Hotels opening soon in United States

Tampa, Florida

The James Hotel West Tampa

A century-old West Tampa cigar factory, long abandoned, is being reborn as a roughly 70-room design-driven boutique hotel.

Boutique / Upscale · 70 rooms

Richmond, Virginia

Dear John

A Pulitzer-winning novelist's 1841 Greek Revival mansion, reborn as a 12-room hotel from Richmond's best-known dessert shop.

Boutique · 12 rooms

Orlando, Florida

Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Orlando

Paramount licenses the Nickelodeon brand to a two-tower, 543,000-square-foot family resort in Kissimmee, pairing 211 hotel rooms with 181 condo units sleeping up to twelve

Upscale · 211 rooms

Seattle, Washington

The Langham, Seattle Hotel & Residences

Kengo Kuma reimagines a 1916 Seattle landmark as Langham's Pacific Northwest debut.

Luxury · 187 rooms

San Juan (Isla Verde), Puerto Rico

The Ritz-Carlton, San Juan

A storied Isla Verde landmark returns after a $150 million reimagining.

Luxury · 417 rooms

Announced · End of 2026 (targeted)

Cincinnati, Ohio

Hilton Garden Inn Cincinnati Downtown

A 130-room Hilton Garden Inn inside a former Procter & Gamble office tower, backed by $3.15 million in Ohio historic tax credits.

Upscale select-service — mainstream Hilton tier, not a boutique or lifestyle brand · 130 rooms

Miami, Florida

Virgin Hotels Miami

Virgin Hotels' first Florida outpost is rising as a 40-story Brickell tower pairing 250 hotel rooms with 150 branded residences — developer Blue Jay Capital's bet that Richard Branson's lifestyle brand can anchor Miami's Financial District, with a 2026 opening that has yet to get a firm date.

Upper-upscale lifestyle (Virgin Hotels brand) · 250 rooms

San Francisco, California

Rosewood San Francisco

Rosewood's ultra-luxury debut claims 15 floors of San Francisco's tallest new tower.

Luxury · 180 rooms

New York, New York

Hotel Meta

A 51-story tower facing the Hudson River in Hudson Yards will open as a 379-room Tribute Portfolio hotel — Marx Development Group's answer to a project that has already survived a brand change and a construction slowdown.

Upscale / lifestyle (Tribute Portfolio) · 379 rooms

San Francisco, California

The Hearst Hotel, Auberge Resorts Collection

Roman and Williams reimagines San Francisco's landmark 1911 Hearst Building as a hotel.

Luxury · 150 rooms

Raleigh, North Carolina

Oberlin Hotel

A boutique hotel names itself for the freedmen's village it now sits beside.

Upscale · 153 rooms

Los Angeles, California

Mama Shelter Downtown LA

Ennismore converts the Fashion District's Mart South Building into its second, and now only, Los Angeles Mama Shelter, targeted for 2026.

Upscale lifestyle · 149 rooms

Announced · Targeted late August 2026

Palm Springs, California

Palihotel Palm Springs

Palisociety's conversion of a shuttered Vagabond Inn motor lodge into a 116-room Palihotel, arriving as the brand joins Marriott's Design Hotels collection.

Boutique/lifestyle · 116 rooms

Announced · Summer 2026

Dallas, Texas

Moxy Dallas Uptown

Dallas gets its playful side: a 154-room Moxy anchoring a new 19-story tower on the McKinney Avenue nightlife strip.

Upscale / Lifestyle · 154 rooms

Announced · Summer 2026

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Hotel Bardo Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh's Art Deco Gulf Tower reborn as a landmark luxury hotel.

Luxury · 130 rooms

Announced · Summer 2026

Fresno, California

Courtyard by Marriott Fresno Downtown

Downtown Fresno's first full-service hotel in decades, next to the convention center.

Upscale · 144 rooms

Announced · August 2026

San Antonio, Texas

Aztec Hotel, San Antonio, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel

A 77-room boutique hotel rising above the Riverwalk's 1926 Aztec Theatre, its Mayan Revival movie-palace shell converted rather than replaced.

Boutique / Upscale · 77 rooms

Los Angeles, California

PUBLIC West Hollywood

Ian Schrager revives the Sunset Strip's original Standard Hotel site as democratic luxury.

Lifestyle · 137 rooms

Announced · September 16, 2026

Raleigh, North Carolina

The Gables

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt restores the last operating motel on U.S. 1 into an 18-room boutique retreat in Raleigh's Mordecai neighborhood.

Boutique lifestyle · 18 rooms

Savannah, Georgia

Recess Hotel & Club

A new lifestyle-hotel brand returns Savannah's 1913 Manger Building to hospitality after nearly five decades as offices

Luxury lifestyle · 221 rooms

Austin, Texas

bohème

A 20-room East Austin hotel where every suite is themed around a different strand of the city's culture.

Boutique/Luxury · 20 rooms

Los Angeles, California

Kali Hotel and Rooftop, Autograph Collection

The only hotel permitted at SoFi Stadium, built by Rams owner Stan Kroenke.

Lifestyle · 300 rooms

Miami, Florida

E11EVEN Club Hotel & Residences (Tower One)

Miami's most famous nightclub is building itself a 65-story hotel two blocks from the dance floor that made it famous.

Upscale lifestyle / nightlife-branded condo-hotel

Kansas City, Missouri

River Market Hotel

The first hotel to open inside Kansas City's River Market neighborhood, built into a four-story 1880 building.

Boutique · 45 rooms

St. Louis, Missouri

Truitt St. Louis

An 1884 jewelry magnate's Lafayette Square mansion becomes an 8-room hotel, Truitt's first outpost beyond Kansas City.

Boutique / upscale · 8 rooms

Dallas, Texas

AC Hotel Dallas Uptown

A design-forward Marriott brand claims the smaller half of a new 19-story tower on the McKinney Avenue corridor, sharing the building with a 154-room Moxy next door.

Upscale / Lifestyle · 110 rooms

Portland, Oregon

The Mindaro, part of JdV by Hyatt

A design-led lifestyle hotel arriving on a new campus a few minutes from PDX.

Lifestyle/Boutique · 88 rooms

St. Louis, Missouri

AC Hotel St. Louis Downtown

A 1904 World's Fair-era hotel, vacant for nearly two decades, is being reborn as a 225-room AC Hotel.

