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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Skanska has signed a $153 million contract to construct the new JW Marriott hotel in Nashville. The 33-story hotel will span a little over 800,000 square feet and will feature 533 guest rooms, 3,770 square feet of ballroom and meeting spaces, a 250-seat restaurant, 200-seat rooftop specialty restaurant, lobby bar and coffee shop and a below-grade parking garage. The hotel will be located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Eighth Avenue South and Demonbreun Street in Nashville’s SoBro district. Skanska plans to complete the new JW Marriott in June 2018.