Case Study

Cambria Hotel Dallas

Adaptive Reuse — Art Deco Hospitality

1931 Art Deco tower converted to modern hotel.

Project Type: Adaptive Reuse / Hospitality
Location: Dallas, TX
Original Structure: Art Deco office tower (1931)
Total Value: $52M
Square Footage: 215,000 SF
Brand: Cambria Hotels (Choice Hotels)
Completed: 2017
Developer: Kirtland Realty Group
Architect: Merriman Anderson Architects

Art Deco Meets Modern Hospitality

A 1931 Art Deco office tower in downtown Dallas, converted to a Cambria Hotels property for Choice Hotels International. The building's ornate facade and lobby details were preserved while the floors above were completely reconfigured for hotel use. ANDRES also delivered Cambria Hotel Houston — the same brand standard, different building, different city. The repeat engagement proved the team could replicate quality across markets.

Repeat Performance

Choice Hotels didn't go to market for the Houston project. They called ANDRES back. When a national brand returns to the same contractor for the same product in a different city, it's because the first delivery eliminated doubt. The Dallas Cambria set the standard. Houston confirmed it.

Complexity highlights

1931 Art Deco Preservation

The building's ornate Art Deco facade and lobby detailing required meticulous preservation — hand-restored plasterwork, original metalwork cleaned and refinished, and tile floors repaired to match the 1931 originals. Modern hotel infrastructure was threaded behind and above these preserved elements.

Office-to-Hotel Floor Plate Conversion

A 1931 office building has floor plates, structural bays, and utility corridors designed for a completely different use. Converting to a hotel with modern room sizes, corridors, and life safety requirements meant rethinking the building's internal organization while preserving its external identity.

The ANDRES team that delivered Cambria Dallas was tapped again for Cambria Houston — same superintendent, same project manager. That kind of repeat deployment across cities is only possible when your team stays. The ESOP structure keeps ANDRES's best people in place, project after project, market after market.