Upscale/Lifestyle · 225 rooms

Raleigh, North Carolina

Hotel Indigo Raleigh

Raleigh's landmark round tower reopens as a 204-room boutique hotel in October.

Upscale · 204 rooms

Announced · October 2026

Scottsdale, Arizona

Scottsdale Golf Retreat at Troon North

A 26-suite stay-and-play enclave rising beside Troon North's Monument and Pinnacle courses, built for golfers rather than downtown visitors.

Luxury boutique (stay-and-play golf resort) · 26 rooms

Announced · October 2026

Medina, Ohio

The Legacy Hotel, Tribute Portfolio

A five-story boutique hotel rising on Medina Square, bringing Marriott's Tribute Portfolio and three new restaurants to a small Ohio town's historic core.

Boutique/Upscale · 77 rooms

Announced · October 2026

Indianapolis, Indiana

Kimpton Indianapolis (Odd Fellows Building)

IHG's Kimpton brand is converting Indianapolis's 1908 Odd Fellows tower — once the tallest building in Indiana — into a 167-room luxury boutique hotel.

Luxury boutique · 167 rooms

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Warbler Hotel

A Jazz Age-inspired conversion of the old Trolly Stop Cafe on St. Charles Avenue

Boutique / upscale · 58 rooms

Tampa, Florida

The Inn at El Reloj

An 11-room inn rising above a restaurant and cigar lounge inside a restored 1910 Ybor City building, directly across from the historic El Reloj cigar factory.

Boutique · 11 rooms

Dallas, Texas

The Knox

Auberge brings resort sensibility to the Knox Street district

Luxury · 140 rooms

Announced · Late 2026 (targeted)

Denver, Colorado

AC Hotel Denver Gateway Park

A 146-room AC Hotel under construction near Denver International Airport, financed by Voyage Capital Group with a construction loan that closed in mid-2025.

Upscale · 146 rooms

Austin, Texas

The Blanco

MML Hospitality's first mixed-use development, inside a Herzog & de Meuron-designed mass-timber tower in Clarksville.

Luxury/Boutique · 57 rooms

Phoenix, Arizona

Denū Hotel & Spa

A 17-floor downtown Phoenix tower billed as the first downtown Phoenix hotel with a full-service spa

Luxury/Boutique · 236 rooms

Charlotte, North Carolina

The Beckworth Charlotte Uptown, Curio Collection by Hilton

A century-old Uptown office tower being reborn as its first-ever hotel, with a rooftop bar and two new restaurants from Charlotte's Built on Hospitality group.

Luxury / Boutique · 240 rooms

Raleigh, North Carolina

The Oberlin Raleigh, Curio Collection by Hilton

A new-build boutique hotel in the Village District that names itself, deliberately, for Raleigh's Black Freedman history.

Upscale/Boutique · 153 rooms

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

The Elm Hotel

A 140-room boutique hotel breaking ground inside The Half, a new north Oklahoma City lifestyle development.

Boutique/Upscale · 140 rooms

Miami, Florida

The Dean Miami

An Irish lifestyle group makes its US debut on South Beach's Collins Avenue.

Lifestyle · 235 rooms

Austin, Texas

Hotel Trinity, Autograph Collection

Downtown Austin's only Autograph Collection hotel, topped by a rooftop social club.

Luxury · 258 rooms

Cleveland, Ohio

W Cleveland

Ohio's first W anchors a $218M reinvention of the 1964 Erieview Tower.

Luxury · 210 rooms

Branson, Missouri

Silver Dollar City Resort

Herschend's first theme-park resort rises over the Ozarks and Table Rock Lake.

Upscale · 262 rooms

Announced · December 2026

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Chisholm Creek Hotel, Autograph Collection

Marriott's only planned boutique-lifestyle hotel in north Oklahoma City, from the team behind The National downtown.

Upscale/Lifestyle · 181 rooms

Announced · Q4 2026

Tucson, Arizona

Lodge on the Desert Tucson, Tapestry Collection by Hilton

Built in 1937 as a hacienda-style retreat and independently run for over eight decades, this Midtown Tucson landmark is converting to Hilton's Tapestry Collection following a $16 million acquisition by Atira Hotels.

Boutique/Upscale · 102 rooms

San Diego, California

Le Méridien San Diego Pinnacle

A 39-story waterfront tower rising above downtown San Diego, topped by a rooftop pool and bar with views over the bay.

Upper-upscale / Lifestyle · 231 rooms

Announced · January 2027 (targeted)

Orlando, Florida

Kimpton Orlando

Kimpton's first Orlando hotel rises inside a new downtown sports district.

Lifestyle · 261 rooms

Phoenix, Arizona

Fairmont Phoenix

A 1930s hardware warehouse anchors a new 25-story tower in downtown Phoenix

Luxury · 225 rooms

Announced · Late 2027 / early 2028 (target)

Fresno, California

AC Hotel by Marriott Fresno River Park

Fresno's first 4-star hotel, rising as one half of the city's first dual-brand construction project near River Park.

Upscale (4-star) · 195 rooms

Mesa, Arizona

Cambria Hotel Mesa

A 107-room Cambria is rising at the corner of Elliot and Ellsworth, betting that Mesa's data-center boom needs somewhere upscale to sleep.

Upscale · 107 rooms

Announced · Early 2027 (targeted)

Tampa, Florida

Pendry Tampa

Pendry's Florida debut pairs a five-star hotel with a 38-story condo tower.

Luxury · 220 rooms

Announced · Late 2027/early 2028

Fresno, California

AC Hotel Fresno River Park

Fresno's first four-star hotel is rising as a dual-brand tower shared with Element, with a rooftop lounge overlooking River Park.

Upscale/Lifestyle · 195 rooms

New York, New York

The Wolseley Hotel New York

London's storied brasserie brand opens its first-ever hotel, in a 1905 Broadway clubhouse.

Luxury · 76 rooms

Detroit, Michigan

JW Marriott Detroit Water Square

A 601-room JW Marriott rises where Joe Louis Arena once stood.

Luxury · 601 rooms

Tucson, Arizona

Tempo by Hilton Tucson Uptown

Hilton's design-forward Tempo brand anchors Tucson's former Foothills Mall site.

Upscale · 144 rooms

Announced · February 2027

Indianapolis, Indiana

Signia by Hilton Indianapolis

An 800-room, 40-story new-build will be Indianapolis's tallest hotel.

