Sunday, November 8, 2026 Hotel Tribune News and analysis for the trade

Construction & Development

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Forty-Eight For-Sale Homes and the Grove's Hotel Demand

Lore Development and Element Development deliver 48 for-sale residences at 2650 Lincoln Avenue in the third quarter of 2028. Eight hotels sit inside a kilometre, and no fetched source carries a rental programme that would turn the homes into lodging supply.

Nov 8, 2026

Is the Standalone Branded-Residence Model Built to Last in Miami?

A 20-story tower with 70 residences in Coconut Grove by CMC Group and Fort Partners, Florida's first standalone Four Seasons branded-residences project. Groundbreaking was in November 2025, the tower went vertical in July 2026 and completion is expected in 2028.

Nov 7, 2026

Whether 362 Furnished Homes Belong in the Room Count

LOFTY Brickell sells 362 homes designed and licensed for short-term rental inside a market that counts 3,019 hotel keys. The definition decides what an owner or a procurement lead negotiates against.

Oct 26, 2026

What a Standard Licence Buys in Brickell

The Standard Residences Brickell holds 422 homes across 46 floors with delivery dated August 2027. The project record carries The Standard name, $513 million of financing and no named hotel operator.

Oct 26, 2026

Opinion: The HueHub Loan Closes in 2027 at the Earliest

A revoked term sheet, three active suits and a 60 percent loan-to-cost target. Five documents stand between the $880 million HueHub and its first pile, and 2027 is the realistic window for the pair a lender needs.

Oct 22, 2026

What 121 Keys Replace on Brickell Key

A 326-room island hotel gives way to 121 keys beside 294 residences, against 1,244 queued downtown luxury rooms and 74.2 percent downtown occupancy.

Oct 21, 2026

Treasure Island Built the Ferry Landing First

A $4 million package of transit shelters and public restrooms closes out Treasure Island's ferry hub, while up to 500 entitled hotel rooms stay unbuilt and no hotel operates on the island.

Oct 20, 2026

Whether a UCSF Mission Bay Buildout Moves Hotel Performance

Suffolk and CO Architects hold a UCSF Mission Bay design-build selection dated 7 September 2026. The record carries no area, contract value, start date or opening date, and the School of Dentistry reports more than 125,000 patient visits a year.

Oct 19, 2026

Powell Street Rebuild Protects a Rate Premium

Public Works starts the Powell Street rebuild on 15 December 2026 and ends the contract on 30 November 2027. Twelve hotels sit within 75 metres of the corridor. The rate premium those properties charge rests on air service, the Moscone calendar and the citywide occupancy rate, and the rebuild's measurable gain is boarding time and kerb time.

Oct 19, 2026

Waterfront Owners Price a Defence That Is Still a Proposal

The Port of San Francisco's Recommended Plan prices waterfront flood defences at $17.8 billion in 2026 dollars and puts no-action damages at $23 billion over the next century. The plan sits at a 20 percent level of design, Congress has not authorised it, and section 2.6 leaves the funding plan open, so an owner's flood file rests on six answers the Port can put in writing.

Oct 19, 2026

Hotel Capital and a Rail Contract Due 11 February 2027

The Portal's station geometry is set and its civil and tunnel award is dated 11 February 2027. The September 2026 status report puts revenue service on 17 November 2036 with a $587 million funding gap still to be planned.

Oct 18, 2026

Six Years of Night Closures: What an Owner Puts in Writing

The Golden Gate Bridge district began weeknight lane closures on 5 October 2026 and lists Phase 3B as a 2026 to 2036 programme. The district publishes lanes, hours and nights; an owner who needs a rate series has to build it from the property's own arrival data.

Oct 18, 2026