The River Market

[hogman]

New hotel, Hilton Garden Inn, coming to downtown at 4th and Cumberland. It will be located where the Rock Street Loft are now. The parking lot will become the hotel and the current building will become the parking lot for the hotel. It will be seven stories and have 135 rooms, a bar and restaurant. Scheduled to be completed by March 2016. Hilton and Marriott are taking over downtown. Hilton Homewood Suites will be about a block over where the MacArthur Commons will be. Here's a link below.

http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/95877/pinnacle-group-bringing-hilton-garden-to-downtown-little-rock

[Smith]

New hotel, Hilton Garden Inn, coming to downtown at 4th and Cumberland. It will be located where the Rock Street Loft are now. The parking lot will become the hotel and the current building will become the parking lot for the hotel. It will be seven stories and have 135 rooms, a bar and restaurant. Scheduled to be completed by March 2016. Hilton and Marriott are taking over downtown. Hilton Homewood Suites will be about a block over where the MacArthur Commons will be. Here's a link below.

http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/95877/pinnacle-group-bringing-hilton-garden-to-downtown-little-rock

 

The new hotel's parking lot is going where the strip center is (Rock Street Shops) not the Loft building. 

[Architect]

New hotel, Hilton Garden Inn, coming to downtown at 4th and Cumberland. It will be located where the Rock Street Loft are now. The parking lot will become the hotel and the current building will become the parking lot for the hotel. It will be seven stories and have 135 rooms, a bar and restaurant. Scheduled to be completed by March 2016. Hilton and Marriott are taking over downtown. Hilton Homewood Suites will be about a block over where the MacArthur Commons will be. Here's a link below.

http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/95877/pinnacle-group-bringing-hilton-garden-to-downtown-little-rock

 

Unbelievable…and still no aLoft.  Regardless, they must all be doing well for the market to demand more rooms.  I would have preferred to see one major "full service" hotel added in lieu of at least 3-4 of these.

[theman]

I couldn't agree with you more!!!

[hogman]

Yes Rock Street Shops, not lofts.

There was an article at www.arkansasbusiness.com saying they are considering putting an Aloft in one of the old buildings on Main St.

[comreguy]

There is suppose to be a new club coming to the River Market. It is to be located where LaHarpe's Furniture is now. The club will be called Shotz. It will be there second location, the first in Fayetteville. Their main drinks to serve are shots in ice made shot glasses. We definitely need more downtown for nightlife.

Not happening...A familiar River Market developer doesn't feel there needs to be bars or lounges in the area and used political sway to keep Stir and Shotz out of the La Harpe building.

[hogman]

Oh wow. That's a shock. NOT! That would only have given us another choice for nightlife. What about all the bars and restaurants already down there? How many different places are there? Why would you not want something like this to come here. People already complain about not having many choices on places to go. Geez. See, this is one reason people will not have Little Rock host big events. Not enough for the city folks to do.

[skirby]

Boulevard Bread is extending its hours to 7 pm on weekdays and 8 pm on Fri, & Sat. nights along with being open on Sundays. This is good news because it has been hard to find something to eat on Sundays in the downtown area. It would be nice if a 24 hour diner would open up.

 

The Marriot (former Peabody) is opening up a Starbucks.

[LIT uPP]

Is this an image of "what might have been" or of "what still might be"?

http://www.oxleyartgraphics.com/LRRiverMarket-MTMap.html

The above link shows a conceptual rendering of the River Market District as envisioned by Moses Tucker in 2007. Some of the buildings are now reality, such as the Arcade, the River Market Tower, and a hotel at the NE corner of 3rd and River Market - a Residence Inn, although the image clearly indicates the desire was for an Aloft.

The most interesting part of the image involves the block where the Arkla building once stood. The rendering shows three modern-looking multi-story buildings, the tallest of which is a 16 story tower. Obviously, part of this concept has changed with the announcement of MacArthur Commons. A hotel has been announced for the northern half of the block, but there has been no official announcement or rendering.

Is it possible that Moses Tucker still plans a multi-use tower with the hotel as only one component, or has the weakened economy taken it's toll on the tower plans?

[theman]

You bring up a very good point that there have been no renderings for the hotel.  The condo market is soft downtown now so what else would go into a tower?  Office space?  Could shift some offices from Main St. to a possible tower to free up space for the tech park.

[skirby]

Ready for construction to start on MacArthur Commons and a Hilton Homewood Suites.

 

 

 

 

 

[Arkanzin]

Kilwins Chocolate, Fudge and Ice Cream Shop will be opening at 415 President Clinton Avenue according to the signs in the windows.  The shop is listed on the Kilwins website, too.   

 

https://www.kilwins.com/stores?distance%5Bpostal_code%5D=72201&distance%5Bsearch_distance%5D=1000&distance%5Bsearch_units%5D=mile

 

Starbucks will apparently be opening a location inside the Courtyard By Marriott according to the signs on the windows of the CbM.

[skirby]

Kilwins Chocolate, Fudge and Ice Cream Shop will be opening at 415 President Clinton Avenue according to the signs in the windows.  The shop is listed on the Kilwins website, too.   

 

https://www.kilwins.com/stores?distance%5Bpostal_code%5D=72201&distance%5Bsearch_distance%5D=1000&distance%5Bsearch_units%5D=mile

 

Starbucks will apparently be opening a location inside the Courtyard By Marriott according to the signs on the windows of the CbM.

 

They have constructed an entrance fronting President Clinton  Avenue for the Courtyard Cafe and Lounge.

 

President Clinton Avenue and River Market Avenue.

 

Edited April 28, 2014 by skirby

[skirby]

Waiting for the Trolley at the River Market Avenue and President Clinton Avenue stop.

 

[skirby]

Signs for the Ron Robinson Theater in the Arcade Building.

 

 

 

The sign is up for the Bistro in the Courtyard.

 

[skirby]

Blue Canoe Brewing Company will be opening up on Third Street between Andina;s Cafe and Dugan's Pub. The are aiming to open November 1st. As of today they are less than $200 short of their Kickstarter goal.

[Architect]

It was announced today that Bosco's in the River Market is closing.  They'd been in operation in Little Rock since 2003.  Their location in Memphis remains open.

[ndark]

I noticed last weekend that WT Bubbas was closed due to failure to pay taxes so both upstairs and downstairs are closed.  Hopefully it doesn't sit empty too long.

[theman]

The Boscos in Nashville closed a couple of weeks ago so it may be a company thing.  The restaurant scene in the Rivermarket is getting intense and some of the restaurants there will have to adapt to be able to keep up. 

[Architect]

I noticed last weekend that WT Bubbas was closed due to failure to pay taxes so both upstairs and downstairs are closed.  Hopefully it doesn't sit empty too long.

 

Both of those are VERY difficult locations away from the primary street frontage.

[skirby]

The Boscos in Nashville closed a couple of weeks ago so it may be a company thing.  The restaurant scene in the Rivermarket is getting intense and some of the restaurants there will have to adapt to be able to keep up. 

I always thought the space at Boscos in the RiverMarket was better than the food. It would make a great location for a Big Orange.

[ecity3138]

I always thought the space at Boscos in the RiverMarket was better than the food. It would make a great location for a Big Orange.

Or a Hard Rock Cafe though the market is to small for a restaurant like this.

[Arkanzin]

I wonder if some place would be interested in combining the two places.  Would that be too much space for one restaurant/bar? 

[DTLOVER]

Maybe it could be a Big Orange/ Local Lime Combination.

[SangreRaVen]

Hard Rock would be cool, wont happen but would be cook. Hard Rock Little Rock