It’s been a little while since we checked in on the progress of the Omni Hotel & Condos, and the new city parking garage next door, in Downtown. Since our last visit, the Omni has really been moving quickly towards completion. As seen above, about the only thing left on the condo tower portion of the building (on the exterior, at least) is the completion of balconies.

The Omni Hotel signage is now going up as well. I’ve also heard from a few sources that the building may have a more elaborate night lighting scheme than originally intended – perhaps even including the backlighting of the building’s glass crown, similar to the Pier 1/Chesapeake Energy building.

Next door, the new city parking garage has made rapid progress as well. You can see the brick and stone portions of the facade are very complete, and work is beginning to turn to the glass corners and the heavily ornamented parts of the Houston and Throckmorton facades.

On the Houston facade, the framing in the center is where the tall black columns, inspired by the Public Safety & Courts/former City Hall building, will be installed.

The Art Deco-inspired Throckmorton facade is making good progress as well. This side will be finished out with giant multicolored glass fins projecting out from the facade.

Also on the Throckmorton side, one of the colored glass corners is being installed as well.

If you’re thinking the Houston and Throckmorton facades of the parking garage look like they have storefronts, that’s because they do – both side will feature ground-floor retail. Vehicular entrances and exits will be on the side streets.

The Omni Hotel itself is supposed to open by the end of the year, and the condos in January, based on the last timeline I was told. They’re definitely putting in the work to get the building finished out. It’s made a dramatic impact on the Fort Worth skyline and even though I’m more of a traditional architecture sort, I have to say I really like the way the Omni has turned out.