Hotel New Construction — Ground-Up Hospitality, Built for the Brand
Limited-service, select-service, and resort new builds delivered by a CBC-licensed hospitality GC. Brand-standard finishes, owner-developer-builder workflow, schedule built around opening date.
A hotel build only succeeds if it opens on the date the franchise agreement says it will
New hotel construction is unforgiving. The franchise agreement has an opening date, the loan has covenants, and the brand has a finish standard that doesn’t move. A GC who has never built a flagged hotel underestimates FF&E lead times, life-safety rough-in coordination, and the brand inspection process — and the project slides three months past target. We’ve built hotels including the Holiday Inn Resort Orlando (200 rooms, $2.1M) and managed the 435-room Travelodge-to-Holiday-Inn conversion in Kissimmee ($8.85M across two eight-story buildings with restaurant and bar). New construction here means we know what the opening-week punch list looks like before we break ground.
Hotel new construction scope
- Pre-construction: budget, schedule, value engineering against brand standards
- Sitework, foundations, structural shell coordination
- MEP rough-in to brand-spec, including life-safety systems
- Guestroom and corridor build-out with mockup-room approval workflow
- Lobby, F&B, pool, fitness, and amenity buildout
- FF&E coordination through brand-approved or owner-specified vendors
- Exterior envelope: signage, lighting, hardscape, landscape
- Brand inspection coordination — pre-opening punch through final acceptance
- Owner training and turnover documentation for ops and engineering teams
Our hotel new construction process
- 01
Pre-construction with the brand
Plans, brand-standard review, budget validation, GMP or fixed-fee delivery model decision.
- 02
Site and shell
Sitework, foundations, vertical structure — built to the schedule the franchise agreement requires.
- 03
Mockup room
Single representative guestroom built first; owner, brand, and operator sign off before rollout.
- 04
Interior buildout
Guestroom production, public-space buildout, FF&E install on the critical path.
- 05
Pre-opening
Brand inspection, life-safety sign-off, COC, owner turnover — clean handoff to ops.
Why hotel developers hire us
New-build and conversion experience
Multi-brand finish standard knowledge
CBC 1258403, 42+ years principal experience
Hotel new construction — common questions
What delivery models do you offer?
Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP), fixed-price, and Construction Management at-risk. We’ll recommend the model that fits the lender, the brand requirements, and the owner’s risk tolerance.
How early should we bring you in?
Pre-construction. Owners who bring a hospitality GC in during design get value-engineering input and brand-standard validation before drawings are committed. Bringing us in at bid is fine but leaves money on the table.
Can you self-perform or do you sub everything?
Mixed model. We self-perform field supervision and oversight, sub specialty trades to licensed vendors we’ve worked with on prior projects. The GC license sits on our shoulders either way.
What about life-safety and code compliance?
Brand-standard plus current Florida Building Code, fire-suppression coordination with the fire marshal, ADA compliance, and life-safety third-party inspection. All documented in the closeout package.
Do you handle pre-opening and grand-opening coordination?
Yes — substantial completion punch, brand pre-opening inspection, life-safety sign-off, COC, and turnover to ops. The GA event itself is the operator’s lane.
Building a hotel? Bring us in during pre-con.
We’ll walk the site, review the plans, and propose a delivery model that fits your franchise and lender.