ATLANTA—Grove Street Partners is building two hotels that will anchor a 23-acre (9-ha) mixed-use development called Gateway Center that will be the first stop on a new fixed-rail line leaving Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

A new full-service, 403-room Marriott and 147-room SpringHill Suites—the first of its brand to be LEED-certified—will rise adjacent to Georgia International Convention Center. Phase I of the project represents a US$134 million investment by Grove Street and its investment partners, Fidelity Investments of Boston and Williams Opportunity Fund. Architecture firm Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates designed the Marriott Hotel; Goode Van Slyke Architecture designed the SpringHill Suites Hotel. Brasfield & Gorrie will serve as general contractor for both hotels.

The seven-story, full-service convention Marriott will include 20,000 sq. ft. (1,858 sq. m) of net useable meeting and ballroom space, in addition to a Marriott-branded restaurant and a third-party restaurant to be named later. It is expected to open in August 2010. The latest Generation Four design of the SpringHill Suites will be the first LEED-certified facility in its family of hotels. It is expected to open in February 2010.