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Postby I45Tex » 30 Jun 2021 21:06

Swexan vexing Texans!

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Postby rono3849 » 04 Jul 2021 16:08

I45Tex wrote:Swexan vexing Texans!


The construction on this hotel is definitely on slow now. I see little progress on it the past few months.

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Postby Tivo_Kenevil » 04 Jul 2021 16:55

It's been done dude. The half ass look is what they were going for.

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Postby Tnexster » 08 Jul 2021 09:37

Looks like they are adding some flair.

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Postby undefinedprocess » 08 Jul 2021 09:42

Really hope they're adding the little white fins/whatever you wanna call 'em. But what're they adding them with, Command strips? :lol:

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Postby Tnexster » 08 Jul 2021 10:05

I am curious about whats being added on the corner. Wonder what that will be?

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Postby R1070 » 07 Aug 2021 21:15

The white panels are going up onto the facade. It’s definitely going to look better.

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Postby cowboyeagle05 » 13 Aug 2021 10:07

Whats sad is the Architecture here is just decor like some live faith love sign from Tuesday morning hung on the exterior of the same old box Harwood makes. The whole reason we had that period of architecture where we reduced buildings down to simple glass boxes was to confront the ridiculousness of building a simple box and hanging design off the boxes like Christmas ornaments. Then we got tired of over simplicity and started trying to design architecture where the design was the shape, materials, light impactful interior spaces etc. Now we have Harwood going back to where we plopped down a box add some ribbons and bows and bam isn't she festive! Dress up a pig in lipstick she is still a pig.
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Postby lakewoodhobo » 13 Aug 2021 12:35

cowboyeagle05 wrote:just decor like some live faith love sign from Tuesday morning


Now that gave me life for a second today. Thank you for that. :lol:

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Postby citygeek » 13 Aug 2021 12:37

Thanks for your comments Cowboyeagle05! It is indeed sad.
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Postby Tivo_Kenevil » 13 Aug 2021 13:40

Yo mods, Can we change thread name...Harwood "Still an Ugly B¡+¢π" No. 12 Hotel?

Thx Bruhs

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Postby rono3849 » 13 Aug 2021 17:07

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Wow, this current hotel looks nothing like the original renderings.
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Postby CTroyMathis » 24 Mar 2022 18:09

From last Saturday. SWEXAN looks be getting spelled vertically eventually on the blank corner wall ( zoomed-in or just when in person, the holes appear to be drilled out according to the shape of the letter(s) ) :

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Also, I don't know why I never noticed the Samurai-ish (?) sign-topper. Usually I just noticed when it says something like "Harwood" on the toppers in the area. . .

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Postby Tivo_Kenevil » 24 Mar 2022 19:32

CTroyMathis wrote:From last Saturday. SWEXAN looks be getting spelled vertically eventually on the blank corner wall ( zoomed-in or just when in person, the holes appear to be drilled out according to the shape of the letter(s) ) :

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Also, I don't know why I never noticed the Samurai-ish (?) sign-topper. Usually I just noticed when it says something like "Harwood" on the toppers in the area. . .

Never noticed! Nice.

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Postby rono3849 » 25 Mar 2022 00:35

How long has this hotel been under construction? It seems like two years at least. I wonder when they'll start to actually accept guests.

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Postby Tnexster » 25 Mar 2022 15:05

Remarkably better!

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Postby Tivo_Kenevil » 26 Mar 2022 13:05

cowboyeagle05 wrote:Whats sad is the Architecture here is just decor like some live faith love sign from Tuesday morning hung on the exterior of the same old box Harwood makes. The whole reason we had that period of architecture where we reduced buildings down to simple glass boxes was to confront the ridiculousness of building a simple box and hanging design off the boxes like Christmas ornaments. Then we got tired of over simplicity and started trying to design architecture where the design was the shape, materials, light impactful interior spaces etc. Now we have Harwood going back to where we plopped down a box add some ribbons and bows and bam isn't she festive! Dress up a pig in lipstick she is still a pig.


Damn.... This rings so true. The vertical strips are the only semi interesting thing about the building. The architecture is drab, the shape is blah, and the letters on the side are just something a 14 yr old girl would put up in her bedroom wall... This building is butt ugly, sadly it may not be the ugliest Harwood building!

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Postby maconahey » 26 Mar 2022 22:45

Tivo_Kenevil wrote:
cowboyeagle05 wrote:Whats sad is the Architecture here is just decor like some live faith love sign from Tuesday morning hung on the exterior of the same old box Harwood makes. The whole reason we had that period of architecture where we reduced buildings down to simple glass boxes was to confront the ridiculousness of building a simple box and hanging design off the boxes like Christmas ornaments. Then we got tired of over simplicity and started trying to design architecture where the design was the shape, materials, light impactful interior spaces etc. Now we have Harwood going back to where we plopped down a box add some ribbons and bows and bam isn't she festive! Dress up a pig in lipstick she is still a pig.


