Construction in Georgia — and across much of the U.S. — is dealing with a shortage of workers. That could mean more career opportunities for women in the industry. Currently, women represent about 10% of construction workers.

After breaking ground in April 2021, the long-planned major hotel concept is visibly under construction, with two cranes erected over the site off Northside Drive and initial floors coming out of the ground. Its building was commissioned by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority (GWCCA).

Fidelity Investments and The Drew Co. converted the property into offices, an exhibition hall and meeting space collectively known as the World Trade Center Boston. The project served as a springboard for the early stages of the Seaport District’s transformation. The Drew Co. subsequently completed the 428-room Seaport Hotel Boston and the Seaport East and Seaport West office towers.

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The Drew Company is proud to be a part of this premier full-service hotel and world-class meeting space that will transform the Atlanta skyline and will be a catalyst for economic growth in Atlanta.

A 40-story Signia by Hilton hotel project planned for the Georgia World Congress Center Authority campus is scheduled to start construction next week, according to updated project information provided at the start of this month.

Atlanta’s biggest hotel project in decades is set to break ground after a disruption in financing caused over a year of delays.

Construction for Drew Co.’s 975-room, full-service Signia hotel overlooking Mercedes-Benz Stadium begins at the end of the month. The Boston-based hotel developer is bullish that Atlanta’s first convention hotel in nearly two decades will be a success — despite a number of operators nationwide cutting expenses amid depleted occupancy rates due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Drew Company has been recognized as one of the top 10 Commercial Real Estate Developers of Boston 2020 .

Gables Seaport, located in the Seaport District, will be a new transit oriented 23-story apartment building offering 307 distinct apartment homes and 1,370 square feet of retail in one of the most vibrant submarkets of Boston. Gables Residential (“Gables”) will develop the community in conjunction with the Drew Company and Suffolk Construction as the General Contractor. Gables Seaport is located at 501 Congress Street and holds a long-term ground lease with Massport.

The board that governs the Georgia World Congress Center voted Tuesday to pursue a pre-development agreement with a Boston company for a hotel at the downtown convention center, an important step as the state agency crafts plans for the 1,010-room high-rise.