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PHILADELPHIA — A groundbreaking was held for a $60 million hotel in Philadelphia — one of the city's first ground-up hotels in nearly a decade. Home2 Suites by Hilton, with 246 guest rooms, will be located across from the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Wurzak Hotel Group and Parkway Corp. will develop the project. The project calls for 2,000 square feet of meeting space and 9,750 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurants. The hotel will be largest hotel for the brand to date. A summer 2013 opening is planned.