AUSTIN — Houston-based Valencia Group has broken ground on the 123-room Lone Star Court, an Americana roadside hotel located at the Domain in Austin. The Domain is a mixed-use development that will span approximately 8 million square feet upon completion. The hotel will mix nostalgia and high-tech concepts with amenities such as an outdoor fire pit, a dipping pool reminiscent of swimming holes in Texas' Hill Country, a 1,800-square-foot open air lawn, a 1,600-square-foot outdoor pavilion, 2,000 square feet of interior meeting space, a restaurant and a bar. The new hotel is a throwback to the heyday of the roadside motor court experience. Jim Suggs of Dallas-based RTKL Associates is the lead architect, Lauren Rottet of Houston-based Rottet Studio is the lead designer and Christine Ten Eyck of Austin-based Ten Eyck Landscape Architects is the landscape architect. The hotel is slated for an early 2013 opening.

A rendering of the 123-room Lone Star Court, an Americana roadside hotel located at the Domain in Austin.
VALENCIA GROUP BREAKS GROUND ON RETRO HOTEL
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