The last development boom in hospitality was before the recession.īut land is getting scarce, construction costs are rising and a tighter labor market is making it harder to find staff to run hotels. The York County company is among a handful of developers that has been busy building new hotels in Central Pennsylvania over the last two or three years as the economy has improved.
While Hogg is happy to start on the Tru project - one of several active sites for Springwood in Central Pennsylvania - he admits it is getting harder to develop hotels locally. Rooms cost about $100 per night and the hotel is designed to attract younger millennial travelers, but with a price point and amenities that might appeal to older travelers as well. Tru is more of an entry-level hotel for Hilton. Springwood CEO David Hogg said his company plans to break ground next week on the five-story, 112-room hotel, which should take about a year to build.
A York County hotel developer is starting on a new project in the Hershey area even as the hotel construction boom shows signs it could be slowing down in Central Pennsylvania.ĭerry Township supervisors on Tuesday approved plans by York Township-based Springwood Hospitality to build a new Tru by Hilton hotel on a former bakery site on Hillcrest Road, which is on the west end of Hershey.
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