Omni Fort Worth Hotel

The Omni Fort Worth Hotel is downtown's first new hotel construction in over 20 years.  When completed in January of 2009, the hotel will have 604 guest rooms with 97 condominiums on top of the hotel.  In addition to the hotel lobby, the ground floor will include Bob's Steak & Chop House, Starbucks Coffee, another restaurant, sports bar, a spa, and a gift shop.  48,000 square feet of meeting space is also being designed into the building.  The hotel is across Houston Street from the Fort Worth Convention Center and will serve as the Convention Center Hotel.  The 34 story building is being constructed on two blocks that for many years held Convention Center parking.  In order to replace the parking being removed, a new City Parking Garage is being constructed on the block to the north.  The hotel's design consists of a masonry base with an "L" shaped masonry and glass hotel tower rising out of it.  A taller, boat shaped glass section rises out of the base.  On the upper floors of this section of the building will be 97 condominiums.  The building will have three levels of underground parking.  The architect for the Omni Fort Worth Hotel is HOK.  When completed the hotel will be 447 feet tall.  The scheduled opening date for the hotel is January 12, 2009.  The condominiums are expected to have a move in date for the first residents in the Fall of 2009.