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The Moran CITYCENTRE
Houston, Texas, United States · Independent · Near Luxury
Midway opened this hotel in August 2009 as Hotel Sorella, Gensler on the design, the social rooms of a walkable district the company was building between the Katy Freeway and Beltway 8. In December 2019 they renamed it for founder Jim Moran, twenty years after his death, though the address is still 800 Sorella Court. AAA rates it Four Diamond, with breakfast at Café Moran and the evening at The Allegory Bar.
- 244 rooms
- Opened 2009
- Neighborhood: CITYCENTRE
- Architect: Gensler
- Interiors: Remedios Siembieda
About The Moran CITYCENTRE
- The 2009 opening counted 244 rooms, 30 of them junior suites, plus Café Rosé, Bistro Alex, and a Moroccan-style bar with a fireplace. A decade later the Chronicle was calling it 266 rooms on 12 floors.
- Gensler records a 2012 Lifestyle Hotel of the Year award from the Boutique and Lifestyle Lodging Association and a 2013 Condé Nast Gold List credit. Remedios Siembieda designed the first interiors.
- At the 2019 rename, Radio Milano bridged the first two floors, with Milano Bar at the street and high tea by reservation upstairs. HEI Hotels and Resorts took over management from Valencia Hotel Group.
History
Hotel Sorella opened in August 2009, with a formal launch that November, as the hotel inside Midway's CITYCENTRE development in west Houston. Gensler designed it, and Remedios Siembieda did the interiors. The 2009 opening notice counted 244 rooms. In December 2019, on the tenth year, Midway renamed the house The Moran CITYCENTRE for Jim Moran, the company founder, and HEI Hotels and Resorts replaced Valencia Hotel Group as manager. The street address remained 800 Sorella Court.
The setting
800 Sorella Court is the middle of CITYCENTRE, the walkable district between Interstate 10 and the Sam Houston Tollway in west Houston. Memorial Park and the Energy Corridor are the drives the hotel itself points to.
Restaurants and bars
- The Allegory Bar — Bar · cocktails
- Cafe Moran — Café · Texas Big Granola French Toast
- The Boardroom — Restaurant · wine, charcuterie
Amenities
- Complimentary Wi-Fi
- In-room dining
- Meetings
- Weddings
- Private events
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
- Condé Nast Gold List (2013)
- Boutique and Lifestyle Lodging Association Lifestyle Hotel of the Year (2012)
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