Looped In

Ep89: Hip hotels and moving mansions


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The sale of the Kirby Mansion to a luxury car dealer has Houston preservationists working overtime to figure out a way to save the property. Now there are rumblings that the historic home could be relocated from its Midtown block. Nancy and Allyn discuss the latest updates about the Kirby Mansion, as well as plans for a separate project not far away: the W Hotel. The proposed hotel development, slated for a site next to downtown's George R. Brown Convention Center, could benefit from millions of dollars in tax incentives if the city approves it later this year. A veteran hotel consultant talks with Nancy and Allyn about what a W Hotel would mean for Houston and the controversial plan for incentives.

 

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