--- title: Official Groundbreaking Takes Place for Omni Boston Seaport Hotel description: This week, the Omni Boston Seaport Hotel officially broke ground and kicked off a major construction project that is scheduled to last two years. 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The new hotel will be located across the street from the BCEC and will be connected to the convention center by a climate-controlled, underground walkway for maximum convenience. **Hotel highlights:** - 1,055 finely appointed guest rooms inclusive of 52 suites - Two towers; 21 floors - Project will attain a LEED Silver certification level - Approximately 100,000 square feet of flexible meeting, event, and prefunction space with direct, conditioned access to the BCEC - The largest hotel ballroom in the city of Boston - Fourth largest hotel in the city of Boston - Multiple food and beverage options include an all-day restaurant and collaborative workspace, lobby lounge, a multi-sensory entertainment lounge, French brasserie and boulangerie, and elevated pool bar and grill **Meeting space highlights:** - Grand Ballroom: >25,000 square feet - Junior Ballroom: Approximately 17,000 square feet - Breakout rooms: Approximately 19,000 square feet - Pool deck: 7,500 square feet of outdoor pool deck connected to a 4,500 square foot climate-controlled bar with operable partitions that can be full enclosed or opened up to view the Boston skyline - Prefunction space: 37,000 square feet of glass-lined indoor space and 3,000 square feet of outdoor space **Local media coverage:** - “[See the $550 million Omni hotel planned for Boston’s Seaport](http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2018/05/see_the_550_million_omni_hotel.html)”, Mass Live - “[Omni Boston Seaport Hotel officially breaks ground in the Seaport District](https://boston.curbed.com/2018/5/23/17384442/omni-boston-seaport-hotel)”, Curbed Boston - “[Ground Breaking: Omni Boston Seaport Hotel](https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/Ground_Breaking__Omni_Boston_Seaport_Hotel-483323141.html)”, NBC 10 Boston - “[Local officials celebrate groundbreaking of new Omni Seaport Hotel](https://whdh.com/news/local-officials-celebrate-groundbreaking-of-new-omni-seaport-hotel/)”, WHDH 7 News - [Official Omni Press Release](https://www.omnihotels.com/media-center/recent-news/180522-omni-breaks-ground-on-boston-seaport-hotel) *The hotel landscape is constantly changing in Boston. 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