GlobeSt.com UPDATE: Development Corp. Chooses Design-Builder for $305M Convention Hotel

BALTIMORE-The Baltimore Development Corp.’s has tapped Hensel Phelps Construction Co. to serve as design-builder on the $305-million Baltimore Convention Center Headquarters Hotel . For its part, the Greeley, CO-headquartered contractor–which maintains its Mid-Atlantic Division office in Chantilly, VA–will be paid a fee not to exceed $195 million.

The 750-room hotel will carry the Hilton Hotel Corp. flag, but will remain under the ownership of Baltimore through the city’s nonprofit Baltimore Hotel Corp.Developing a headquarters hotel has been one of the city’s top economic pursuits over the last several years, as the property will help satisfy the demand for hotel rooms near the convention center, which underwent a $151-million renovation about eight years ago.