Damn.... This rings so true. The vertical strips are the only semi interesting thing about the building. The architecture is drab, the shape is blah, and the letters on the side are just something a 14 yr old girl would put up in her bedroom wall... This building is butt ugly, sadly it may not be the ugliest Harwood building!


The strips remind me of KPMG Plaza in the Arts District. I bet they'll even light it up in a similar fashion :lol:

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Postby Semper454 » 27 Mar 2022 00:20

Anybody know what the delay is here? Or if this is still even proceeding as planned?

This building topped out late spring, early summer 2020. There’s been hardly any movement at all in at least a full year.

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Postby dallaz » 27 Mar 2022 08:56

Tivo_Kenevil wrote:
cowboyeagle05 wrote:Whats sad is the Architecture here is just decor like some live faith love sign from Tuesday morning hung on the exterior of the same old box Harwood makes. The whole reason we had that period of architecture where we reduced buildings down to simple glass boxes was to confront the ridiculousness of building a simple box and hanging design off the boxes like Christmas ornaments. Then we got tired of over simplicity and started trying to design architecture where the design was the shape, materials, light impactful interior spaces etc. Now we have Harwood going back to where we plopped down a box add some ribbons and bows and bam isn't she festive! Dress up a pig in lipstick she is still a pig.


Damn.... This rings so true. The vertical strips are the only semi interesting thing about the building. The architecture is drab, the shape is blah, and the letters on the side are just something a 14 yr old girl would put up in her bedroom wall... This building is butt ugly, sadly it may not be the ugliest Harwood building!
hahahahaha :lol:

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Postby rono3849 » 25 Sep 2022 23:46

Hard to believe that this hotel has yet to be finished and open for business. I'd like to know exactly what the backstory is on this one. They are still working on the first floor entrance and it's been nearly three years of construction on a small 20 story hotel. Very odd.

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Postby Cbdallas » 26 Sep 2022 06:38

Agreed this one is taking forever to complete.

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Postby Semper454 » 27 Sep 2022 00:00

They did add lighting up and down the sides of this building literally just last week. Thin, yellow vertical striping, at least on the north-facing side of the building. Lights were on early last weekend, but haven't been on since.

My (other) gripe here, is they've had that left lane of McKinnon closed now for maybe five years. Fine while they're actually building, but they haven't reopened anything the last 2-ish years while this project has literally just sat.

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Postby ContriveDallasite » 27 Sep 2022 08:58

My guess would be the operator jumped during the Corona pandemic and they are having troulbe finding one with all the new hotels going up in the area.

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Postby Kelley USA » 27 Sep 2022 09:26

ContriveDallasite wrote:My guess would be the operator jumped during the Corona pandemic and they are having troulbe finding one with all the new hotels going up in the area.


I could be wrong, but I think Harwood IS the operator, much like they do with all their restaurants. I believe it's part of Harwood Hospitality.

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Postby CTroyMathis » 27 Sep 2022 11:17

It is. Harwood has never moved very fast on their mid- to high-rises.

They, however, are currently hiring for some hotel jobs if that helps concerns.

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Postby cowboyeagle05 » 27 Sep 2022 16:17

Also, since they are the owner and operator, they very much so could have slowed the project down on purpose by shifting construction workers away to other projects. Doing so may have also meant people they hired to run the operations might have jumped ship to work on other projects or companies rather than wait for Harwood to finish up. It's one thing to work for an established flag with brand affinity but to build a luxury branded hotel from the ground up even with Harwood's name is a whole other animal. Lord knows once they do open it I am sure it will join a flag eventually once it proves its business worth has a functional hotel, and Harwood finds the right match fir it's brand. I seriously doubt they will stay completely independent.
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Postby ThaoQuyen » 27 Sep 2022 18:00

Has Harwood announced any planned opening date? This hotel has been in the works quite some time.

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Postby CTroyMathis » 27 Sep 2022 18:29

cowboyeagle05 wrote:Also, since they are the owner and operator, they very much so could have slowed the project down on purpose by shifting construction workers away to other projects. Doing so may have also meant people they hired to run the operations might have jumped ship to work on other projects or companies rather than wait for Harwood to finish up. It's one thing to work for an established flag with brand affinity but to build a luxury branded hotel from the ground up even with Harwood's name is a whole other animal. Lord knows once they do open it I am sure it will join a flag eventually once it proves its business worth has a functional hotel, and Harwood finds the right match fir it's brand. I seriously doubt they will stay completely independent.