Premium · 800 rooms

Columbus, Ohio

The Merchant Hotel

Columbus gets its first true luxury hotel, 32 storeys above the historic North Market.

Luxury · 212 rooms

Austin, Texas

The Standard, Austin

The Standard returns to the US with a South Congress reinvention after a decade away.

Lifestyle

Lake Tahoe, California

Gurney's Lake Tahoe Resort & Spa

The Hamptons' ultra-luxury brand makes its West Coast debut on Tahoe's shore.

Luxury · 206 rooms

North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Compass by Margaritaville Hotel

A 14-story Compass by Margaritaville rises where Castaway Beach Inn once stood

Upscale lifestyle · 141 rooms

Announced · Spring 2027 (expected)

Richmond, Virginia

AC Hotel Richmond Downtown (Eighth & Main)

A vacant 20-story Dominion Energy office tower becoming an AC Hotel over its lower floors, apartments over the rest.

Upscale/Lifestyle · 207 rooms

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Hotel Laureum

Northwestern Mutual turns a shuttered 1926 private club into a 35-room lakeside hotel.

Luxury · 35 rooms

Chicago, Illinois

Bally's Chicago

A casino operator is building Chicago's newest riverfront skyscraper, and the hotel inside it is the least controversial part of the project.

Upscale · 500 rooms

Announced · May 2027 (expected)

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Hotel Indigo Virginia Beach Oceanfront

The oceanfront Ramada Plaza trades its Wyndham flag for IHG's upper-upscale Hotel Indigo after a $19M-plus renovation.

Upper-upscale lifestyle · 166 rooms

Cleveland, Ohio

AC Hotel Cleveland Downtown

A 1896 skyscraper built for a bank drops 26 years as a Holiday Inn Express to become downtown Cleveland's first AC Hotel by Marriott.

Upscale lifestyle · 141 rooms

Announced · Mid-to-late 2027 (expected)

Miami, Florida

Baccarat Hotel & Residences Brickell

A 75-story crystal-branded tower rising on the Miami River, built primarily as condominiums but carrying a hotel component whose exact size no one has yet pinned down.

Ultra-luxury

Announced · 2027-2028

Fredericksburg, Texas

Waldorf Astoria Texas Hill Country

Waldorf Astoria's first Texas property, a 106-acre wine-country resort less than a mile from downtown Fredericksburg

Luxury resort · 60 rooms

Announced · 2027 (announced target)

Louisville, Kentucky

JW Marriott Louisville

Kentucky's first JW Marriott converts a 26-story former bank tower into a five-restaurant landmark.

Luxury · 418 rooms

Detroit, Michigan

The Detroit EDITION

Downtown Detroit's first five-star hotel rises inside the restored Hudson's tower.

Luxury · 227 rooms

Houston, Texas

The Birdsall, Auberge Resorts Collection

Auberge Resorts' Houston debut anchors a new River Oaks enclave.

Luxury · 105 rooms

Nashville, Tennessee

The Hoxton Nashville

The Hoxton's fifth U.S. address lands in a Nashville warehouse district still finding its name.

Lifestyle · 204 rooms

Washington, D.C., District of Columbia

MOB Hotel Washington DC

Cyril Aouizerate's Paris hotel-and-community concept plans its first North American address, Starck-designed, in Union Market.

Lifestyle boutique · 144 rooms

Miami Beach, Florida

Shore Club Resort and Residences, Auberge Resorts Collection

Auberge Resorts Collection takes over the historic Shore Club for a 2027 relaunch designed by Robert A.M. Stern

Luxury · 73 rooms

Houston, Texas

The Houston Grand Hotel — River Oaks

A 1982 tower that has already carried two Marriott luxury flags — Houston's first Ritz-Carlton, then the St. Regis since 1997 — is changing hands again: Saddlebrook Equity and Management acquired the hotel in January 2026 and will relaunch it as The Houston Grand Hotel — River Oaks under Marriott's Luxury Collection banner, following a full renovation.

Luxury · 232 rooms

Orlando, Florida

Disney Lakeshore Lodge

A 900-room Bay Lake resort rising on the site of a previously shelved Disney project of the same footprint

Upscale resort · 900 rooms

Savannah, Georgia

The Digby, an Unbound Collection Hotel by Hyatt

A 36-room debut on the last vacant lot on Ellis Square, named for the family whose deed once covered the plot

Luxury boutique · 36 rooms

Hallandale Beach, Florida

Shell Bay, Auberge Resorts Collection

Auberge Resorts Collection's South Florida debut, inside a private golf-and-marina club

Luxury

Paradise Valley, Arizona

The Ritz-Carlton, Paradise Valley, The Palmeraie

Arizona's first new Ritz-Carlton in over a decade is rising between Phoenix and Scottsdale — under court-supervised construction after its developer's Chapter 11 filing.

Luxury · 215 rooms

Announced · 2027 (targeted)

Chicago, Illinois

The Neighborhood Hotel – West Loop

A landmarked 1912 bank headquarters, vacant since 2005, being converted into the operator's second Chicago property, with the old vaults becoming a bar.

Boutique · 76 rooms

Atlanta, Georgia

Virgin Hotels Atlanta

Virgin Hotels' first Georgia outpost rises 14 stories above Centennial Yards, steps from State Farm Arena and Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Upscale lifestyle · 261 rooms

Announced · 2027 (targeted)

San Diego, California

Fairmont Manchester San Diego

Fairmont's largest US hotel yet rises 36 stories over San Diego Bay.

Luxury · 1 rooms

Chicago, Illinois

Ruby Hotel Chicago

German design brand Ruby converts a 1920s tower for its US debut.

Upscale · 412 rooms

Nashville, Tennessee

Pendry Nashville

Montage International's Pendry brand debuts in Nashville with 146 branded residences attached.

Luxury · 180 rooms

Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Waldorf Astoria Lake Tahoe

Waldorf Astoria's first Sierra Nevada property is rising on the demolished remains of the shuttered Tahoe Biltmore casino — after a 2024 loan default notice and asbestos-driven demolition delays.

5-star luxury — Waldorf Astoria's first Sierra Nevada property · 76 rooms

Announced · 2027-2028

Niagara Falls, New York

Hotel Niagara

A 1924 landmark hotel that sat vacant for roughly 19 years is being rebuilt into a 150-room upper-upscale property, on a timeline that has already slipped repeatedly.

