Inside the brand new Hall Park Hotel in Frisco

Bright and opulent, Frisco’s new Hall Park Hotel is set to open its doors to guests this week.

Although the 224-room property has nods to the lightness and artistic hand of the property named Hall in downtown Dallas, it is distinctive, with clever nods to its surroundings in Dallas County. Colin.

The hotel’s ground floor could be organized in a circle, its flow forming a cohesive journey for overnight guests or visitors on future breakfast-lunch-dinner outings.

Upon arrival, bellboys will take guests to the front desk for check-in. There, they will be offered a fun cocktail prepared in front of them: an AperoHALL Spritz. (Front desk staff have the proper TABC alcohol pouring credentials, so everything is honest.)

The elevators are located to the right of reception, coated in a signature matte gold that stands out in the building’s common areas and rooms.

But it is advisable to move away directly from reception. A living area, accented by exaggerated ceiling heights, floor-to-ceiling windows, and comfortable seating layered in a mix of textures and fabrics, awaits.

Escape for gourmands and oenophiles

Featuring food from Executive Chef Erik Sakai’s Palato Italian Kitchen and Lounge, the lounge is a first taste of what is expected to be a property filled with activations and places to visit.

A 1,200-bottle climate-controlled wine cellar wraps one corner of the space, climbing from floor to ceiling (yes, Hall wines are stored). A cheesemonger should move among the guests and drinkers in the lounge, sporadically offering products and his expertise. Open windows at the back of the bar will allow for easy serving of cocktails to go. Takeaway pastries and Lavazza coffee will be an option here in the morning. People-watching inside the property or outside in the recently opened Kaleidoscope Park is an ample and free amenity in this airy space.

If you keep weaving through the seating areas, you’ll eventually find the Palato Restaurant. Its exhibition-style kitchen will feature work scenes from the property’s pastry chef, Sophie Candia, who directs the production of homemade pasta according to the hours of the day. The restaurant will be open to the public for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It will open with the hotel and begin taking reservations on November 1.

Restaurant features include a stone fire pit for pizzas, a rotisserie and three sommeliers.

Cooking classes, including pasta making, will eventually be offered in a private dining room. The restaurant will lean into the holidays, with plans for Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings. One idea that has been floated is the concept of Bloody Marys with Santa.

Frisco’s acknowledgments can be found in the art, including flora with ties to the region in the images, such as bluebonnets and germinating red magnolia seeds. Local artists also contributed. Such a touch can be found in the wavy, woven ceiling lights of blues and greens in the property’s largest ballroom and meeting space, made by Dallas glass artist Carlyn Ray.

Stay a while, or not

Rooms are divided into adventure choice types.

The property’s Reserve Suites are intended for longer-term stays and span four private floors. They include kitchenettes of varying sizes with stylish hobs and mini dishwashers depending on room choice and all overlook Kaleidoscope Park. Many presidential suites can fit between two and three bedrooms.

Only four suites do not have a balcony.

Toilets and walk-in showers are a constant in all accommodation.

The slight difference between Reserve Suites and Standard Rooms is a changed color palette, highlighted by a shift from deep greens to soft orange and mauve, and the absence of a kitchenette.

The amenity level is on the seventh floor. There, conference and meeting spaces can be found and attached to a new office building. The spacious gym, equipped with numerous machines, is shared with the office building. The pool, which also houses a bar that will serve finger food, departing from the Palato fare, is located in a corner and near a lawn that could host many events.

It’s also dog friendly.

The transformation of Hall Park

Dallas developer and businessman Craig Hall’s Hall Park opened in Frisco in the mid-1990s. It was one of the market’s first office districts, with 2.2 million square feet of space. squares of office and retail space spread across 162 acres. Other developments arose around it in the following decades. In recent years, this has included The Star in Frisco, with the Dallas Cowboys headquarters, an Omni hotel, offices and numerous retail businesses.

In a much-changed Frisco, the sustainability of Hall Park combined with a prime location along Warren Parkway near the Dallas North Turnpike has given rise to an ambitious master plan initially announced at $7 billion upon its completion.

Construction has begun on the first projects intended to propel the former office park into a mixed-use community in 2021.

Many office redevelopments in recent years have included new and existing owners investing in capital-intensive improvements to lobbies and amenity spaces and the addition of coffee kiosks or bodega-style cafes . Perhaps an office to residential conversion.

That’s not it.

The first phase of Hall Park 2.0 included the construction of a single-story hotel, an office tower and a luxury residential building with penthouses priced at $21,000 per month. All additions are anchored in Kaleidoscope Park.

This is the second hotel under the Hall brand, the first being located in the Dallas Arts District. The Hall Arts Hotel is also being built near an office and residential building developed by Hall.

The flags on the two properties are different, with the new property being part of Marriott’s autograph collection. The downtown Dallas hotel is part of the Hilton Curio Collection portfolio.

The Hall Park Hotel is located at 3220 Internet Boulevard in Frisco. Rooms start at $400 a night. hallparkhotel.com.