Which coming full circle from conversations here years ago, it could end up being a Swissôtel if they flag up, because why not. Maybe some day.

In the meantime, they are seeking to staff up right now with positions across the board, some that don't require being there super early for an opening process. It can't be too long.

I do think they will try their hand for as long as they can at keeping it Harwood Hospitality until they can't and/or a price is right to sell-out. We will see how that plays out. Might really end up being an exclusive hotel for people who come to work at Harwood buildings and 'live' there, to some extent. May never even hear much about the place eventually.

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Postby Tucy » 28 Sep 2022 15:22

CTroyMathis wrote:
cowboyeagle05 wrote:Also, since they are the owner and operator, they very much so could have slowed the project down on purpose by shifting construction workers away to other projects. Doing so may have also meant people they hired to run the operations might have jumped ship to work on other projects or companies rather than wait for Harwood to finish up. It's one thing to work for an established flag with brand affinity but to build a luxury branded hotel from the ground up even with Harwood's name is a whole other animal. Lord knows once they do open it I am sure it will join a flag eventually once it proves its business worth has a functional hotel, and Harwood finds the right match fir it's brand. I seriously doubt they will stay completely independent.


Which coming full circle from conversations here years ago, it could end up being a Swissôtel if they flag up, because why not. Maybe some day.

In the meantime, they are seeking to staff up right now with positions across the board, some that don't require being there super early for an opening process. It can't be too long.

I do think they will try their hand for as long as they can at keeping it Harwood Hospitality until they can't and/or a price is right to sell-out. We will see how that plays out. Might really end up being an exclusive hotel for people who come to work at Harwood buildings and 'live' there, to some extent. May never even hear much about the place eventually.


The longer we can delay the opening of "Hotel Swexan", the better. Maybe with the time it's taken to build this thing they will have had time to come to their senses... ;)

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Postby rono3849 » 28 Sep 2022 18:13

It's not a bad looking building, but it's nothing distinct. The lack of information as to when it will open is still very curious for Harwood. The whole project has been a mystery. Too bad they didn't build the hour glass-styled building. Now that would have stood out architecturally.

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Postby cowboyeagle05 » 29 Sep 2022 11:37

Maybe Harwood didn't even realize till this point that they didn't build what they released as renderings, and they are suing themselves as lying to themselves in breach of contract. I swear Harwood is more like city hall and the Trinity. They promise grandiose projects for decades, then finally announce something happening, then what's built looks almost nothing like what was originally announced due to staff having to work with the developer on budgetary constraints on cost-saving initiatives.
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Postby R1070 » 03 Nov 2022 21:10

Exterior lighting is being tested on the building.

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Postby dallaz » 03 Nov 2022 22:13

R1070 wrote:Exterior lighting is being tested on the building.

Yep, you can kinda see it at the end of this clip. The rainbow colored building.

https://youtube.com/shorts/mVQLTNLV2a4?feature=share

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Earlier this week.
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Postby Chris Sapphire » 04 Nov 2022 00:15

Omg! That's so cool that it's going to be L.E.D. and colorful. That will bring so much life and energy to that part of Uptown.

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Nice add on

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Lipstick on a pig.

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This building does wonders for our already beautiful skyline!

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Postby Tivo_Kenevil » 09 Nov 2022 23:39

Went to the ACC for a Mavs game and saw this building on street level. The LEDS look cheap in person. They're akin to the cheap LED strips they placed in frog alley West End Arches.

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Postby Urban Toreador » 10 Nov 2022 09:11

Tivo_Kenevil wrote:Went to the ACC for a Mavs game and saw this building on street level. The LEDS look cheap in person. They're akin to the cheap LED strips they placed in frog alley West End Arches.
Yeah they remind me of our cheap Christmas lights when I was a kid in the 70s.

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Postby MC_ScattCat » 10 Nov 2022 10:02

Tivo_Kenevil wrote:Went to the ACC for a Mavs game and saw this building on street level. The LEDS look cheap in person. They're akin to the cheap LED strips they placed in frog alley West End Arches.
That was my thought too when I saw them last night. I was disappointed.

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Postby rono3849 » 10 Nov 2022 10:07

Tacky for sure.

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Postby cowboyeagle05 » 10 Nov 2022 17:52

The building looks nothing like a single rendering they released. I hope it works as a hotel inside and they didn't cut corners on its build-out. They certainly slapped up something that looks like it was designed by a committee afraid of doing anything that might upset a neighbor.
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Postby Semper454 » 12 Nov 2022 15:17

I.e. it looks like a Harwood building? ... Ironic, since most of its neighbors are... Harwood buildings.

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Postby R1070 » 12 Nov 2022 15:46

I'll take this over the surface parking that had been there for years and the design is better than some of the ugly stuff that has gone up in Austin in recent years.