New hotel breaks ground on Galveston's East End

Galveston's East End Historical District is the site of an upcoming extended-stay hotel. Galveston's East End Historical District is the site of an upcoming extended-stay hotel. Photo: Galveston CVB Photo: Galveston CVB Image 1 of / 66 Caption Close New hotel breaks ground on Galveston's East End 1 / 66 Back to Gallery

A newly-formed hospitality group is expected to bring Hilton Worldwide's Homewood Suites to Galveston's East End.

According to The Galveston County Daily News, the $5 million project will be an 86-room property at First Street and Seawall Boulevard. SRI Galveston Hospitality, a company that emerged thanks to the area's booming healthcare scene, is helming the project.

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"The $438 million, 200-room Jennie Sealy Hospital, under construction, is expected to open next year," the Galveston paper reports. "The medical branch also is modernizing John Sealy Hospital."

The launch of this new hotel is reportedly due to the growing influx of hospital patients and their families. This Homewood Suites, like many of their other locations, is intended to be an extended-stay type of accommodation.

In other recent Galveston tourist news, local billionaire Tilman Fertitta just debuted his luxury villas at the San Luis Resort on the Galveston Seawall.