In March, the long-awaited Convention Center hotel was revealed, and yesterday, Hilton Worldwide officially announced their affiliation as operators of the new 500-room development. “We are thrilled to be operating a new convention center hotel in the heart of Columbus, the state’s dynamic capital city, which is considered a major tradeshow, exhibition and meetings destination, not only for the state, but for the entire region,” said Ted Ratcliff, Senior Vice President, Operations – Eastern North America, Hilton Worldwide.
Construction is scheduled to begin sometime next summer, and the grand opening of the facility is planned for Fall 2012. In addition to the 500 guest rooms, the building will include over 30,000 square feet of additional meeting and space.
For more information, check out the original announcement from March right here.


the dispatch says there are renderings out…where???
That image up at the top (minus the Hilton sign) is the only rendering I’ve seen so far.
I just saw 4 renderings on Dispatch.com Looks pretty good.
i don’t know if my other posts went thru…hmmm….it looks…erm…ok…nothing spectacular…kinda a box. Not a whole lotta interesting stuff…very plain. ug
Details Unveiled For New Downtown Hotel | WBNS-10TV, Central Ohio’s News Leader http://bit.ly/422ZeG
More here: http://www.columbusunderground.com/renderings-of-convention-center-hotel-revealed
I work @ char bar. they’re building next to us and aren’t tearing us down. its all good. X-)
has there been a groundbreaking for this yet?
Not yet, but actually heard earlier today that an announcement on the groundbreaking will be coming soon.