Breaking ground for the new Westin Jekyll Island are
developer, Dave Curtis, managing partner Jekyll Ocean Front Hotel, LLC, Bruce
Jones, senior vice president PNC Bank, and Gerry Chase, president and COO, New
Castle Hotels and Resorts, which will operate the hotel when it opens in
September 2014. The $41 million, 200-room hotel will anchor the new Jekyll
Island Convention Center that opened in May 2012.
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| Jekyll Island Beach Village project rendering |
Jekyll Island, Ga., May 21, 2013—Jekyll Oceanfront Hotel,
LLC (JOFH), a joint venture comprised of Leon N. Weiner & Associates, Inc.
(“LNWA”), a nationally recognized real estate development company, and New
Castle Hotels & Resorts (“NCHR”), an award winning, independent third-party hotel manager, owner
and developer and other investors, today broke ground on the $41 million Westin
Jekyll Island, a 200-room, convention-class, beachfront hotel that will
open in September 2014 as part of the
Jekyll Island Beach Village project.
The ceremonies were held at the construction site, 110 Ocean
Way, adjacent to the new Jekyll Island Convention Center.
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| Westin Jekyll Island hotel rendering |
“The Westin Jekyll Island is pivotal to the entire Beach
Village development,” said Dave Curtis, managing partner of Jekyll
Oceanfront Hotel, LLC.
“It’s the perfect complement to the wonderful new
convention center and the island’s relaxed and gracious ambiance. We are
extremely proud to help write yet another new and exciting chapter in Jekyll
Island’s rich and fabled history.”
The Beach Village project, developed by the Jekyll Island
Authority, (JIA) is part of a plan to reinvigorate the island’s tourism economy
and includes the only beachfront convention center in the southeast.
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.
Upon completion in September 2014, the hotel will be
operated by New Castle Hotels and Resorts.
For a complete copy
of the company’s news release, please contact:
Lauralee Dobbins
Daly Gray, Inc.
703-435-6293
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