionspecifier.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Opener-11.jpg
City of Arlington: https://www.arlingtontx.gov/
Texas Rangers: https://www.mlb.com/rangers
Loews Hotels & Co: https://www.loewshotels.com/
Cordish Companies: https://cordish.com/

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