Raleigh to start construction on convention center expansion

An amphitheater relocation and new hotel are included in a funding package approved by the county last year.

Hotel Facilities

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.

Hotel Facilities

Will the surge in hotel construction carry resorts with it?

The resort corner of the hospitality sector has been a bit slower to expand than the whole for the past few years. But don’t tell that to Bill Wilhelm, President of R.D. Olson Construction.

Hotel Facilities

U.S. hotel construction is booming, with a record-high 5,964 projects in the pipeline

The hotel construction pipeline hit record project counts at Q4, with the addition of 260 projects and 21,287 rooms over last quarter, according to Lodging Econometrics.

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.

Feb 17, 2013

Pakistan to get world's tallest tower in $45 billion deal

Newly signed mega deal will fund construction of several massive developments in Karachi, including a mixed-use tower that will dwarf the Burj Khalifa.

Luxury and upscale projects lead the increase in hotel construction and planning

Feb 15, 2013

Hotel project pipeline up 5% in January

The number of hotel rooms in the construction or planning phases rose 4.9% in January compared with year-ago stats. Rooms actually under construction increased 38.3% compared with January 2012.

Rob Cassidy | Feb 14, 2013

Finally, a look at actual energy use in real buildings, in a real city

New York City’s recent report on energy and water use in 2,065 commercial buildings (totaling more…

Feb 5, 2013

5 forces driving hotel investment

Jones Lang LaSalle’s Hotels & Hospitality Group believes that signs point to an on-going uptick in Americas hotel transactions activity sooner rather than later. They identify the five forces that will drive the hotel investment market during the next five years.

The form of the Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)-designed Zhengzhou Greenland

Jan 16, 2013

SOM’s innovative Zhengzhou Greenland Plaza opens

The 2.59-million-square-feet building houses a mixed-use program of offices on its lower floors and a 416-room hotel.

A ceiling-high stone fireplace framed by rustic wooden logs was created by artis

Nov 11, 2012

Greenbuild 2012 Report: Hospitality

Hotel boom signals good news for greener lodging facilities

After years of neglect, the Building Team returned the lobby of the former Hotel

Oct 5, 2012

2012 Reconstruction Award Silver Winner: Residences at the John Marshall, Richmond, Va.

In April 2010, the Building Team of Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio, Stanley D. Lindsey & Associates, Leppard Johnson & Associates, and Choate Interior Construction restored the 16-story, 310,537-sf building into the Residences at the John Marshall, a new mixed-use facility offering apartments, street-level retail, a catering kitchen, and two restored ballrooms.