NASHVILLE, TENN. — Atlanta-based North Point Hospitality has broken ground on a $137 million Marriott Hotel in Nashville.
The 470-room Marriott property will consist of a 209-room AC Hotel, a 136-room Residence Inn and a 125-room SpringHill Suites. Visitors to the hotel will enter through one main entrance.
Once inside, the property will be divided amongst the three distinct brands. All guests of the hotels will have access to a wide variety of shared amenities, including a fitness center and six food and beverage options, including major restaurants at street level and an indoor/outdoor pool bar.
A rooftop bar and patio will offer panoramic views of the Nashville skyline. The property will also feature 4,000 square feet of meeting space located on the top floor.
North Point recently unveiled an original 300-pound model of the hotel made with 63,636 LEGO bricks. Award-winning artist Sean Kenney designed the model.
The property, located next to the Music City Center convention facility, is scheduled for completion in mid-2018.
North Point Hospitality is a hotel development and operations company. Currently, the company owns and operates seven Hilton- and Marriott-branded hotels in the Southeast, with an additional nine under construction or in active development, resulting in a $350 million development pipeline.
This tri-build comes at a time when the Nashville hotel market fundamentals are quite strong. Through the first five months of 2016, the revenue per available room (RevPar) increased 9.3 percent compared with the same period a year ago, according to hotel data research firm STR, based in Hendersonville, Tenn. The average daily rate rose 6.4 percent during the same period.
— Katie Sloan