ALLEN, Tex.—Allen is moving forward with plans for a convention center complex.

Earlier this week, the Allen City Council approved a development agreement with TCH Altera LLC for the construction of The Convention Center at Watters Creek, an $85-million convention-hotel project that will deliver 290 guest rooms, a 64,500-square-foot convention center and a 1,000-car parking garage on seven acres at Bethany Drive and North Central Expressway, adjacent to the Watters Creek mixed-use development.

“It's a project that we've been working on and planning for a number of years,” Daniel Bowman, executive director/CEO of the Allen Economic Development Corp. (AEDC), told GlobeSt.com. “We sent an RFP out to about 40 different developers...narrowed it down to finalists. TCH is really unique.”