MOUNT SUNAPEE, N.H. — Hideaway Inns has debuted its 55-room flagship property in Mount Sunapee, a ski resort town located near the Vermont-New Hampshire border. Hideaway Inn Mount Sunapee is located at the base of the mountain and offers amenities such as a library, gaming area, a putting green, coffee bar and a coworking space. Revival Hotels manages the property. Two additional Hideaway Inn properties are currently under development in Mount Snow, Vt., and Sugar Hill, N.H.
PHOENIX — A partnership between Mack Real Estate Group and McCourt Partners has announced updates for the first phase of Halo Vista, the co-developers’ $7 billion, 2,300-acre mixed-use campus in northwest Phoenix. Halo Vista is set to surround TSMC Arizona, the $165 billion semiconductor fabrication campus. The co-developers, which are operating as an entity doing business as Mack Halo Vista LLC, announced that the project will include a new Costco store, two Marriott-branded hotels (a Courtyard by Marriott and a Residence Inn) and an auto mall (i.e. a cluster of car dealerships). Locally based firm Common Bond Development Group is developing the hotels after acquiring the land from Mack Halo Vista. “Today’s confirmation of the first phase of hospitality and retail users marks an important milestone for Halo Vista because it will enable our project to deliver much-needed services in support of the growing TSMC ecosystem, while we simultaneously continue to focus on horizontal infrastructure development that underpins the entire master plan,” says Chris Janson, president of Mack Halo Vista LLC. The new buildings will be situated at I-17 and Dove Valley Road. Infrastructure is in place and ready for development, according to the developers. Last year, the Arizona State …
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Locally based hospitality owner-operator NewCrestImage has completed the renovation of the 175-room Elmore Hotel in Southlake, located northeast of Fort Worth. The renovation of the four-story hotel, which originally opened in 2016, lasted about a year and carried a multimillion-dollar price tag. Amenities include a fitness center, outdoor pool, 5,000 square feet of meeting and event space and an onsite bar and restaurant. Coury Hospitality manages the property.
HOUSTON — Fertitta Hospitality, which is part of the entertainment empire of Houston Rockets owner Tillman Fertitta, has completed the multimillion-dollar renovation of the 200-room Westin Houston Downtown Hotel. The project involved the transformation of the lobby, including the bar, restaurant and lounge areas, as well as new flooring, furnishings and amenities in all guestrooms. Meeting spaces were also upgraded with new carpets, lighting and technological features, and the fitness center has received new equipment.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between Smith Hill Capital, the commercial real estate debt investment management business of the Procaccianti Cos., and Boston-based Bain Capital has received a $216 million loan for the refinancing of the 774-room Westin New York Grand Central Hotel. The hotel features 18,750 square feet of meeting and event space, a fitness center and a full-service restaurant. The joint venture acquired the hotel in 2019 and undertook renovations in 2021. JLL arranged the debt on behalf of ownership. The direct lender was not disclosed. The hotel first opened in 2012.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Concord Summit Capital has arranged a $12.2 million construction loan for the development of ECHO Suites Extended Stay by Wyndham at Chandler Airport Center. The borrower is Richmond, Va.-based The Sandpiper Group of Cos., which is expanding its brand across the western United States. Located in Chandler, the four-story project will offer 124 guest rooms. ECHO Suites has nearly 270 hotels in its pipeline nationwide. Robert Horton, John Choi and Connor Martz of Concord Summit structured the financing for the borrower, which is a repeat client. Last year, Concord Summit secured financing for the client for an ECHO Suites project in Peoria, Ariz.
HOMEWOOD, ALA. — Opelika, Ala.-based PHD Hotels Inc. has acquired Aloft Birmingham Soho Square, a 111-room hotel located at 1903 29th Ave. S in Homewood, a suburb of Birmingham. An institutional investor sold the hotel for an undisclosed price. Tim Osborne of Hunter Hotel Advisors’ Chattanooga office brokered the transaction. Aloft Birmingham Soho Square is a hospitality component within the Soho Square mixed-use campus and features meeting space, an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center, along with Re:fuel, a grab-and-go snack bar, and the W XYZ Bar, which offers craft cocktails and live music.
HOUSTON — CDC Houston, a subsidiary of New York City-based Coventry Development Corp., has completed the renovation of two hotels totaling 253 rooms within City Place, a 2,000-acre mixed-use development on the city’s north side. The 128-room Residence Inn Houston City Place, which opened in 2015, now features a redesigned lobby and public spaces with modern seating and improved lighting, as well as contemporary guestroom furnishings. The 125-room Courtyard Houston City Place, which opened in 2016, now features plush seating throughout guestrooms and public areas. Between them, the hotels offer multiple pools and fitness center, as well as meeting and event spaces and onsite dining options.
LAGRANGE, GA. — Selig Enterprises has sold 45 acres at Sola, the Atlanta-based company’s 180-acre mixed-use campus in LaGrange. The buyer, the founders of DAS Cricket Academy and NJ Blackcaps in New Jersey, plan to develop Georgia’s first professional cricket stadium on the site. The LaGrange Cricket Stadium will be the first privately owned cricket stadium in the United States and the fourth cricket stadium in the country. The open-air stadium will break ground this fall and is slated to be completed in the first quarter of 2027. The project will have 10,500 seats, expandable to 25,000, and be designed to International Cricket Council regulations. The stadium will also have a FIFA-regulated soccer field and host various events. Additionally, a hotel with a sports-focused food-and-beverage program is planned on the 45-acre site, complementing the Marriott hotel currently under construction within Sola that Noble Investment Group is developing, as well as the Great Wolf Lodge resort that is situated on the northern end of the Sola campus. Selig plans to add offices, apartments, single-family homes and 150,000 square feet of retail at the Sola development in the near future.
WAYNE, N.J. — The hospitality affiliate of locally based financial intermediary Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $19.5 million acquisition loan for the Home2 Suites by Hilton hotel in Wayne, located in Northern New Jersey. The hotel was built in 2020. The room count was not disclosed. Amenities include an indoor pool, fitness center, complimentary hot breakfast and an onsite restaurant. Cronheim arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, hospitality owner-operator Spark GHC. The direct lender was also not disclosed.