Grand Hyatt San Antonio

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The Grand Hyatt San Antonio is a 34-story, 1,003 room hotel in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, built in 2008. [1] It is the tallest building constructed in the city during the 2000s, the second tallest hotel in the city, and the third tallest skyscraper overall in the city.

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It is 424 feet (129 meters) tall, and is located adjacent to and connected with the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.

The building was designed by the nationally recognized firms Arquitectonica and Kell Munoz Architects, [2] and is mixed residential/commercial (hotel) use.

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References

  1. "Grand Hyatt San Antonio, San Antonio | 228691". Emporis. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  2. "Grand Hyatt San Antonio - Hotelmanagement".

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