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New hotel, mixed-use project approved for Montgomery Street Antique Mall site
A new hotel and a related mixed-use development will be built on the site of the Montgomery Street Antique Mall.
Fort Worth City Council members approved the zoning case, among others, during their meeting March 11.
A 12-story hotel is planned at the bustling corner of Interstate 30 and Montgomery Street, south of Dickies Arena and west of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden in the Cultural District.
Council member Macy Hill said she is “really excited” about the project, planned on a 7.4-acre former industrial site that will be redeveloped with the hotel, retail shops and a stand-alone multifamily residential building.
Developers received rezoning approval for the property — addressed as 2501 and 2601 Montgomery St. — from the Fort Worth Zoning Commission during a Feb. 12 meeting.
The council approved rezoning the site from “J” medium industrial to “PD/G” planned development for all uses in “G” intensive commercial that would include commercial, multifamily, distillery/brewery and hotel uses. The development would include the mall site in addition to a vacant lot next door. A brewery is listed among the potential uses for the site, but the developer previously told zoning commissioners that there are no plans for that kind of operation.
A staff report said the project is compatible with the surrounding area and would be designated as a Cultural District Mixed-Use Growth Center.
Phoenix Property Co., which is developing the property, is talking with the Texas Department of Transportation about intersection improvements, a company representative told the zoning commission last month.
The designation request from owner Montgomery Corner LLC comes after the City Council approved a resolution Feb. 11 to rezone 83.7 acres of land mostly on the west side of Montgomery — a strip that includes churches, retail shops and midcentury industrial buildings — from industrial to intensive commercial use. Special permits could be granted to some existing businesses, such as nut distributor Vending Nut and bar Ye Olde Bull and Bush, to adhere to the new guidelines. Automotive shops would be banned.
No one spoke against the project at the council meeting, although hundreds of fans of the antiques mall decried its loss on social media. The Fort Worth Report’s Feb. 12 Facebook post on the development garnered about 1,200 reactions and 568 comments.
“As a Fort Worth resident, this is blasphemy,” Lindsey Sinopoli wrote. “I’m there weekly. It’s my favorite place in Fort Worth.”
Kelly White said it was “disheartening” to see the mall go.
“Fort Worth is redeveloping itself out of being Fort Worth,” she posted. “Soon it will look like any other place (in) DFW that has exchanged character for shiny and boring. We love the unique atmosphere of the Montgomery Street Antique Mall and the tea room inside. Hopefully, they will be able to relocate.”
Mall management has not announced a closing date or whether they will relocate.
Eric E. Garcia is a senior business reporter at the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at eric.garcia@fortworthreport.org.
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