Gillis Gilkerson completes Tru by Hilton in Ocean City, Md.

 Gillis Gilkerson President Dwight Miller recently announced the company’s completion of the new Hilton Tru Hotel at 3401 Coastal Highway in Ocean City, Md., former home to Planet Maze and Lost Galaxy Golf.

“Project manager Greg Ennis and superintendents Bruce West and Chris Deinlein were committed to providing solutions to each challenge they faced amid COVID as the build continued through the summer season in Ocean City,” said Miller. “The completion of a construction project of this scale and magnitude is no small feat, especially during a pandemic.”

“We worked through a number of surprises in the process. Some COVID-related and others that were normal in a project of this scope,” said Mike Meoli, Hilton Tru co-owner. “We were grateful we didn’t have to shut the site down. Gillis Gilkerson was professional in every way, and thanks to them we have a wonderful hotel that is now open for business.”

The 53,000-square-foot hotel includes five floors with 105 rooms, 104 parking spaces and a designated bus shelter. The Hilton Tru enterprise brand is targeted as an affordable option for millennial travelers that offers smaller, more cost-efficient rooms, an indoor pool and larger community space. 

“Gillis Gilkerson was great to work with,” said Keith Martin, Hilton Tru co-owner. “Their communication and follow-up was outstanding, and the construction timelines were spot-on.”