It’s been seven years in the making, but Transwestern will begin construction next month on The RO (pronounced row), a 17-acre development at 3120 Buffalo Speedway, near the corner of West Alabama Street and Buffalo Speedway.

When completed in 2027, The RO will include Houston’s first luxury Auberge Resorts Collection hotel with attached condo units, a retail village with up to eight restaurants, more than 700 multifamily units and office space. In all, the project will encompass about 740,000 square feet.

Transwestern tapped New York-based Kohn Pederson Fox to design the hotel and condo building. San Francisco-based House & Robertson Architects was tapped to serve as architect of record for the hotel and condos.

House & Robertson Architects is also serving as architect of record for the retail portion of the project, while the Austin-based Michael Hsu Office of Architecture is the retail design architect.

For the multifamily and office component, Transwestern chose Pickard Chilton as design architect.