MIAMI, Florida—JLL’s Inns & Hospitality Group introduced the sale of The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa to Hersha Inns and Resorts, a KSL portfolio firm. JLL represented the vendor within the transaction, highlighting the third time JLL has offered the asset in 10 years. The Westin Savannah Harbor is downtown Savannah’s solely city resort, located on Hutchinson Island with direct adjacency to the not too long ago expanded Savannah Conference Middle.
Property Particulars
The property consists of 403 guestrooms, greater than 51,800 sq. ft of versatile indoor and out of doors assembly venues, 5 meals and beverage shops, and an amenity package deal that features an 18-hole championship golf course designed by Robert Cupp and Sam Snead, a 17-treatment-room Heavenly Spa by Westin, a resort-style pool with river views, tennis and pickleball amenities, and an 18-hole disc golf course. The resort’s location gives company with handy ferry entry to Savannah’s Historic District.
Savannah continues to expertise financial development pushed by a number of sectors, together with the Port of Savannah because the fastest-growing port on the U.S. East Coast, and vital company investments equivalent to Hyundai Motor Group’s new $7.6 billion Metaplant, which opened in March 2025 and launched 14,000 jobs to the market.
The JLL Inns & Hospitality Group workforce was led by Senior Managing Director Andrew Dickey, Senior Director Maciej Polek, and Vice President Derek Hayden.
“Savannah continues to display distinctive momentum as each a leisure vacation spot and thriving company market,” stated Dickey. “The Westin’s distinctive positioning adjoining to the expanded conference heart, coupled with being the one true resort out there with extra land that may profit from the residential success in Savannah Harbor, creates a compelling worth proposition that units it aside from conventional city motels on this quickly rising market.”
