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The developer received a two-part financial re-imbursement for the project from the Downtown Redevelopment Authority. That was also the name of the bar/lounge. Before the Savoy closed, it was known as the Barrister Club, and students rented housing there. New meeting space in the hotel was once used as a library by students from the nearby South Texas College of Law.

It closed 22 years later, and the shorter structure was demolished in 2009. The site was originally developed in 1909 with a seven-story apartment building. The former Savoy Hotel at 1616 Main had been an eyesore for nearly a quarter-century before it was purchased in 2013. The lobby is an open space with a business center in one corner and seating around a faux fireplace in another. The hotel's design offers 'a little step up in luxury than the typical brand would be,' said Jasmine Smith, sales manager for the Houston property. The hotel quietly opened about two weeks ago with 212 rooms and a Holiday Inn restaurant and beer-centric bar concept called Burger Theory. More than two years after an investor group purchased the abandoned Savoy Hotel on Main Street, the owners have opened the property as a 16-story Holiday Inn, the latest real estate development along the light rail line on the southern end of downtown. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle ) Brett Coomer/Staff Show More Show Less ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle ) Brett Coomer/Staff Show More Show Less Preston Courtesy of David Denenburg Show More Show Less 7 of7 The exterior of the new Holiday Inn hotel in the 1600 block of Main is shown on Wednesday, Jan. The Savoy is now being converted into a Holiday Inn The owners are requesting financial assistance throughout he downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone. Brett Coomer/Staff Show More Show Less 5 of7 The Savoy hotel is shown Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Houston.

The hotel, which has 212 rooms, has a design that offers 'a little step up in luxury than the typical brand,' says its sales manager. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle ) Brett Coomer/Staff Show More Show Less 4 of7 This king suite is in the new Holiday Inn in the 1600 block of Main downtown. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle ) Brett Coomer/Staff Show More Show Less 3 of7 A seating area in the main lobby at the new Holiday Inn hotel is shown on Wednesday, Jan. Brett Coomer/Staff Show More Show Less 2 of7 A seating area in the main lobby at the new Holiday Inn hotel is shown on Wednesday, Jan. Its restaurant and beer-centric bar is called Burger Theory. Also, unless you have the ability to walk through walls, there is no way in.1 of7 This Holiday Inn on Main downtown had a low-key opening about two weeks ago. Some neat features are an entrance lobby with marble walls, a very large freight elevator going down to the basement and a projector room overlooking a large open room on the top floor. Inside is basically an office building frozen in the 1980’s. I know its been a mystery as to what was inside this building. 7 stories, no windows, and pitch black hallways and rooms gave this place a creep factor of 9 out of 10. I’d like to point out that this building was one of the creepiest places I have ever been in. Its also referred to as the “Diamond Building” or the “Diamond Tower”.

Abandoned life staff code#

There is still an ongoing battle between the current owner (who is facing major fines because of code violations) and the city as to what will become of the building. At the time, the windowless bulk was said to make the design fresh and innovative.” – Ref.

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The modernist architect, Cecil Stanfield, didn’t bother to include windows - a feature that was supposed to reduce the energy bill. Some five decades after the ribbon-cutting ceremony, local officials are calling that same building an “eyesore” and a “disaster,” an abandoned hulk standing in the way of development.Ĭonstructed in 1958 as the world headquarters for the Oral Roberts ministry, the Abundant Life Building looks something like a 7-story-tall concrete block. “In the yellowed pages of an old newspaper, local officials called the building “one of Tulsa’s finest” and a peek at the “future of our city.” But the future hasn’t turned out quite the way people expected.