Solis Hotel coming to NW San Antonio

[eastsider]

A new Solis Hotel will be opening in northwest San Antonio in late 2007. The new chain is planned to be on the same level as the Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons. The Solis Hotel in San Antonio will have 150-rooms, a spa, gourmet restaurant, fitness center, outdoor bar and lounge, and meeting space.

Construction in San Antonio will begin in the spring of 2006. The four-story hotel will include 22 suites, 8,500 square feet of meeting and banquet space, a 4,500-square-foot junior ballroom, a 2,000-square-foot meeting room, and two boardrooms of 800 and 600 square feet.

The spa and fitness center will cover 8,000 square feet.

The Solis Hotel will be built near the intersection of Loop 1604 and I-10, close by the Shops at La Cantera and other malls that are being developed.

In addition to San Antonio, Solis Hotels will also be opening in these cities in 2007:

Chicago

Alpharetta, GA (outside Atlanta)

Paradise Valley, AZ (outside Pheonix)

Frankfurt, Germany

Orlando, FL (opening in 2008)

San Antonio Express-News: Swank hotel to rise up by Dominion

More info about Solis Hotels & Resorts at: http://www.solishotels.com/

[Lady Celeste]

How funny, I just posted this in the Atlanta section. It's deemed a "six star" hotel. Very exciting news for the cities selected as first locations. This will be a great addition to all these fair cities.

[eastsider]

A column in the Express-News over the weekend had some more details about the new Solis Hotel. The development will have about a $35M-$40M price and it wil be located at The Rim shopping complex at the northeast corner of Loop 1604 and I-10. The Rim will feature a Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World and is across from the Shops at La Cantera that will feature upscale stores like Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom's, and Tiffany's. More on why San Antonio was chosen:

n 1993, Schulze expressed another reason why San Antonio was appropriate for a luxury hotel. The city attracts both business and leisure travelers. The business travelers book rooms during the week, and vacation travelers fill rooms on weekends. Few cities offer both to hotel chains.

West Paces Hotel Group Chief Operating Officer Robert Warman amplified that observation this week. "We want the Sol

[eastsider]

West Paces Hotel Group has pulled out of the planned Solis Hotel at The Rim in northwest San Antonio. Instead the developers will build a $130M high-end Hotel Talavera. It will be 13-stories with 152 romms and will also have 133 condominiums. The Hotel Talavera should be opened in the spring 2008.

The expanded project was announced Thursday after news earlier in the week that Atlanta-based West Paces Hotel Group and its planned luxury chain brand, Hotel Sol

[Architecture in Helsinki]

The reason, as the article by Hendrick states, West Paces pulled out simply because Thomas Ent. wanted to go higher with 13 stories as opposed to the 4 West wanted for its hotel. This wasn't a "market" thing that led to them not building it.