Atlanta & Southeast + Atlanta + Hospitality | March 30, 2023

Construction Tops Out on Atlanta’s Largest Ground-Up Hotel in 40 Years

Georgia World Congress Center Authority (GWCCA), Hilton (NYSE: HLT) and Skanska celebrated a major construction milestone with the ceremonial topping off of the 976-room Signia by Hilton Atlanta. Under development by Boston-based Drew Company, Signia by Hilton Atlanta is the city’s largest downtown ground-up hotel development project in 40 years.

Owned by GWCCA and managed by Hilton Management Services, the 453-foot-tall hotel built on the repurposed foundation of the Georgia Dome will connect to the Georgia World Congress Center when it opens in January 2024.

“As the first newly built Signia by Hilton property, this is an incredible milestone for Hilton and we are delighted to celebrate this occasion with our partners,” said Gary Steffen, global category head, Full-Service Brands, Hilton. The Signia brand incorporates feedback from meeting professionals, guests, owners and developers, and was created to solve for critical gaps in the industry.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 13-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 15-20 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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