Tuesday, March 4, 2014

The Westin Jekyll Island Celebrates Construction Milestone; New 200-Room Property Scheduled for 2014 Completion

  
From left: Jeremy Buffam, Kevin Baker, Brian Wismar, Jeff Jernigan, Nancy Keyes, Lamar George, Glen Brooks and Vance Hughes.
  
Gerry Chase

Jekyll Island, GA, March 3, 2014   - Jekyll Oceanfront Hotel, LLC (JOFH)   today celebrated the topping off of  the $41 million Westin Jekyll Island, a 200-room, convention-class, beachfront hotel scheduled for completion later this year as part of the Jekyll Island Beach Village project.

JOFH is a joint venture comprised of several investors including Leon N. Weiner & Associates, Inc., a nationally recognized real estate development company, and New Castle Hotels & Resorts, an award- winning, independent third-party hotel manager, owner and developer.

“Construction of The Westin Jekyll Island is moving along according to schedule thanks to the great work of our general contractor, Pinkerton & Laws of Georgia, Inc., and an uneventful hurricane season" said Glenn Brooks, lead developer for Jekyll Oceanfront Hotel, LLC. “We've only lost a few days to high winds, so we're optimistic that construction will continue to proceed on time and on budget." 

The Westin Jekyll Island is part of the community's Beach Village project, developed by the Jekyll Island Authority (JIA) to reinvigorate the island’s tourism economy and includes the only beachfront convention center in the southeast. 

Rendering of planned $41 million Westin Jekyll Island Hotel,
Jekyll Island, GA
The 128,000-square-foot Jekyll Island Convention Center opened in May 2012 and is the centerpiece of the project, which also includes an oceanfront promenade, village green, restaurants, retail shopping and Great Dunes Park.

"Regional meeting planners have been following Jekyll Island since the opening of the convention center in 2012," said Gerry Chase, president of New Castle Hotels & Resorts, which will operate the hotel.  

"This construction milestone signals our imminent opening and will serve as an early preview of this one-of-a-kind venue."


 For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Lauralee Dobbins
Daly Gray, Inc.
703-435-6293


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