Upper-upscale / full-service · 150 rooms

Boston, Massachusetts

Strider Hotel

A Curio Collection by Hilton debut rising at Boston Landing, beside the Brighton commuter-rail stop

Upscale lifestyle · 170 rooms

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Tempo by Hilton Virginia Beach Town Center

A seven-story, 163-room lifestyle hotel has topped out on a demolished bank site in Virginia Beach's Town Center, tracking toward 2027 after two schedule slips from an original 2025 target.

Upscale / Lifestyle · 163 rooms

Washington, D.C., District of Columbia

The Bazaar House by José Andrés

José Andrés opens his first hotel: a 67-room Georgetown club-and-restaurant compound.

Luxury · 67 rooms

Detroit, Michigan

NoMad Detroit

Hilton's NoMad brand debuts in the US atop Detroit's restored Michigan Central Station.

Luxury · 180 rooms

Maui, Hawaii

St. Regis Kapalua Bay

Marriott's first Hawaii return for St. Regis, converting a 146-residence oceanfront resort on Maui's Kapalua coast.

Luxury · 146 rooms

Cleveland, Ohio

Tribute Hotel at the Sloan Building

A century-old office tower becomes downtown Cleveland's first hotel-apartment hybrid.

Upscale · 123 rooms

Aspen, Colorado

Aspen Mountain Chalet

Aspen's oldest lodge, reborn as a $100 million alpine landmark.

Luxury · 59 rooms

Announced · Summer 2027 (announced target)

Los Angeles, California

Soho House Venice Beach

Soho House's fifth Greater LA outpost leans entirely into wellness, steps from Abbot Kinney Boulevard

Boutique members' club with hotel rooms

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Aloft Albuquerque Sunport

New Mexico's first Aloft hotel is rising four stories from an airport-adjacent lot, built with extra soundproofing to blunt the Sunport's runway noise.

Upscale Lifestyle · 109 rooms

Announced · Summer 2027 (targeted)

Seattle, Washington

The Baillie

A century-old Capitol Hill mansion trades its decades as a bed and breakfast for a restaurant-led boutique hotel.

Boutique/Luxury · 10 rooms

Houston, Texas

Canopy by Hilton Houston Downtown

Houston's first Canopy by Hilton, inside the 116-year-old Scanlan Building

Upscale lifestyle · 140 rooms

Announced · September 2027

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

The Scoundrel Hotel, Tribute Portfolio

Appalachian moonshine heritage reimagined as a boutique Smoky Mountains hotel.

Upscale · 132 rooms

Announced · Q3 2027

Nashville, Tennessee

Moxy Nashville Capitol District

A second Moxy for Nashville, this one rising north of the Capitol rather than on Broadway.

Lifestyle · 188 rooms

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Sports Illustrated Resort Baton Rouge

The Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center is converting into a Sports Illustrated Resort, betting on LSU's college-sports culture to reinvent a downtown tower.

Upscale/Lifestyle · 137 rooms

Announced · September 2027

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Catbird Hotel Colorado Springs

Sage Hospitality is bringing its Denver extended-stay hit south, betting that fully equipped kitchens and a lending closet of mopeds and snowboards will work just as well at the foot of Pikes Peak.

Upscale / Boutique lifestyle · 180 rooms

Announced · Fall 2027 (targeted)

New York, New York

Little Nell New York

Aspen's most discreet hotel arrives at 10 Rockefeller Plaza

Luxury · 130 rooms

Announced · Fall 2027

St. Louis, Missouri

Sheraton St. Louis Downtown

An $81M overhaul turns a mural-clad landmark into a new-flag Sheraton.

Premium · 284 rooms

Announced · Fall 2027

Dallas, Texas

Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Dallas at Turtle Creek

A 35-story Pelli Clarke tower brings Four Seasons to Dallas for the first time.

Luxury · 233 rooms

Announced · October 2027

Naples, Florida

The Carnelian Hotel

A 70-suite hotel built alongside — but kept separate from — Naples' newest private club

Luxury/Boutique · 70 rooms

Omaha, Nebraska

Millwork Hotel

A 1920s wood-milling warehouse becomes Omaha's newest boutique address.

Lifestyle · 144 rooms

Tucson, Arizona

Hyatt Regency Tucson Convention Center

A decade-vacant downtown landmark becomes Tucson's first Hyatt Regency.

Premium · 291 rooms

Houston, Texas

Compass Hotel by Margaritaville Nassau Bay

A Hilton flag on NASA Parkway is coming down for a Margaritaville one, as the 2025 sale of Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake to Nassau Bay Resorts LLC turns a convention hotel next to Johnson Space Center into a 229-room tropical-themed resort.

Upscale/Boutique Resort · 229 rooms

Atlanta, Georgia

The Marriott Atlanta

Atlanta's Crowne Plaza Midtown tower is changing flags outright: new owners are converting the IHG property into The Marriott Atlanta, a flagship Marriott Hotels reopening targeted for late 2027, months ahead of Super Bowl LXII.

Upper-upscale · 462 rooms

Announced · Late 2027 (targeted)

Houston, Texas

AC Hotel by Marriott CityCentre Houston

A ground-up six-story AC Hotel breaking ground as CityCentre's second property, aimed at the mixed-use district's business and leisure crowd alike.

Upscale / Lifestyle · 153 rooms

Fort Worth, Texas

SpringHill Suites by Marriott Fort Worth South Main

A 156-room select-service Marriott going up on the corner that anchors South Main's restaurant strip, betting on foot traffic rather than a signature design statement.

Upscale select-service · 156 rooms

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

AC Hotel Milwaukee Downtown

A seven-story tower on the old Bradley Center site gives Milwaukee's Deer District a second new hotel — switched from Moxy to AC Hotel before it ever opened under either flag.

Upscale select-service lifestyle · 156 rooms

Los Angeles, California

Aman Beverly Hills

Aman's first West Coast hotel is rising inside a $10 billion Beverly Hills megaproject — with a completion date still two Olympics away.

Ultra-luxury · 78 rooms

Announced · November 2027

Las Vegas, Nevada

Hard Rock Las Vegas (Guitar Hotel)

A 42-story guitar-shaped tower is replacing The Mirage on the Strip.

Luxury · 675 rooms

Announced · Q4 2027

Miami Beach, Florida

Grand Hyatt Miami Beach Convention Center Hotel

A 17-story, 800-room convention headquarters hotel is rising beside the Miami Beach Convention Center, linked to it by a climate-controlled skybridge — a $385 million build by Terra Group and Turnberry that topped out in July 2026 and is tracking toward a November 2027 opening.

