Last week, we noted the second possible demolition of an Extended Stay America hotel in the central city to make room for taller growth, but that doesn't mean the mid-tier extended stay hotel is obsolete in downtown Austin -- ha ha, au contraire! City permit filings from this month indicate plans for the development of a 166-room TownePlace Suites Hotel at 502 East Eighth Street, a roughly 0.6-acre assembly of . . .
