The Le Méridien hotel chain is looking at downtown Fort Worth for its next location — namely, the historic Hotel Texas Annex next to the Hilton.
On Thursday, the City of Fort Worth's Downtown Design Review Board (DDRB) approved plans for the project. The Annex, located at 815 Commerce St., was originally built in 1970 to serve as a 230-room extension to Hotel Texas (where President John F. Kennedy stayed prior to his assassination in Dallas). Hotel Texas is now the Hilton Fort Worth; the Annex closed in 2006 and has been vacant since.