Irving, TX CVB planning LEED certified hotel and convention center complex

from this morning's GlobeSt (5/12):

Last updated: May 12, 2008 09:29am

Irving Eyes Summer Start for $125M CVB Center
By Connie Gore

"IRVING, TX-The Irving Convention & Visitors Bureau, armed with a totally revamped plan, expects work to start in late summer on a $125-million project. The 250,000-sf final design will be unveiled to council in late June or early July, with work slated to get underway shortly thereafter.

The convention center project, in one form or another, has been on the city's "to do" list since 1999. A fall 2010 opening is now within reach. The revised plan for the city's 40-acre tract will plant a 250,000-sf convention center on the north side as phase one and a $50-million-plus concert venue with 3,500 seats and additional parking on the south side as phase two. The tract's interior is expected to hold roughly 150,000 sf of retail and two hotels. The development site is bounded by Texas 114 on the west, Northwest Highway on the north, Las Colinas Boulevard on the east and Fuller Drive on the south."

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