Funding
Downtown apartments are becoming a Margaritaville hotel
A $113 million loan is funding the conversion of a downtown apartment building into a hotel.
Downtown Savannah
Jul 27, 2026
Updated Aug 31, 2026
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The second building at 111 Ann St. files to become a hotel
Tidal Real Estate Partners has filed permits to convert the 232-unit Ann Street Lofts into a hotel, following its sister building at 110 Ann St., which reopened as Ann Savannah by Marriott Bonvoy last year.
Downtown Savannah
Aug 3, 2026
Budget
The port opened its $126 million Brampton Road Connector and closed the year near a record
Georgia DOT and the Georgia Ports Authority opened the Brampton Road Connector on July 15, the last piece of a 12-year, $600 million freight-corridor buildout, as the port closed the fiscal year at 5.67 million containers.
Port of Savannah
Aug 3, 2026
Milestone
International Paper puts 735 riverfront acres, including its shuttered mill, up for sale
International Paper has formally listed the 400-acre mill site plus 335 acres across the river for redevelopment, five months after closing a plant that ran for 90 years and employed 800 people.
Lathrop Ave. and across the Savannah River
Aug 3, 2026
Transaction
Who pays for the Tradeport East wastewater plant
A treatment plant serving industrial growth in Liberty County drew more than 200 people to a meeting, and the bill is still unsettled.
Liberty County
Jul 20, 2026
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