{"id":1004081945,"date":"2013-08-12T10:11:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T18:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/?p=160846"},"modified":"2020-04-06T07:07:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T15:07:58","slug":"construction-begins-on-second-austin-westin-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/construction-begins-on-second-austin-westin-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Begins on Second Austin Westin Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>By Anca Gagiuc, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Westin brand is coming to downtown Austin. White Lodging Services Corp. announced the groundbreaking of a second Westin hotel in a statement to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/business\/construction-starts-on-366-room-westin-hotel-in-do\/nZG9Y\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">American-Statesman<\/a>. The other Westin is an eight-floor, 241-room hotel located at the Domain. The new development is a joint venture between White Lodging, the Harry Whittington family and REI Real Estate Service LLC.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/08\/Westin-Austin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-160847\" title=\"Westin Austin\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/08\/Westin-Austin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The downtown hotel will be located at the northeast corner of East Fifth Street and San Jacinto Boulevard. This is just one-and-a-half blocks from the city\u2019s convention center and a short walk to the city\u2019s restaurants and music venues. \u201cDeveloping this hotel next to our historic 6th Street District is another major step in the city\u2019s economic development efforts,&#8221; said Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell. \u201cI couldn\u2019t be more pleased with the jobs and revenue White Lodging and Westin are bringing to Austin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new hospitality asset will rise 17 stories with 366 rooms with a full-service restaurant, fitness center and 15,000 square feet of space dedicated to meetings and banquets. Its completion date is set for the spring of 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aside from meeting the growing demand for hotel rooms in the area, this Westin hotel is expected to boost the economy as it will add 140 permanent jobs and approximately $6.3 million in annual taxes. The cost for the project has not been made public.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">White Lodging Services Corporation is headquartered in Merrillville, IN and was established in 1985. Its current portfolio consists of more than 172 hotels in 20 states, and the company works with leading brands such as Starwood Hotels &amp; Resorts Worldwide Inc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwoodhotels.com\/westin\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Starwood Hotels<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anca Gagiuc, Associate Editor The Westin brand is coming to downtown Austin. White Lodging Services Corp. announced the groundbreaking of a second Westin hotel in a statement to the American-Statesman. The other Westin is an eight-floor, 241-room hotel located at the Domain. 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