The average time to build a hotel in the U.S. is taking longer, affecting costs for developers and making new hotels riskier. A longer construction timeline increases the chance for increasing costs, be it from weather impacts, increasing tariffs on furniture, or construction labor shortages.
Pandemic fallout and labor shortages extend hotel construction
Average hotel construction timelines have increased between four and eight months, depending on class
By Jan Freitag
CoStar AnalyticsOctober 2, 2025 | 1:44 P.M.
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