Hotels now account for over one-third of adaptive reuse projects

For the first time ever, hotel to apartment conversion projects have overtaken office-to-residential conversions.

6 characteristics of a successful adaptive reuse conversion

In the continuous battle against housing shortages and the surplus of vacant buildings, developers are turning their attention to the viability of adaptive reuse for their properties.

The U.S. hotel construction market sees record highs in the first quarter of 2024

As seen in the Q1 2024 U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), at the end of the first quarter, there are 6,065 projects with 702,990 rooms in the pipeline. This new all-time high represents a 9% year-over-year (YOY) increase in projects and a 7% YOY increase in rooms compared to last year.

Mixed-Use

A sports entertainment district is approved for downtown Orlando

This $500 million mixed-use development will take up nearly nine blocks.

Hotel Facilities

Travelers are always looking for a home away from home, and the tourist industry needs these vacationers to survive. Creating a winning hotel can benefit everybody, and people will return to your retreat time and time again.

Hotel Facilities | Nov 15, 2016

Mountain Forest Hotel looks to restore the natural landscape while offering visitors 250 luxury rooms

The hotel looks to create a symbiosis between man, nature, and architecture.

Industry Research | Sep 28, 2016

Worldwide hotel construction shows modest year-over-year growth

Overall construction for hotel projects is up, but the current number of hotels currently being built has dipped slightly from one year ago.

Hotel Facilities | Sep 26, 2016

$75 million commercial tower and hotel proposed in downtown Atlanta

The tower would be built on a site currently occupied by a Hertz Car Rental and parking lot.

Coatings | Sep 22, 2016

Valspar helps diversify new project amongst iconic downtown Chicago buildings

The 26-story hotel spanning 96,000 square-feet needed a way to not only differentiate itself among the sea of other hotels and buildings lining the riverfront and downtown area, but also fit into the mix aesthetically.

Hotel Facilities | Sep 19, 2016

The Hotel at Oberlin becomes one of only five hotels to achieve LEED Platinum

The Hotel at Oberlin anchors the Peter B. Lewis Gateway Center, the cornerstone of Oberlin’s Green Arts District.

Hotel Facilities | Sep 15, 2016

Developer reveals plans for 175-room hotel across from Wrigley Field

The hotel will provide a four-star experience to guests during baseball season and, just as importantly, during the offseason.

Hotel Facilities | Sep 7, 2016

Fish out of water: The site of a Birdseye frozen-food factory in Gloucester, Mass., transforms into a seaside hotel

The construction of this 94-room hotel and conference center pitted tourism proponents against locals who want to preserve this historic city’s fishing heritage.

Sep 1, 2016

HOTEL SECTOR GIANTS: A ranking of the nation's top hotel sector design and construction firms

Gensler, HKS, Turner Construction Co., The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Jacobs, and JBA Consulting Engineers top Building Design+Construction’s annual ranking of the nation’s largest hotel sector AEC firms, as reported in the 2016 Giants 300 Report.