Upper-upscale, large-format convention headquarters hotel (Grand Hyatt brand) · 800 rooms

Lake Tahoe, California

The Mtn Scout Truckee, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel

Marriott's Tribute Portfolio breaks ground on what's reported as Truckee's first upper-upscale, full-service hotel.

Upper-upscale boutique · 129 rooms

Announced · Early 2028

Indianapolis, Indiana

The Ritz-Carlton, Indianapolis

Marriott's first Ritz-Carlton in Indianapolis rises where a Shinola hotel was once planned.

Luxury · 176 rooms

Announced · Early 2028

Albuquerque, New Mexico

The Rev, Tribute Portfolio Hotel

Titan Development is razing a derelict 1959 Route 66 motor court in Nob Hill and replacing it with a 112-room Tribute Portfolio hotel, funded in part by a $34 million county revenue bond.

Upscale/Boutique · 112 rooms

Announced · Early 2028

Salt Lake City, Utah

Kimpton Hotel West Temple

A $102 million Kimpton tower rises at 370 South West Temple, downtown Salt Lake City's second Kimpton address

Upscale/Lifestyle · 216 rooms

Announced · Q1 2028

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati Marriott Downtown

A 21-story, 700-room Marriott Hotels tower broke ground at Fifth and Plum Streets on July 21, 2026, built to give Cincinnati a headquarters hotel directly wired into the newly renamed First Financial Center by skybridge.

Upper-upscale full-service convention hotel · 700 rooms

Announced · Late 2028 / early 2029 (targeted)

Tampa, Florida

AC Hotel & Moxy Tampa Downtown

A 13-story dual-branded tower breaking ground in the Channel District, pairing 175 AC Hotel rooms with 135 Moxy rooms under one roof and a shared rooftop pool deck.

Upscale / Lifestyle · 310 rooms

Announced · Early 2028 (targeted)

Chattanooga, Tennessee

AC Hotel Chattanooga

Chattanooga's first AC Hotel, a ground-up build on Southside's Broad and Main with a Japanese restaurant on the ground floor

Upscale lifestyle · 148 rooms

Announced · Targeted spring 2028

Savannah, Georgia

The Ritz-Carlton Savannah, Downtown

Savannah's tallest early-20th-century landmark becomes its first Ritz-Carlton.

Luxury · 168 rooms

Announced · Q2 2028

Savannah, Georgia

Signia by Hilton Savannah

A $398 million, 444-room convention headquarters hotel is rising on Hutchinson Island, reachable only by bridge or ferry.

Upper-upscale, luxury · 444 rooms

Announced · Mid-2028

Richmond, Virginia

AC Hotel Richmond Scott's Addition

A 12-story AC Hotel rising on a former Hardee's lot, sharing one Scott's Addition tower with a separate 120-suite Residence Inn.

Upscale/Lifestyle · 133 rooms

Announced · Mid-2028 (expected)

Indianapolis, Indiana

21c Museum Hotel Indianapolis

Ennismore's art-hotel brand 21c signed a 2024 deal to build inside Indianapolis's 1910 Old City Hall — the same site where an earlier 21c deal for the building collapsed in 2017.

Boutique / lifestyle (art hotel) · 156 rooms

Announced · Targeted 2028

Dallas, Texas

The Dallas EDITION

Ian Schrager's EDITION brand debuts in Texas atop Uptown's Chalk Hill development.

Luxury · 214 rooms

Announced · 2028 (groundbreaking targeted for 2026)

Louisville, Kentucky

One Forty West

A 27-story, 300-room tower planned for downtown Louisville's former EMW clinic site, with groundbreaking targeted for 2026

Upscale · 300 rooms

Orlando, Florida

InterContinental Orlando

IHG's luxury flagship for International Drive rises on the fully demolished site of the former Wyndham Orlando Resort

Luxury · 700 rooms

Announced · 2028 (targeted)

Austin, Texas

Graduate Austin

AJ Capital's college-town brand ditches its usual adaptive-reuse playbook for a ground-up tower blocks from the UT Austin campus.

Boutique/Lifestyle · 194 rooms

Memphis, Tennessee

100 N. Main Hotel, Autograph Collection

Memphis's tallest building, empty since the mid-2010s, is being converted into a 160-room Marriott Autograph hotel — construction has already stalled once.

Upscale / Boutique · 160 rooms

Announced · Before 2028

Chicago, Illinois

Backbeat Hotel

The first hotel planned for Chicago's Northalsted strip, a small LGBTQ+-centered new build named for the city's house-music history.

Boutique / Lifestyle · 50 rooms

Announced · Targeted 2028

Kansas City, Missouri

UMusic Hotel Kansas City

Universal Music's hotel brand plans to convert Kansas City's 1907 Scarritt Building, the city's second-ever skyscraper, into a 169-room hotel with recording studios, anchoring a $465-484M downtown redevelopment still in permitting.

Luxury · 169 rooms

Announced · 2028 (targeted)

Telluride, Colorado

Six Senses Telluride

IHG's first Six Senses resort in the Mountain West: 77 rooms and 24 residences rising in Mountain Village, above Telluride's box canyon.

Ultra-luxury · 77 rooms

Telluride, Colorado

Four Seasons Resort and Residences Telluride

A $1bn ski-in/ski-out development at the base of the Telluride gondola — Four Seasons' Colorado debut, and Mountain Village's first new luxury project in over 15 years.

Ultra-luxury · 52 rooms

Johns Island, South Carolina

Jubilee

A 75-key wellness hotel anchoring a 13-acre 'coastal revival' village on Johns Island — the first hotel of its kind for an area where visitors usually stay 30 to 45 minutes away.

Upscale/Wellness · 75 rooms

Nashville, Tennessee

The Nashville EDITION

Marriott's design-driven EDITION brand breaks ground on a 28-story Gulch tower pairing 261 rooms with 84 residences, backed by $400 million in construction financing.

Luxury lifestyle · 261 rooms

Announced · Summer 2028 (targeted)

Las Vegas, Nevada

AC Hotel & Residence Inn Las Vegas Convention Center

Mortenson's first Las Vegas ground-up development pairs 237 AC Hotel rooms with 160 Residence Inn suites

Upscale · 397 rooms

Portland, Oregon

Taft Home Hotel

McMenamins is restoring a 1906 hotel-turned-senior-housing building, with a private skybridge into its Crystal Ballroom next door.

