Hospitality

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NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS — Oldham Goodwin Group, a Texas-based development, management and brokerage firm, has broken ground on a 150-room hotel in the northeastern San Antonio suburb of New Braunfels. Designed by Niles Bolton Associates, the eight-story, 150,000-square-foot building will be operated under the Springhill Suites by Marriott brand. The site is located along the Guadalupe River, and the hotel will connect to the adjacent 125-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, business center, meeting rooms, boat docks and an onsite restaurant and bar. Completion is slated for late 2026.

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NEW ORLEANS — California-based Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. has sold the Hilton New Orleans St. Charles Avenue, a 252-room hotel in downtown New Orleans, for $47 million. The buyer was not disclosed. Situated in the central business district and near the French Quarter, the hotel was originally built in 1926 as the Louisiana Masonic Temple, according to the Hilton website. The Hilton New Orleans St. Charles Avenue offers a 24-7 fitness center, onsite dining options, fitness center, concierge and a business center.

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FRANKLIN, TENN. — Atlanta-based Hunter Hotel Advisors has negotiated the sale of Hyatt Place Nashville Franklin Cool Springs, a 126-room hotel located adjacent to the CoolSprings Galleria mall in Franklin. The hotel is located in the heart of metro Nashville’s CoolSprings neighborhood. Amenities at the hotel include an onsite fitness center, pool and business center. The buyer, INNIN Hotel Partners LLC, plans to rebrand the hotel’s flag to Hyatt Select. Tim Osborne of Hunter brokered the transaction. An undisclosed institutional investor sold the hotel for an undisclosed price.

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WESTBROOK, CONN. — Private owners Meri Wick and Marcus Little have completed the redevelopment of The Captain Stannard, a historic inn located in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Westbrook. The Captain Stannard is a 10-room establishment that was originally constructed in 1872. According to the Connecticut Post, the project involved reconfiguring the main dining area, upgrading the main common area and applying fresh paint and furnishings to select areas, as well as putting new bedding in all guestrooms.

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ATLANTA — Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group has secured the refinancing for Bellyard, a 161-room Marriott Tribute Portfolio hotel located in Atlanta’s West Midtown district. Delivered in 2021, the hotel serves as an anchor for The Interlock, a $450 million mixed-use-development by SJC Ventures that was sold to Armada Hoffler in 2023. Patterson arranged the loan through Connecticut-based LoanCore Capital on behalf of the borrower, Bellyard Partners LLC, the hotel’s ownership entity comprising West 14th Hospitality LLC and Atlantic American Partners.

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ROCKVILLE, MD. — Choice Hotels International, a Maryland-based operator, in partnership with Denver-based HighSide Cos., has debuted four new hotels in Texas under its Everhome Suites brand. The hotels are located in Bastrop, Brownsville, El Paso and Waco and have between 114 and 122 apartment-style rooms with fully equipped kitchens, spa-style bathrooms and storage spaces. The partnership is also nearing completion of an Everhome Suites hotel in Amarillo and recently broke ground on another such property in the northern Austin suburb of Georgetown.

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SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged an $86 million loan to refinance the Caesars Republic Scottsdale, a Hilton Hotel. Walker & Dunlop Arizona Capital Markets, led by Jim Pierson and Keaton Merrell, partnered with Walker & Dunlop New York Capital Markets, led by Keith Kurland, Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Dustin Stolly, Ari Hirt and Christopher de Raet, to arrange the loan as an exclusive advisor to HCW Development. A regional bank provided the financing. Jay Morrow and Carter Gradwell of Walker & Dunlop Hospitality guided HCW throughout the process, working in collaboration with the capital markets teams. Opened in March 2024, the 11-story hotel offers 265 guest rooms, including five exclusive top-floor penthouse suites with panoramic views, outdoor terraces and full kitchens, alongside 28 luxury suites. Amenities include three restaurants, two pools and more than 20,000 square feet of event space, including a 7,000-square-foot ballroom that opens to Cleopatra’s Pool & Bar and the 3,000-square-foot Camelback Veranda and several conference rooms. Caesars Republic Scottsdale is the first non-gaming hotel by Caesars Entertainment in the United States and represents a partnership between Caesars Entertainment, Hilton Hotels and HCW.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Concord Summit Capital has secured a $25 million bridge loan for Park Place Equinox, a hotel tower located within the 2.1-acre Park Place master-planned community in downtown Nashville. The loan will refinance an existing acquisition facility and provide pre-development funding for the project that will support final design and entitlement work. Kevin O’Grady, David Larson and Keegan Burger of Concord Summit’s Miami office arranged the financing on behalf of the co-developers, The Congress Group and Taurus Investment Holdings. The hospitality tower will be one of the first new developments branded and operated by Equinox Hotels. Plans for Park Place Equinox will include an 18,000-square-foot Equinox Club and spa, rooftop pool and lounge and exclusive resident amenities. At full build-out, the three-tower Park Place development will feature a 239-unit luxury condominium tower, 245-room hotel, 480-unit apartment building, more than 25,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, a 962-space underground parking garage and 50,000 square feet of elevated park and open green space. Park Place is currently in pre-development phases, with vertical construction anticipated to begin in 2026.

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PEARLAND, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 76-room hotel in the southern Houston suburb of Pearland. Candlewood Suites, which is part of the IHG family of brands, operates the hotel, which offers amenities such as a fitness center, business center and 24-hour market. Skyler Cooper, Chris Gomes and Allan Miller of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.

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MOSES LAKE, WASH. — Gantry has secured a $14 million permanent loan to refinance the Best Western Plus Lake Front Hotel, located at 3000 W. Marina Drive in Moses Lake. The hotel, including onsite restaurant, underwent an improvement program in 2023. The hotel features a heated outdoor pool, hot tub, steam room, cocktail lounge, meeting and banquet facilities, a business and convention center and a fitness center. Drit Shoemaker of Gantry represented the borrower, a private real estate investor. A regional bank provided the seven-year, fixed-rate loan, which features a 25-year amortization schedule.

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