“We are marketing the property and are currently under contract with a group to convert the building,” said Jake Milner with Davidson & Bogel Real Estate, which has put a huge company banner on the front of the high-rise.
Centurion American’s plans for the Cabana had called for restoring it into a 268-room hotel. The Farmers Branch-based developer also restored the landmark Statler Hotel in downtown Dallas.in historic designations, city permitting problems and the COVID-19 pandemic caused them to pause work on the Cabana.The hotel — originally the Cabana Motor Hotel — was one of what Sarno hoped would be a national chain of similar properties.
Centurion bought the building from the county for $8.1 million. The redevelopment was projected to cost about $100 million. Dallas’ Merriman Anderson Architects designed the redo. Zoning allowed for construction of an apartment tower on the adjoining parking garage.The developer is also offering for sale the
hostess college on the Dallas North Tollway. Built in 1968 as a training center for the Dallas-based airline’s flight attendants, the five-story building at the tollway and Wycliff Avenue has been empty for more than eight years.But the deal never progressed from the planning stage.