Development
BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
Renovations to The Faust Hotel near completion Renovations to The Faust Hotel—located in New Braunfels at 240 S. Seguin Ave.—are nearing completion. Project overview The boutique hotel, which closed for renovations in November 2023, will now have 45 guest rooms instead of 63. The decrease in rooms is the result of increasing the room sizes between 100 square feet and 125 square feet, Molly Egan, the hotel’s director of sales, said. Each room will be furnished with king beds and fully renovated bathrooms in each unit. The hotel’s ballroom will have space for up to 110 guests. The big picture The New Braunfels Convention and Visitors Bureau is looking to create a Tourism Public Improvement District, or TPID, to generate
$12M commercial center underway
The Faust Hotel
Corridor Commercial Center is making progress at 6420 FM 1102 in New Braunfels. Project details Phase 1—the construction of four out of the 12 buildings—began in December 2024 and concluded in September. Phase 2 is slated to begin in December and be completed in July 2026, said Miles Payne, a spokesperson for the project.
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The boutique hotel will have a full bar.
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supplemental funding for tourism marketing to increase hotel business. The bureau is working to draft a nal plan to present to City Council in Q4 of 2025, and The Faust Hotel has agreed to participate in the TPID, Tanya Pence, president of the New Braunfels Convention and Visitors Bureau, said.
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The Neue seeks funding for infrastructure upgrades Developers with Seals Family Properties and Gillum Development are looking for nancial support to fund on- and o-site infrastructure costs for their four-story mixed-use condo- minium development—The Neue. The New Braunfels Economic Develop- ment Corporation received a presentation on the proposed improvements Sept. 30. Latest update The proposed improvements would be along Guenther Avenue and San Antonio Street and include drainage and utility improvements. The Neue will have 43 owner-occupied residences, com- prising one- to three-bedroom condos, down from 46 one- to two-bedroom condos. Completion of the project has changed to the summer or fall of 2027.
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