New England Hotel Development, Construction & Transactions

New England's hotel landscape spans six states — Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Rhode Island — and its current pipeline reflects steady investment across a mix of chain scales. Lodging Development is tracking 55 active development projects totaling 5,799 rooms across the region, alongside 49 transactions recorded over the most recent 18-month analysis window. Recent openings have delivered 2,714 rooms over the past 24 months, with new supply arriving in markets from coastal Connecticut to northern New England.

The upscale and upper midscale tiers anchor New England's development pipeline, combining for 31 of the 55 projects tracked by Lodging Development and accounting for 3,584 rooms. Upper upscale projects represent another meaningful segment, with 11 projects and 1,163 rooms in the pipeline. Among the projects currently tracked, The Strider Hotel, Curio Collection — a 175-room upper upscale property being developed by NB Development Group — is in construction. The 159-room AC Hotel at Suffolk Downs is in planning as an upscale addition to the greater Boston market. In New Hampshire, DVR Development has an early-planning dual-branded Home2 Suites and Tru by Hilton in Seabrook totaling 136 rooms. Two luxury projects totaling 164 rooms round out the upper end of the pipeline, while two midscale developments, including the 100-room La Quinta Inn Revere currently in construction, address a different demand segment.

Nineteen hotels totaling 2,714 rooms have opened across New England over the past 24 months. The most significant recent delivery was the 549-room Great Wolf Lodge at Foxwoods, an upscale resort that opened in mid-2025 in Connecticut. The 246-room Atlas Hotel, an upper upscale property, opened in early 2026. Other notable openings include the 161-room AC Hotel Burlington, which debuted in fall 2025 in Vermont, and the 116-room Homewood Suites Portsmouth Downtown in New Hampshire. The 86-room Delamar Westport Hotel in Connecticut and the 87-room Element Lenox Berkshires in Massachusetts added boutique and upscale options in mid-2025.

Over the 18-month period ending in December 2025, Lodging Development recorded 49 hotel transactions of $10 million and above across New England, with documented pricing on 35 of those deals totaling approximately $945.8 million. Among individual transactions, the 508-room Stamford Marriott Hotel and Spa in Connecticut sold in late 2025 for $15.25 million to Clearview Hotel Capital. The 114-room Residence Inn Hanover Lebanon in New Hampshire traded for $23 million, acquired by Giri Hotel Management. In Connecticut, the 135-room Homewood Suites Stratford sold for $18.6 million to Jamsan Hotel Management. Transaction activity was spread across Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and other states in the region, reflecting broad investor interest in New England lodging assets.