Tee Center brings new hotel to Augusta, Ga.

Construction will begin on a 200,000-sq.-ft. Tee Center in Augusta, Ga., in the spring of 2010, but the trade, exhibition and events center is already making an impact. Legacy Hospitality, LCC, began planning a $25 million hotel off the Augusta Common after the Tee Center was approved in December 2009.

“The Tee center was key,” says Mayor Deke Copenhaver. “They said all along that their business model was predicated on having the Tee Center across the street.”

Managing partner for the 139-room Hyatt hotel, Cortland Dusseau, says his company picked Augusta because the city is proving to be a source of economic strength and investment for companies.