Downtown Marriott: 31 floors, 1,000+ Rooms

Courtesy AustinTowers Downtown Condo Blog  Thu, 06/21/2007 - 8:04pm

New plans were announced today for the most controversial project in downtown Austin: the 1,000+ room $250 million Marriott superplex on 2nd and Congress.

The project, best known for displacing La Manitas, has been reconfigured to include higher-end brand hotels and fewer, taller "buildings".

As far as we can tell, the 31-story project still does not include any ground floor retail. While the project has an opportunity to extend the thriving 2nd street district towards the convention center and the...


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