Hilton To Build Hotel In Manassas Mixed-Use Development

MANASSAS, VA — Gov. Ralph Northam and city officials announced this week a $14 million project to build a Hilton hotel in the Landing at Cannon Branch. Manassas Gateway Hotel LLC will construct the 98-room Tru by Hilton hotel in the 40-acre mixed-use development, off Godwin Drive near Manassas Regional Airport.

Tru by Hilton is the company’s new midscale brand, catering to millennial travelers. The Manassas hotel is scheduled to open in the early fall of 2020, according to a statement from Northam's office.

It will create 35 jobs and generate about $2.8 million in annual direct economic impact from traveler spending, Northam said.

“The Tru Hotel is a welcome addition to our commonwealth’s ever-growing tourism economy,” the governor said. “Tourism development is critical to positioning Virginia as a premier travel destination, and projects like this will help Manassas continue to attract visitors and businesses, bringing new jobs and generating significant economic impact for the region.”

“Tru is the perfect addition to the largest mixed-use development in the city’s history and reinforces the sense of place to which we aspire,” Manassas Mayor Harry Parrish II said in the statement.

“This new hotel will serve the state’s busiest general aviation airport, some of Virginia’s largest corporations, and many of the commonwealth’s most significant historical, arts and leisure assets,” the mayor added.

"The project reflects a total capital investment of $13.95 million and a projected local tax benefit of nearly $370,000 during the first full year of operation," the governor's office said.

The Tru by Hilton hotel project will receive support from the Virginia Tourism Corp.’s Tourism Development Financing Program, according to the governor's office.