Boutique/Lifestyle · 63 rooms

Announced · September 2028 (targeted)

Miami, Florida

Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences Miami

A 100-story stack of glass cubes becomes Florida's tallest building, Miami's first supertall.

Luxury · 205 rooms

Announced · Late 2028 (targeted)

Charlotte, North Carolina

Autograph Collection Hotel, Charlotte South End

White Lodging breaks ground on South End's first full-service lifestyle hotel, a 295-room Autograph Collection property with a plunge-pool pool deck and rooftop restaurant.

Upscale lifestyle · 295 rooms

Washington, D.C., District of Columbia

Chinatown DC Hotel, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel

Seven historic Chinatown rowhouses, a nine-story addition, and a Moy family plan first sketched in the 1970s.

Boutique · 90 rooms

Bend, Oregon

CASCADA Bend

Portland's celebrated thermal-springs hotel is opening a second, larger outpost in downtown Bend, with 68 rooms and roughly 250% more water than the original.

Upscale/Wellness · 68 rooms

Raleigh, North Carolina

Omni Raleigh Hotel

A 600-room, 29-story tower anchors downtown Raleigh's convention district.

Premium · 600 rooms

Announced · Targeted for May 2029

Columbus, Ohio

University Square Hotel, Tribute Portfolio

An eight-story Marriott is set to become Ohio State's first purpose-built hotel, though its opening date, room count and even groundbreaking are all still moving targets.

Upscale lifestyle (Marriott soft brand) · 140 rooms

Nashville, Tennessee

The Ritz-Carlton Nashville

Marriott's most prestigious brand tries Nashville again, this time in the Gulch and under an entirely different developer.

Luxury · 182 rooms

Phoenix, Arizona

JW Marriott Downtown Phoenix

A vacant 1990s office tower becomes Arizona Center's first hotel conversion

Luxury · 340 rooms

Announced · 2029 (targeted)

Dallas, Texas

Dallas Proper Hotel & Residences

A 34-story SOM tower bringing Proper Hospitality's design-driven brand to Uptown Dallas, with interiors by Kelly Wearstler.

Luxury · 200 rooms

Kanab, Utah

Six Senses Camp Korongo

A 480-acre desert camp of tented pavilions near Kanab, close enough to see Zion, Bryce Canyon, the Grand Canyon and Arches from the site.

Ultra-luxury · 41 rooms

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino San Juan

An $850 million bay-front resort with Puerto Rico's first integrated casino is set to add over 650 rooms, suites and residences to San Juan by 2029.

Luxury · 415 rooms

Houston, Texas

The Ritz-Carlton, Houston

The Ritz-Carlton's Houston debut tops a 45-story Uptown tower designed by Pickard Chilton.

Luxury · 156 rooms

Announced · Fall 2029

Miami, Florida

Anantara Miami Resort & Residences

Minor Hotels brings Anantara to the United States for the first time with a 650-foot tower on Biscayne Bay

Luxury · 50 rooms

Announced · 2030

New York, New York

Bally's Bronx

A 500-room casino hotel at Ferry Point Park, one of three downstate casino licenses New York state approved in December 2025

Upscale · 500 rooms

Announced · 2030

Chicago, Illinois

The Hoxton, Lakeshore East

Ennismore's second Hoxton for Chicago is set to anchor a 47-story Lakeshore East tower near Millennium Park, though the construction loan that would actually start the project is still missing.

Upscale lifestyle

Los Angeles, California

Hotel Lucile

A 1931 Romanesque church in Silver Lake, stripped of its congregation and rebuilt as a 25-room hotel without a single new wall.

Boutique / lifestyle · 25 rooms

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Loews Hotel Pittsburgh (Convention Center)

A 500-room Loews hotel is proposed to attach directly to Pittsburgh's convention center, but only a non-binding letter of intent has been signed so far.

Upper-upscale full-service (specific brand tier not yet disclosed) · 500 rooms

Indianapolis, Indiana

Motto by Hilton Indianapolis (King Cole Building)

A 1915 Beaux Arts office building near Monument Circle has been slated to become a 116-room Motto by Hilton since 2019 — and still hasn't broken ground.

Boutique lifestyle micro-hotel · 116 rooms

Asheville, North Carolina

Zelda Salon

Hatteras Sky's second Fitzgerald Estate hotel turns a century-old downtown department store into a Paris-1920s-themed boutique property.

Luxury boutique · 35 rooms

Sedona, Arizona

Senoa Resort & Spa

A fully entitled, low-density villa resort on Oak Creek — one of the last new luxury hotel sites Sedona's restrictive zoning will allow.

Luxury / wellness resort · 70 rooms

Chicago, Illinois

Hudson House, Motor Row, Curio Collection by Hilton

A century-old auto showroom on Chicago's Motor Row is being converted into a 154-room Hilton Curio Collection hotel led by two former NFL players turned developers.

Upscale / Boutique · 154 rooms

Lake Tahoe, California

Common Pine (Truckee Railyard Hotel)

Billed as the Lake Tahoe region's first mass-timber hotel, approved for downtown Truckee's Railyard district — and now under appeal.

Boutique/upscale — billed as the Lake Tahoe region's first mass-timber hotel · 60 rooms

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Third Ward Hotel (224 E. Chicago St.)

NCG Hospitality's second Milwaukee conversion switched from a planned AC Hotel to an unbranded boutique project in the same March 2026 shake-up that changed its Deer District hotel's flag.

Upscale boutique (developer's stated positioning)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

TRYP by Wyndham Milwaukee (Haymarket)

An 1888 steam laundry and soap factory in Milwaukee's Haymarket district, never once a hotel, is becoming a 60-room TRYP by Wyndham after years of delay.

Upscale/lifestyle boutique · 60 rooms

Chicago, Illinois

Foundry Park Hotel

A boutique hotel with no name or operator yet, planned as one piece of Foundry Park, the $3 billion riverfront redevelopment of the former Lincoln Yards site, whose zoning cleared the Chicago Plan Commission and City Council in early 2026.

Boutique (provisional — no brand confirmed)

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Downtown Tulsa Convention Center Hotel

A planned 650-room hotel connecting directly to Tulsa's Arvest Convention Center, with a developer named but no hotel brand confirmed yet.

