GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT TO GET TWO LEED-CERTIFIED HOTELS

COLLEGE PARK, GA. — Atlanta-based Grove Street Partners will break ground next month on two LEED-certified hotels, representing the first phase of the 1 million-square-foot, mixed-use Gateway Center in College Park. The seven-story, 403-room Marriott, which will feature meeting and ballroom space and two restaurants, is expected to deliver in August 2010. The 147-room Spring Hill Suites will deliver in February 2010. The hotel developments represent a $134 million investment by Grove Street, Fidelity Investments of Boston and Williams Opportunity Fund. Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates designed the Marriott, with Goode Van Slyke Architecture working on the Spring Hill hotel. Brasfield & Gorrie will serve as general contractor.