Hundreds of hotel rooms are being built in St. Augustine, and at least two hotels are scheduled to open this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Five hotels are in the works: The Marriott Renaissance St. Augustine Historic Downtown Hotel with 89 rooms on West Castillo Drive; a Homewood Suites by Hilton with 117 rooms at 10 Prawn St.; a Marriott Tribute hotel with 51 rooms at 5 Prawn St.; a Comfort Suites hotel with 86 rooms on North Ponce de Leon Boulevard; and a Hilton Garden Inn with 89 rooms on North Ponce de Leon Boulevard, said Patrick Doty, a senior planner with the city of St. Augustine.