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Mogul Hotel and Residences, Jackson Hole

A five-building complex approved for Jackson's northern gateway, four years into planning and still without a hotel brand or a groundbreaking date

Upscale/luxury, branded hotel and residences per the developer's own description — specific brand affiliation not yet confirmed · 109 rooms

Nashville, Tennessee

Signia by Hilton Nashville Yards

A 33-story convention tower planned to make Nashville's largest hotel even bigger than the Omni.

Upper-upscale · 817 rooms

Miami, Florida

Treehouse Hotel Brickell

A 62-story treehouse of reclaimed wood and rooftop pools, first announced for 2023, still without a firm opening date five years later.

Upscale lifestyle · 191 rooms

Sacramento, California

Convention Center Hotel Tower Sacramento

A planned 28-story tower bridging directly into Sacramento's renovated convention center

Premium · 330 rooms

New York, New York

Soho House Flatiron

Soho House's fourth and largest Manhattan house, announced for construction starting 2027 with no other details yet public

Boutique members' club with hotel rooms

St. Louis, Missouri

Kimpton Hotel St. Louis Downtown West

A $126 million dual-branded, new-build Kimpton and Staybridge Suites project at Market and Jefferson, still under construction

Upscale/Lifestyle · 170 rooms

Chicago, Illinois

EDITION Chicago

Marriott's design-led EDITION brand in advanced talks to take over 12 floors of the former John Hancock Center

Luxury · 350 rooms

San Jose, California

The Olin Hotel

A new-build 176-room boutique hotel approved for a former gas-station site across from Santana Row, with no operator or opening date confirmed yet.

Boutique · 176 rooms

Cincinnati, Ohio

Kimpton Hotel Downtown Cincinnati (Traction Building)

Cincinnati's first Kimpton has been under way, on and off, for nearly a decade inside a 1903 Daniel Burnham office tower

Upscale lifestyle · 152 rooms

Boston, Massachusetts

110 Canal Street Hotel

A vacant Bulfinch Triangle office tower, once CBT Architects' own headquarters, is approved for conversion into an 84-room hotel

Boutique/upscale · 84 rooms

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Adams Hotel

An 11-room boutique conversion of a 1920 auto dealership near Cathedral Square, six years and a parking-lot lawsuit into its build.

Boutique · 11 rooms

Chicago, Illinois

Aquinnah Hotel

A 26-story, 250-room tower approved for Woodlawn's Stony Island Avenue, a short walk from the Obama Presidential Center — with no hotel brand attached yet.

Upscale/Luxury (provisional — no brand confirmed) · 250 rooms

Los Angeles, California

Venice Place

Approved by the California Coastal Commission in 2023 after a decade of hearings and four separate appeals, this 78-room Abbot Kinney project still hadn't broken ground by early 2026, when its coastal permit was extended a second time.

Boutique/Upscale · 78 rooms

Anaheim, California

Road House Hotel

A 125-room boutique hotel rising on the Anaheim Resort district's last vacant industrial lot, its rooftop bar aimed squarely at Disneyland's nightly fireworks.

Upscale boutique lifestyle · 125 rooms

Fort Worth, Texas

Tempo by Hilton Fort Worth Stockyards

Wisconsin developer Raymond Management files plans for a 138-room Tempo on North Main Street, Fort Worth's second Tempo project after Near Southside.

Upscale / lifestyle · 138 rooms

Fort Worth, Texas

Tempo by Hilton Fort Worth Near Southside

Filed for a six-story tower over Magnolia Green Park, this 155-room Tempo would become Near Southside's largest hotel — if Hilton ever confirms it.

Upscale / lifestyle (wellness-focused) · 155 rooms

Kansas City, Missouri

The Riff Hotel

Three conjoined 19th-century buildings on Admiral Boulevard are being converted into a suite-only hotel where each room takes its decor from a song, genre or artist, from Charlie Parker to The Beatles.

Boutique / lifestyle · 12 rooms

Tampa, Florida

Hotel ORA + Private Residences

A planned 39-story, 658-unit condo-hotel tower in downtown Tampa, sold largely to investors through an 8%-guaranteed lease-back program rather than operated as a conventionally flagged hotel.

Luxury (marketed as five-star) · 627 rooms

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Waylen

A 223-key Hyatt conversion of a century-old naval barracks that, more than two years after its announcement, has yet to break ground.

Luxury / boutique · 223 rooms

Seattle, Washington

Tempo by Hilton Seattle Downtown

A 23-story, 300-room Tempo tower has been on Hilton's books for Seattle's Denny Triangle since 2021, with still nothing built.

Lifestyle / Upscale · 300 rooms

Chicago, Illinois

1016 W. Lake Street Hotel, Fulton Market

A 143-room, net-zero-carbon hotel approved for Fulton Market in February 2024 has yet to break ground.

Boutique / Upscale · 143 rooms

Las Vegas, Nevada

Bally's Las Vegas

Bally's wants to replace the demolished Tropicana with a $3 billion, 3,000-room resort wrapped around a new Major League Baseball stadium — but a year on, the ballpark is rising far faster than the hotel.

Luxury · 3 rooms

San Francisco, California

570 Market Street Hotel

A 29-story hotel tower cleared its last legal hurdle in San Francisco's Financial District seven years after it was first proposed, still without a name, an operator, or a start date for construction.

Upscale / boutique · 211 rooms

San Diego, California

CH Projects Little Italy Hotel & Wellness Center

CH Projects' first ground-up hotel is stalled at the permit stage, waiting on a Little Italy corner it has been assembling since 2023.

Boutique / Lifestyle, wellness-focused · 68 rooms

Reno, Nevada

The Boulevard Reno Hotel

A 301-room hotel-casino with no operator yet named is set to rise on a demolished Reno car dealership, anchoring a $350 million soccer-stadium district.

Unconfirmed · 301 rooms

Kansas City, Missouri

The Pennant, Tribute Portfolio Hotel

Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson is an equity partner in this 132-room Marriott Tribute Portfolio hotel rising beside the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in the 18th & Vine District.

Upscale boutique · 132 rooms

Detroit, Michigan

Merchants Building Hotel

A vacant 1922 terra-cotta tower on Broadway Street is being converted into a boutique hotel, with no brand and no fixed opening date yet attached to the project.

