New hotel with French brasserie hits right notes in downtown Dallas


A brand new lodge idea is the most recent occupant of a historic constructing in downtown Dallas: Known as the Renaissance Saint Elm Dallas Downtown Hotel, it is now open at 1907 Elm St., aka the previous Tower Petroleum Constructing, which dates again to 1932.


The property is owned by developer John Kirtland who beforehand opened it as Cambria Dallas in 2018. It now re-emerges beneath the Marriott umbrella, with administration by Azul Hospitality Group, a San Diego-based hospitality firm centered on life-style resorts and resorts.


It was given a multimillion-dollar renovation that extra intently displays Kirtland’s tastes and private historical past. Which means a music-forward visitor expertise, deeply rooted within the locale and a pure match with Kirtland’s decades-long background as a musician, producer, and report label proprietor. (Kirtland was the drummer for the band Deep Blue One thing, identified for the 1995 hit tune “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”.)


Friends would possibly discover the film that impressed that hit tune enjoying within the unique field workplace of the outdated Tower Theater area close to the lodge’s entry, and every lodge room comes outfitted with a report participant, which can be utilized to play hidden gems uncovered from Kirtland’s private vinyl assortment housed within the foyer, that includes information from all genres, which friends can take a look at by way of the entrance desk.


The lodge’s architectural model options excessive and low juxtaposition parts imbued with a way of intelligent theatricality.


The Renaissance has:


  • 177 visitor rooms and suites

  • 2 in-house eating places

  • a 24/7 health heart

  • 5,600 sq. ft of assembly and occasion area


Guestrooms begin at 460 sq. ft and go as much as 950 sq. ft for The Majestic Suite, situated on the twenty second flooring, with 1.5 baths, a convention area, and a separate bed room.


Nightly charges begin at $219.


There are additionally two meals and beverage choices:

  • Brasserie Toussaint, which serves lunch and dinner seven days per week in addition to weekend brunch beginning within the spring. The brasserie guarantees to be a relaxed, but refined eating vacation spot, with well-executed meals and craft cocktails rooted within the culinary strategies of French and Asian flavors.

  • Café Toussaint, open for breakfast and all through the day, that includes Illy Espresso and to-go choices comparable to pastries and sandwiches.


Designed by famend architect Mark Lemmon, the constructing has served as house to the Tower Theater (a part of Theater Row on Elm Avenue) and likewise housed the FBI for over 20 years.


“The opening of the Renaissance Saint Elm is the conclusion of a shared imaginative and prescient with my good pal and Dallas hospitality trade veteran, Bobby Boulougne,” Kirtland says in an announcement.


Boulougne’s passing in 2016 briefly modified the course of the event, however Kirtland says that “the unique imaginative and prescient of a boutique lodge expertise that displays the eclectic DNA of downtown Dallas and Deep Ellum is lastly coming to life.”

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