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�The idea came from passing by old motor courts that were kind of run down and saying, 'Wouldn�t kauai hotel reviews it be fun to buy one and fix it up?�� says Doyle A. Graham Jr., president of Valencia Group. �It�s not what we do, but it would be a fun project. It seems like every six months that idea would resurface kauai hotel reviews in one of our development meetings.�
�When we came upon a hotel development opportunity in Austin we thought this might be an opportunity to develop our version, a new, modern re-interpretation of the old tourist or motor court that was popular in the 1940s and 1950,� he says.
Valencia Group is a Houston-based company known for its luxury independent Hotel Valencias in San Antonio and San Jose, and Hotel Sorella CITYCENTRE in Houston. The new, independent �motor court� concept, to be known as Lone Star Court, is a departure from its existing properties, but one with strategic intent.
Graham said the company had been looking at the Austin market. When they found a site with plenty of space, the motor court idea resurfaced. �When we evaluated the site, we really began looking at its potential,� he says. �We asked �Could we create something really unique and take advantage of the entire site? Could we create something that recalled the experiences that you would�ve kauai hotel reviews found in these tourist courts from the 1940s and 50s?��
It recalls the days when a u-shaped hotel surrounded a central pool and courtyard where families gathered to splash and play. Of course, Lone Star Court would take that experience up several notches.
�We like to think of it as a step forward,� says Graham. �If you look at the experience for travelers, going back to 20s, 30, 40s, 50s, going on road trips and driving through Colorado you�d stay in these different roadside motor courts. They�d really embrace the local culture and flavor in architecture and decor and food items in the coffee shops.�
�Each one of them was unique and different,� he continues. �It was sort-of an outdoors-oriented experience, very experiential. It was different than the last place you stayed and different from where your hometown was.�
The first Lone Star Court is going native. The architecture and building materials are distinctly Texas Hill Country. �If you look at the public space buildings, they recall kauai hotel reviews an old Texas Hill Country ranch house,� Graham says. �The public space where our food and beverage kauai hotel reviews outlet is recalls a barn that might have been there for a long, long time and was part of ranchland. It looks as though it fits there. Guestroom buildings are more modern, with big sweeping Texas porches. They�re more modern, but would be fitting kauai hotel reviews on a private ranch.�
The property will have approximately 2,000 square feet of interior kauai hotel reviews meeting space, an outdoor covered pavilion of 1,600 square feet, and an adjacent open-air lawn that adds 1,800 square feet to total available meeting space.
�Lone Star Court in Austin will be the flagship of what will eventually be a series of court concept hotels across the southeastern U.S.,� Graham said. �Each of the court concept hotels will capture the essence of the cities where they are located. Lone Star Court will be one of a kind and totally kauai hotel reviews unique to Austin, Texas.