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The Magnolia Hotel Houston is a hotel located at 1100 Texas Avenue, in downtown Houston, Texas.It was the tallest building in Houston from 1926 to 1927. The building once served as headquarters for the Shell Oil Company, and later home to The Houston Post-Dispatch.
The hotel was included in Condé Nast Traveler magazine's list of the world's Top 100 new hotels in May 2004. [4] Its success led the group to open Hotel Valencia Santana Row in San Jose, California. [when?] [citation needed] In 2009, Hotel Sorella CityCentre opened in Houston in the mixed-use urban CityCentre development.
When it opened the mall had 600,000 ft² (56,000 m²) of retail space. The original skylights — which graced among other things a large, floor-level, ice rink, open year-round - had three hanging chandeliers. A connected 400-room hotel was opened in September 1971, the Houston Oaks Hotel (now The Westin Oaks Houston). [12]
The dealership also provides used cars of brands besides the brands it's licensed to sell. For select guests, the Post Oak Motor Cars provides services to Fertitta's hotels in the Houston area and other businesses its partnered with. [10] The company is home to Post Oak Power, an exclusive luxury car club that united owners in the Houston area.
The developer of the Houstonian Hotel was Tom Fatjo, a Houstonian who had also founded Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI). [2] The hotel opened in 1980. [3] George Alexander of the Houston Press said that the hotel was "built as a health club for business executives trying to shed pounds and rediscover their inner velociraptor".
Marathon Oil Tower is a skyscraper in Uptown Houston.The building rises 562 feet (171 m) in height. [1] It contains 41 floors, and was completed in 1983 and construction only took 22 months. [2]