A historic River Stroll high-rise might quickly turn into a 329-unit house constructing.
Constructing house owners Innjoy Hospitality submitted plans final week to the Historic and Design Evaluate Fee, or HDRC, to show the Nix Hospital constructing at 414 Navarro Road right into a blended use growth.
Preliminary plans for $10 million in renovations to the 24-story constructing have been submitted again in October 2024, based on state data. Plans from the undertaking’s architect — XA Collective — present flooring plans for house items and companies.
The newly dubbed Nix Flats can have 157 studio measurement items, 118 one-bedroom flats and 54 that can characteristic two or extra bedrooms.
The plans additionally point out area for a brand new restaurant on the road stage. The restaurant Bubba Gump Seafood Co. is at the moment working within the area beneath, which is alongside the river. The plans present room for a brand new tenant subsequent to Bubba Gump.
The fee is scheduled to think about approval of modifications to the constructing’s facade, together with new home windows, at its Aug. 6 assembly.
Innjoy, which acquired the constructing in 2019, is a Rio Grande Valley-based lodge developer. The corporate couldn’t be reached for remark. Its submission to the Texas Division of Licensing and Regulation in 2024 indicated that the undertaking can be privately funded.
Designed by architect Henry Phelps, designer of the 1922 Maverick Constructing on Houston Road, the Gothic-style construction was inbuilt 1930 as a “medical mall,” the primary of its variety, based on the Texas State Historic Affiliation.
It was named the Joseph M. Nix Skilled Constructing after its developer and finally turned a hospital and medical middle, which modified arms a number of occasions, purchased by Advantage Well being Techniques of Kentucky in 2004 and Prospect Medical Holdings in 2012.
