Omni is advancing a 29‑story, 600‑room convention hotel in downtown Raleigh between the convention center and Martin Marietta Center, with opening targeted for late 2028.
The project adds a 20,000‑square‑foot ballroom and 61,000 square feet of meeting space, directly supporting expansion of the Raleigh Convention Center and convention district strategy.
Backed by local tourism tax funding, the hotel anchors a broader downtown revitalization effort, targeting large conventions previously lost to limited room inventory and meeting capacity.
Development is advancing on the 29‑story Omni Raleigh Hotel, a 600‑room anchor building planned between the Raleigh Convention Center and the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts. Developers have positioned the project as a centerpiece of the city’s broader downtown revitalization and convention expansion strategy.
Scheduled to open in late 2028, the Omni Raleigh will add a major block of new room inventory and meeting space to a busy convention corridor, according to a statement from Omni Hotels & Resorts. The hospitality facility will give meeting planners a purpose‑built headquarters hotel tied directly into the city’s growing events footprint. An expected construction start date was not indicated in the statement.
A street level rendering of the 29‑story Omni Raleigh Hotel, a 600‑room anchor planned between the Raleigh Convention Center and the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts. Image: Omni Hotels & Resorts
Omni positioned the Raleigh property as a “cornerstone of an emerging district” connecting hospitality, culture, and community, with the hotel designed to support rising demand for large conventions and citywide events.
City and county leaders have previously committed up to $75 million in tourism tax funding to support the hotel as part of a package aimed at boosting the convention center and downtown visitation.
Once complete, the hotel is expected to strengthen Raleigh’s ability to bid for overlapping or larger conventions that require both high‑rise room blocks and on‑site meeting space.
Local tourism officials have cited a lack of full‑service hotel capacity as a reason the city has had to pass on large events in recent years.
The Omni Raleigh Hotel is planned to include:
600 guest rooms in a 29‑story tower
A 20,000‑square‑foot ballroom
Approximately 61,000 square feet of total meeting space, aligned with the planned expansion of the Raleigh Convention Center
The build translates into anticipated demand across ballroom and exhibit finishes, partitions, AV infrastructure, back‑of‑house support space, and vertical transportation, in addition to a large guestroom and corridor packages typical of a high‑rise convention hotel.
The hotel’s amenity program is designed to keep both convention traffic and local residents on‑site longer, with a mix of national and Raleigh‑based brands, including:
The first‑ever coffee shop by Raleigh‑based apparel brand Peter Millar, featuring a custom medium‑dark roast from local Black & White Coffee Roasters.
North Carolina’s first Bob’s Steak & Chop House, adding a high‑end dining option with Raleigh‑inspired artwork and private dining rooms.
A rooftop pool with an adjacent restaurant for all‑day food and beverage service and skyline views.
A sports bar featuring a golf simulator, large‑format video walls, lounge seating, and a covered outdoor patio.
A fitness and wellness center offering hot and cold therapies such as hot tubs, steam rooms, saunas, cold plunges, red‑light recovery tables, and compression pods.
This mix points to possible opportunities in foodservice equipment, kitchen and bar build‑out, exterior and rooftop assemblies, specialty lighting, spa and wellness systems, and AV/sports simulation.
Omni has assembled a group of specialists for the Raleigh build. The team signals an emphasis on high‑finish interiors, branded restaurant environments, and public‑facing street‑level activation along the Fayetteville Street and South Street edges of the site.
General contractor: Brasfield & Gorrie
Project architect: Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio, LLC
Interior design: Waldrop + Nichols Studio
Restaurant and sports bar design: Jeffrey Beers International
A rendering of the lobby bar at the 29‑story Omni Raleigh Hotel, a 600‑room anchor planned between the Raleigh Convention Center and the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts. The hotel’s amenity program is designed to keep both convention traffic and local residents on‑site longer, with a mix of national and Raleigh‑based brands. Image: Omni Hotels & Resorts
The Omni Raleigh Hotel build adds a large-scale hospitality and meeting-space project to the city’s construction pipeline, tied directly to convention growth.
It is anticipated to spur possible follow-on work in adjacent retail, streetscape, public-realm, and transportation upgrades.
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