While the Nashville hotel market has slowed, mainly waiting on the over 1mil sq. ft. convention center to get started, the suburbs are booming. In Franklin alone, 9 hotels are either under const. or approved, such as the Westin, Aloft, and Hyatt Place. In my hometown, Murfreesboro, the Embassy Suites opened last week. The ES has the largest convention/meeting space facilities outside Nashville in the whole metro area. A 10 story Drury Inn & Suites is getting ready to break ground, and Hyatt Place has announced a 7-story, 93ft tall hotel next to the Embassy Suites at Medical Center PKWY and Conference Center DR.
Many more hotels are looking into Murfreesboro's "Gateway" district to expand, and more convention space could follow as well.
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