Thomas & Hutton provided design, engineering, permitting, and construction administration for the 200-room, 5-story hotel facility. The design included parking and drive areas, underground infrastructure, environmental permitting, and building and site coordination. Unique design challenges included special design considerations for environmentally sensitive areas on, and surrounding, the project area. Challenges also included the coordination of existing infrastructure and master planning to integrate themes and ideas associated with the hotel into the existing concepts for the Jekyll Island Retail Village areas.

The Westin Jekyll Island is the cornerstone of Jekyll Island’’s Beach Village project.  “This hotel was purposely built to be a catalyst in the revitalization of Jekyll Island.” – David Curtis, president of Leon N. Weiner and Associated (one of several investors)