{"id":342782,"date":"2026-06-19T12:06:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/342782\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T12:06:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:06:45","slug":"work-begins-soon-on-convention-center-hotel-north-of-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/342782\/","title":{"rendered":"Work begins soon on convention center, hotel north of Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A convention center and boutique hotel are coming to downtown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roanoketexas.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Roanoke;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Roanoke&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Roanoke<\/a> with construction scheduled to begin in September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The work should be completed in 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdlr.texas.gov\/TABS\/Search\/Project\/TABS2026016219\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Texas Department;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Texas Department&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Texas Department<\/a> of Licensing and Regulation, the convention center and hotel, with an estimated cost of almost $100 million, will be at 600 S. Oak St.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The five-story boutique hotel will feature 205 rooms, an outdoor pool, restaurant and garage. The hotel brand and official name haven\u2019t been finalized, said city spokesperson Sandra Pettigrew.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe project continues to move forward, and we remain excited about the opportunities it will bring to Roanoke, including expanded tourism, meeting space, and economic development opportunities for the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In May 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/article301103009.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:voters approved;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;voters approved&quot;}\" class=\"link \">voters approved<\/a> a $62 million bond package which will help fund the hotel and convention center project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The hotel and convention center, on about 3.5 acres, will be about a block east of city Hall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The famous Peabody Hotel was going to build on the site, but Roanoke scrapped the project because of delays from the developer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A convention center and boutique hotel are coming to downtown Roanoke with construction scheduled to begin in September.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[18658,2973,116,118,117,6742],"class_list":["post-342782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-boutique-hotel","tag-convention-center","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-texas-department-of-licensing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}