DALLAS
- The stylish Joule Dallas (214.748.1300; www.thejouledallas.com) is undergoing a $78 million renovation and expansion. The project will add almost an entire city block to the hotel, including an enlarged lobby, 31 additional guest rooms and suites, a spa and upscale shopping and dining experiences. Slated for completion by this spring, the enhancement will also more than triple the hotel’s function space, adding an expanded ballroom, a new junior ballroom and five meeting rooms.
- Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion (214.651.1234; www.dallasregency.hyatt.com) is undergoing a $50 million makeover and upgrade of the hotel’s 1,120 guest rooms, bathrooms and corridors, with completion set for early 2013. The property also features a newly transformed 18-story atrium space.
- Located in a renovated century-old building in the city’s South Side/Cedars area, NYLO Dallas South Side (214.421.1080; www.nylohotels.com) is a new 76-room boutique property offering flexible indoor meeting rooms and 4,500 square feet of rooftop terrace space.
FORT WORTH
- Construction began in spring 2012 on an expansion of the popular Sundance Square (www.sundancesquare.com) entertainment district, including plans for a new 55,000-square-foot public plaza that will create a compelling and inviting space in the heart of the city’s dynamic downtown. Featuring a permanent event stage facing the plaza, the project is set for completion by this fall.
FRISCO
- Opened in November, the 122-room, all-suite, extended-stay Home2 Suites by Hilton Dallas-Frisco (972.377.7300; www.home2suites3.hilton.com) is the first of its kind in North Texas.
- Fully renovated and opened in November, the 122-room Holiday Inn Frisco is now the Holiday Inn Express Frisco (972.668.5959; www.hiexpress.com).
- Following a recent renovation of its lobby, fitness center and pool, the 105-room Hampton Inn & Suites Legacy Park-Frisco (972.712.8400; www.hamptoninn3.hilton.com) plans to finish a floor-by-floor room renovation this year.
PLANO
- Yet to break ground but expected to open in mid-2014, a full-service Hilton (www.hilton.com) is planned for Plano’s Granite Park. The property will feature 19,500 square feet of meeting space and between 250 and 300 rooms.