IRVING, Texas
The long-awaited Westin Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas headquarter hotel will take a major step towards opening its doors, when construction begins on the 350-room property. A groundbreaking ceremony is slated for March 27 on the corner of Promenade Parkway and Las Colinas Blvd.
The upscale, $113-million convention center hotel will mark the completion of a three-part visitor district that includes the already-completed 275,000-square-foot convention center and the Irving Music Factory, an all-in-one dining and entertainment destination scheduled to open Fall 2017.
The Westin Irving Convention Center has a tentative opening date of late 2018.
Located between the convention center and The Music Factory, the new hotel will boast 12 stories, 350 guest rooms and 16,000 square feet of meeting space, including a 10,000-square-foot ballroom.
Garfield Public/Private LLC, a national P3 developer headquartered in Dallas, is the project developer and BOKA Powell is the architect. Marriott International will operate the hotel.
The City of Irving is providing $22.5 million in bond proceeds for the construction of city-owned public meeting facilities and $13.7 million for the public parking garage to accommodate increased traffic.
“This is the right agreement at the right time with the right players,” said Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne. “The hotel will help fuel the growth of our convention business … [and is a] tremendous addition.”
The new property will serve a much-needed, and frequently requested, purpose for the copper-clad Irving Convention Center, which opened in 2011 and averages 305 events per year.
“We know the group market’s preference—and, often times, its requirement—for an adjacent headquarter hotel and it has remained a priority for us,” said Maura Allen Gast, executive director of the Irving CVB. “News of Westin as the flag and Marriott as its operator was well received by [customers].
“The hotel represents the final piece to Irving’s vision for a distinctive visitor district. The Irving Convention Center was the initial anchor; the Irving Music Factory with its Live Nation amphitheater and collection of restaurants is the second piece; and the headquarter hotel is the third.”
The Westin hotel’s architecture will complement the Irving Convention Center, a structure that has won numerous awards for its architectural uniqueness. The city plans to build a second, 840-space parking garage to accommodate hotel and convention center business as part of this project.
