Savannah Convention Center Hotel Tops Out
A $398 million municipal bond offering is financing this project.
Development partners Songy Highroads and Matthews Southwest Hospitality have topped out Signia Hilton Savannah, a 444-key development in Savannah, Ga. To be managed by Hilton, the property will serve as the headquarters hotel of Savannah Convention Center, with opening scheduled for 2028.
A partnership between the Savannah Georgia Convention Center Authority and Georgia World Congress Center Authority owns the project. The duo funded the development with a $398 million municipal bond offering through Morgan Stanley.
The project broke ground in October 2025, with Brasfield & Gorrie as general contractor. It will be the second Signia Hilton hotel in Georgia after the one in Atlanta, which opened in 2024.
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Signia Hilton Savannah is rising 18 stories at Two International Drive. The 460,760-square-foot building is on Hutchinson Island, across the Savannah River and 4 miles from the city’s historic district. Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport is 18 miles away.
The development is directly connected to the Savannah Convention Center, which recently underwent a $276 million expansion and now comprises 660,000 square feet. Together, the two structures form a campus that supports large meetings and citywide events.
Upon completion, Signia Hilton Savannah will include more than 34,000 square feet of meeting space, including a 13,000-square-foot ballroom, an outdoor swimming pool, a grand lobby, Club Signia, a fitness center and parking space. The hotel will also have five food and beverage spaces, with Savannah-based hospitality company Grey Spaces and restaurateur Johno Morisano as partners behind property’s culinary program.
Savannah adds to Georgia’s growing hotel pipeline
Georgia’s hospitality sector has maintained its strong momentum during the third quarter of 2026, according to a recent report by Colliers. Following an event-heavy second quarter, the statewide occupancy rate reached 57.5 percent, witnessing only a modest increase, while RevPAR jumped 1.3 percent when compared to the same quarter of 2025.
The construction pipeline comprised 6,549 keys statewide, with more than 4,000 guest rooms expected to reach completion in 2027, the report shows. The development pace reflects Georgia’s healthy fundamentals and key drivers, including corporate and group travel.
Meanwhile, Savannah’s pipeline reached an historic 1,904 keys, marking a 52 percent growth year-over-year. A notable project currently underway in the metro is the 168-key luxury Ritz-Carlton hotel, in the city’s historic district. Developer TMGOC Ventures landed a $104.5 million construction loan for the adaptive reuse project consisting of the redevelopment of two office buildings, including the Savannah Skyscraper.
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