Boutique

New York, New York

RIU Plaza New York

RIU's first New York hotel is climbing a 54-story tower at Broadway and West 54th Street, on track to bring 673 rooms and two 300-seat restaurants to the northern edge of Times Square by 2027.

Upscale (RIU Plaza brand) · 673 rooms

New York, New York

The Lowell Modern

The family that owns the Upper East Side's Lowell Hotel is converting a 1960s Madison Avenue office tower into a 96-room companion property, adding nine floors and a new glass facade under New York's ULURP review.

Luxury (companion property to The Lowell Hotel, Upper East Side) · 96 rooms

Des Moines, Iowa

Hotel MoLo

A 1962 roadside motor lodge, gutted into apartments for a generation, is still fighting its way back to being a hotel — one delayed groundbreaking at a time.

Boutique

Las Vegas, Nevada

Majestic Las Vegas

A non-gaming luxury tower on the old La Concha site, still pre-construction more than two decades after it was first announced

Ultra-luxury · 604 rooms

Orlando, Florida

W Orlando

A 400-room W tower paired with a 2,000-seat concert venue, next door to Universal's Epic Universe

Luxury lifestyle · 400 rooms

Aspen, Colorado

RH Guesthouse Aspen

A long-delayed conversion of Aspen's former Crystal Palace dinner theater into a 20-room RH boutique hotel

Luxury boutique · 20 rooms

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Hotel at 20 Washington Avenue South

A vacant Minoru Yamasaki-designed 1965 corporate headquarters, proposed as a 165-room hotel with a rooftop pool over the old mechanical penthouse

Upscale/lifestyle — developer has positioned it between Four Seasons and Hewing Hotel in market tier · 165 rooms

Minneapolis, Minnesota

The West Hotel (Commutator Building)

A Neri&Hu-designed North Loop hotel inside a historic brass foundry, stalled by two rounds of foreclosure since its original 2023 target

Luxury boutique · 123 rooms

Boston, Massachusetts

Hotel Alexandra

A fourth redevelopment attempt returns an 1875 Victorian Gothic landmark on the South End/Roxbury line to hotel use after roughly 125 years

Boutique/upscale · 68 rooms

Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio City Hotel, Tribute Portfolio

A mass-timber boutique hotel aims to give Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood its first hotel bed

Boutique/Upscale · 129 rooms

Memphis, Tennessee

Blues Note Hotel

A 15-story, guitar-pool-topped hotel proposed across from FedExForum has gone silent for more than two years, with its zoning variance still unresolved.

Four-star / Luxury · 191 rooms

Detroit, Michigan

Second Huntington Place Convention Center Hotel

Detroit plans a second 600-room convention hotel next to Huntington Place, funded jointly by a private developer and the region's own convention authority.

Upscale / convention-focused

San Antonio, Texas

JW Marriott San Antonio Downtown

IBC Bank wants to turn its own 1983 office tower into a 300-room JW Marriott on the River Walk, a $164 million wager still waiting on the city's design review board.

Luxury

San Francisco, California

The Jackson, 530 Sansome Street

A 41-story tower planned for the edge of Jackson Square would carry San Francisco's first five-star hotel in three decades, but ground has yet to be broken.

Luxury · 200 rooms

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Cambria Hotel Colorado Springs – Air Force Academy

A four-story, roughly 100-room Cambria is rising in the Victory Ridge development north of Colorado Springs, scaled back from an original 115 rooms as borrowing and construction costs climbed.

Upscale

New York, New York

Crockfords New York

Genting is building a 1,200-room Crockfords casino-resort tower at Resorts World NYC in Queens, part of a $5.5 billion second-phase expansion that broke ground in July 2026 with no opening date yet attached.

Ultra-luxury (Crockfords) · 1 rooms

New York, New York

The Torch

A 52-story supertall is rising over Times Square at 740 Eighth Avenue, topped by a torch-shaped glass spire, a public observation deck and a drop ride above an 825-room hotel — but as of August 2026, no hotel brand has been named.

Not confirmed. Presumed upscale/luxury given the letter of intent with an unnamed luxury hotel chain and the scale of the observation-deck attraction, but no brand, flag, or star tier has been announced. · 825 rooms

Miami, Florida

Hyatt Centric Wynwood

Wynwood's first full-service branded lifestyle hotel is planned two blocks from the Wynwood Walls: an eight-story, 116-room Hyatt Centric from developers Robert Finvarb Companies and The Restaurant People, with construction expected to start in spring 2026 and opening reported anywhere from 2027 to late 2028.

Upscale lifestyle (Hyatt Centric brand) · 116 rooms

Miami, Florida

Dream Miami at Riverside Wharf

Dream Hotel Group's flagship Florida property will anchor Riverside Wharf, a $350 million waterfront complex on the Miami River — 165 rooms, a rooftop nightclub and a superyacht marina, breaking ground in December 2025 with completion now projected for fall 2028.

Upper-upscale lifestyle (Dream Hotel Group) · 165 rooms

Miami, Florida

Legacy Hotel & Residences

Ennismore's Morgans Originals brand is due to make its US debut atop a 50-story Miami Worldcenter tower that has not risen past its 16th floor since March 2024.

Upscale lifestyle · 219 rooms

Washington, D.C., District of Columbia

Aloft Mount Vernon Triangle

A hotel plan first filed in 2016 is still working its way through DC's preservation review, built around a 1946 deli facade that has never before housed a hotel.

Upscale / lifestyle · 152 rooms

Dallas, Texas

Cityplace Tower Hotel

A luxury hotel has been promised inside this 42-story Dallas office tower since 2019, and as of August 2026 it still has neither a confirmed brand nor a start date.

Luxury · 223 rooms

Boston, Massachusetts

New Seaport Hotel (391 D Street)

A 438-room all-electric hotel is approved for Boston's Seaport District, though its brand and market segment remain undecided

Segment genuinely unsettled: the developer has described the hotel only as "select service," pitched as more rate-approachable than its luxury Seaport neighbors, rather than as an upscale full-service property — flag for a future editorial call once a brand is named · 438 rooms

Nashville, Tennessee

Dolly Parton's SongTeller Hotel

Dolly Parton's 245-room storytelling hotel opens with a 20,000-square-foot museum of her life.

Lifestyle · 245 rooms

San Jose, California

Moxy San Jose Downtown

A 19-story, 272-room Moxy-branded tower cleared for downtown San Jose after years of legal challenges, still with no construction start date confirmed.

Lifestyle · 272 rooms