Savannah Convention Center Hotel Planning Underway

A joint venture of Songy Highroads and Matthews Southwest is collaborating on a 400-room convention hotel in Savannah. The timing is good in that the Savannah Convention Center is undergoing a $276 million expansion. The group expects to start work on the project at this time next year. Over the next year, the team intends to design, engineer and price the project that is seeking public funding.

The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports the Georgia House of Representatives recently passed a bill that paves the way for the Savannah convention hotel to be financed. House Bill 1041 now is being considered by the Senate. The legislation would raise the Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority’s bonding capacity to $400 million.

The hotel would rise by the waterfront on Hutchison Island. Hilton Worldwide Holdings is in discussions to potentially flag the hotel.