SAN ANTONIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the 111-room Holiday Inn San Antonio North Stone Oak, located at 19280 Redland Road on the city’s north side. The four-story building was constructed in 2010. Allan Miller and Chris Gomes of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.
RADFORD, VA. — Preston Hollow Capital has provided $34 million in construction financing for The Highlander, a 124-room on-campus hotel in Radford. Preston Hollow worked with Radford University and the Radford University Foundation to secure the financing. Preston Hollow’s investment includes a $34 million Sustainability Bond, which is a designation that allows investors to invest directly in obligations that finance socially beneficial and sustainable projects. Sustainability Bonds were adopted based upon sustainability framework guidance from the International Capital Markets Association and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Located at 700 E Main St., The Highlander will serve Radford University’s new hospitality program. The Highlander will also feature a rooftop restaurant and a 4,000-square-foot conference space, which the university will use to host business conferences, expos and events. The Highlander is slated to be complete by 2022. The borrower is Provident Resources Group, the not-for-profit owner of The Highlander. SB Ballard Inc. is the general contractor, and Blur Group is the architect. Aimbridge Hospitality will manage the Highlander upon completion. Preston Hollow Capital is a Dallas-based independent specialty municipal finance company that supports local communities through infrastructure financing.
NEW YORK CITY — DiamondRock Hospitality Co. (NYSE: DRH), a Maryland-based REIT, has sold the 725-room Lexington Hotel in Midtown Manhattan for $185.3 million, or roughly $256,000 per room. The sales price represents a cap rate of 5.4 percent based on the hotel’s 2019 net operating income. The Lexington Hotel features multiple meeting and event spaces. DiamondRock intends to invest the net proceeds from the sale in resort and urban lifestyle hotels. The buyer was locally based hospitality owner-operator MCR.
BOSTON — Shawmut Design & Construction has completed the renovation of the 312-room historic Langham hotel in Boston. The building was originally constructed in the early 1920s to house The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and was designated as a historic landmark in 1978. Renovations included the addition of a new entrance canopy and awnings, a refurbished concierge and lounge area, a new staircase and upgraded finishes in guestroom corridors and other common areas. In addition, Shawmut renovated all of the hotel’s guestrooms, as well as the ballroom and the property’s multiple food and beverage spaces.
LOS ANGELES — Columbia Pacific Advisors Bridge Lending, a platform within Columbia Pacific Advisors, has provided a $27 million construction-to-bridge loan to recapitalize the Hyatt Hotel Nue in Los Angeles. Located at 1525 N. Cahuenga Blvd., the hotel will feature 64 guest rooms, a ground-floor lobby and restaurant, rooftop bar, lounge and pool, as well as an underground parking garage. The hotel is part of the Hyatt Unbound collection that caters to business travelers and tourists seeking a unique social experience. S3D Partners, led by Jayesh Kumar, owns the hotel. The group currently owns or maintains an interest in 12 hotels throughout California and Texas.
SEATTLE — American Life Insurance (ALI) has received a $122.7 million loan for the refinancing of 255 South King Street, an office and hotel property located in Seattle. PCCP provided the loan to ALI, which developed the mixed-use property in February 2018. 255 South King Street consists of a 209,476-square-foot office tower and a 23-story, 282-room Hilton Embassy Suites. The hotel features approximately 10,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a pool, and a fitness center. The office tower, which spans 11 stories above a seven-story retail and parking garage podium, was fully leased at the time of sale. Dave Karson, Chris Moyer, Stephen Michels, Zachary Kraft and Lauren Greenberg of Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt & Structured Finance team arranged the financing for the borrower.
PHOENIX — RED Development has announced that construction is underway for The Grove, a $300 million mixed-used development at the northwest corner of 44th Street and Camelback Road in Phoenix. Situated on 15 acres, the development will include the recently announced Global Ambassador hotel, a four-story office building, several ground-floor retail and restaurant spaces, two two-story office buildings, a self-storage facility by Hibernia Capital, a covered parking structure and an apartment building by StreetLights Residential. Completion of the first phase is slated for the latter half of 2022 with final completion and the hotel’s opening scheduled for fall 2023. The Grove is also the home to the new Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury private training facility that opened in late 2020.
BASTROP, TEXAS — Redwood City, Calif.-based Ohana Real Estate Investors has purchased the 491-room Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort & Spa in Bastrop, an eastern suburb of Austin. The seller was an affiliate of Hyatt Hotels Corp. According to hotelbusiness.com, which tracks the hospitality industry, the sales price was $275 million. The 650-acre property features more than 36,000 square feet of indoor meeting space and 276,000 square feet of outdoor amenity space that includes a golf course, water park, amphitheater and an equestrian facility. In addition, the property adjoins the 1,100-acre McKinney Roughs Nature National Park. The deal follows Ohana’s acquisition of the 496-room La Cantera Resort & Spa in San Antonio.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — GBT Realty Corp., a Brentwood, Tenn.-based commercial development and investment company, has broken ground on the next phase of construction for Parke West, a mixed-use project located near Nashville’s West End neighborhood. The plans include a hotel, residential community, restaurants and retail space, which will all be situated within two towers. Parke West will also have a 450-space underground parking structure that will serve both towers. Developed, owned and managed by Nashville-based Chartwell Hospitality, the nine-story hotel is a dual-branded Hilton Garden Inn and Home2 Suites by Hilton. The hotels will feature a shared lobby and amenities, including a lobby bar and restaurant, fitness center, rooftop pool deck and approximately 4,000 square feet of flexible meeting space. Of the 172 rooms, 69 will operate as Home2 Suites, while the remaining 103 rooms are designated for Hilton Garden Inn. Plans for the 15-story, multifamily tower includes 210 one- and two-bedroom units. Community amenities will include a 12th floor outdoor swimming pool and deck, dog spa and a 24-hour concierge. Between the towers will be a courtyard featuring open-air, landscaped terraces. Approximately 11,000 square feet of commercial space on the ground level will house restaurants with outdoor seating, service …
BROOKSVILLE, FLA. — DSH Hotel Advisors has brokered the sale of a 57-room Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham hotel in Brooksville. Dennis Hopper of DSH represented the seller, an entity doing business as L&H LLC, and the buyer, Aarush Hospitality LLC. The sales price was not disclosed. The Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham is located at 6298 Nature Coast Blvd. near Interstate 75 and State Route 98. The hotel is located adjacent to Croom ATV Park, which has 2,600 acres of trails. According to its website, the hotel offers free breakfast and complimentary Wi-Fi, as well guest laundry services, an onsite gym and an outdoor pool. DSH Hotel Advisors is a Tampa-based hotel brokerage and advisory firm.