Commercial Construction & Renovation

Miami-based real estate investment and development firm Key International has broken ground on a new AC Hotel by Marriott in Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida. Read the GlobeSt story here

Heirloom Properties, the owner of multiple short-term rental properties, is seeking to transform an empty Lower Garden District lot into a two-suite boutique hotel. Read the Uptown Messenger story here

The old YMCA building downtown will be turned into a 200-room 21c Museum Hotel, a concept that features contemporary art collections in exhibit space open to the public. Read the St. Louis Post-Dispatch story here

A 7-story Drury Inn & Suites is planned for the Chimney Hill plaza in the 700 block of University Drive. It'll be located directly behind the new Republic Steakhouse restaurant. Read the KBTX-TV story here

A 40-room, three-story hotel with self-contained parking and a full-service restaurant and bar is being proposed for a 0.905-acre tract of land in Blowing Rock, as first unveiled during a public meeting on March 6 at the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum. Read the Watauga Democrat story here

Developers of a proposed 103-room Extended Stay Hotel near the Mission Hospital campus again will try their hand with Asheville City Council. Read the Asheville Citizen-Times story here

Simple math says that more condo units equals more people, which equals more cars and more traffic. Read the Naples Daily News story here

New York City’s landmark Chrysler Building, which is being bought for about a fifth of what it last sold for, could ultimately be transformed from an aging office tower into a hotel. Read the Bloomberg story here

The Chicago Athletic Association hotel has become a fixture in the community since opening in 2015 and offers public co-working spaces. Read the Thrive Global story here

Construction has begun on a 12-story, 300-unit hotel in a part of Far North Dallas that is experiencing a building boom. The high-rise is expected to take more than two years to construct. Read The Dallas Morning News story here