HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-01-26 Euless Articles These hotel rooms have standing desks, closets
with two entrances and backlit mirrors
BY ELIZABETH CAMPBELL JANUARY 21, 2021 12:00 PM, UPDATED JANUARY 21, 2021 04:06 PM EULESS A developer has plans to build a new Atwell Suites hotel near the Riverwalk development. The city council approved on Jan. 12 a specific use permit for the 104-room hotel. The four-story Atwell Suites will be on 2.88 acres, northeast of the intersection of Fuller-Wiser Road and the north frontage road of E. Airport Freeway. There are 3.7 undeveloped acres north of the hotel, according to information from the city. Rutaj Bhatt, vice president of Wildflower Hotels, said construction will probably start this fall. He said the company chose the location in Euless because it is about a mile from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport and the American Airlines headquarters are across the highway from the Atwell Suites site. When asked if he felt business travelers would start traveling again, Bhatt said he hopes that COVID-19 will be under control by the time the hotel opens.
“We feel confident that this will all turn around by the time we get through permitting and
construction. We will have more airport travel, and things will get back to normal,” he said. The
Atwell Suites offers a relaxing atmosphere for guests to work and socialize, according to its
website. The hotel offers free breakfast, and a bar serving small plates.
The rooms will have standing desks, comfortable seating and easy access to power outlets. Mike
Collins, director of planning and economic development, said other hotels in Euless are still open,
even with the pandemic.
“We visit with management groups. They will tell you that they are still struggling as many rely on
the business travelers that haven’t come back yet. They are hanging in there. Without the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security) Act, many would have gone out of business.” Euless has been successful with development during the past 10 years, Collins said. “What stops us is running out of dirt,” he said.
Tarrant finishes deadliest week with 36 COVID
deaths, including woman in 20s, man in 30s
BY STEFAN STEVENSON JANUARY 24, 2021 06:51 PM, UPDATED JANUARY 24, 2021 07:00 PM Tarrant county reported 36 coronavirus deaths and 1,736 cases on Sunday. The 36 deaths are the second-highest, single-day total. The county reported 40 COVID deaths on Monday, Jan. 18. There have been 158 COVID deaths in the past seven days, not including the 38 previously unreported deaths added on Friday. The latest deaths include an Arlington woman in her 20s, a Forest Hill man in his 30s, two Fort Worth men in their 40s, a Euless man in his 50s, a Grapevine man in his 50s, a Mansfield woman in her 60s, a Haltom City man in his 60s, a Hurst man in his 60s, an Arlington woman in her 60s, a Fort Worth man and woman in their 60s, a Haltom City man in his 70s, a North Richland Hills man in his 70s, a Fort Worth woman in her 70s, an Arlington woman in her 70s, a North Richland Hills woman in her 80s, a man from rural Tarrant County in his 80s, a Bedford man in his 80s, three Fort Worth women and two men in their 80s, three Arlington men in their 80s, a Euless woman in her 80s, two Mansfield men in their 80s, a Hurst man and woman in their 80s, a Saginaw woman older
than 90, a North Richland Hills man and woman older than 90, and an Arlington woman older
than 90.
One of the 36 did not have any underlying health conditions, two had undetermined health
conditions and 33 had underlying health conditions, according to officials. Tarrant County has
confirmed 207,065 COVID-19 cases, including 2,048 deaths and an estimated 150,635 recoveries. C ounty officials are no longer updating detailed COVID data on the weekends, such as hospital capacity, ventilator use and rate of positive tests. Those updates resume each Monday.