WELBRO Completes Marriott Marquis Houston

WELBRO Building Corporation and Balfour Beatty, our joint venture partner, recently completed the construction of the Marriott Marquis Houston Hotel & Convention Center.  
The 1000 room hotel with 29 levels, will be the second hotel to serve the George R. Brown Convention Center / Convention Center District.  The hotel attaches to the convention center via a skybridge on level 2.  Features of the Marriott Marquis include 10,000 square feet of meeting space and a 40,000 square foot ballroom.
The amenity deck, on the roof of the ballroom, features a lazy river in the shape of Texas perched 110 feet above ground level.  The ground floor of the hotel will include multiple shops, restaurants and bars facing Discovery Green and the surrounding area.
The hotel is getting ready for its first big role as the host hotel for Super Bowl LI events.  The hotel will be booked with NFL and Super Bowl staff, football players, and members of the media in town for the game.
A grand opening celebration was held Monday, December 26^th.
Houston-based RIDA Development Corp. developed and owns the hotel. Morris Architects is the Architect of Record.  
WELBRO Building Corporation has been building continuously in the Florida commercial construction market since 1979 years and is a dominant force in the hotel/hospitality and education markets.  Other major project types include office buildings, retail/commercial and special use facilities.