Hospitality

DALLAS — Hospitality development and investment firm NewcrestImage has acquired the 148-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott hotel in downtown Dallas. The hotel is an adaptive reuse of a historic 10-story building and features a fitness center, complimentary breakfast and 615 square feet of meeting space. NewcrestImage will undertake further renovations to the property that will take about four months to complete, during which time the hotel will remain open. The seller of the hotel was not disclosed.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Developer Safe Harbor Development LLC has opened the $82 million Margaritaville Hotel Nashville, a 12-story hotel featuring 166 guestrooms, as well as 52 suites. Davidson Hotels & Resorts manages the hotel, which is located at 425 5th Ave. S. in downtown Nashville’s SoBro (South of Broadway) district. Margaritaville Hotel Nashville is adjacent to the Country Music Hall of Fame, Bridgestone Arena, Music City Center and Honky Tonk Highway. Amenities include a rooftop pool, sundeck, fire pits, live entertainment, a fitness center, and two Margaritaville-branded restaurants: FINS Bar and JWB Grill. The hotel also includes nearly 11,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor customizable event space, as well as Radio Margaritaville’s Nashville studio.

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — Capital Square and Method Co. have announced plans to develop 529 King Street, a 50-unit hotel with ground-level retail space in the Cannonborough-Elliotborough neighborhood of historic downtown Charleston. Capital Square has established a project-specific opportunity zone fund called CSRA Opportunity Zone Fund IV LLC, which seeks to raise $7.7 million in equity from investors willing to invest a minimum of $100,000 to fund the hotel development. Method’s ROOST Apartment Hotel brand will operate the hotel. Designed by New York-based Morris Adjmi Architects, the five-story property will feature 4,218 square feet of retail space, valet-operated parking spaces, a courtyard and rooftop lounge. The property will also feature a fitness center, library and coworking space on each floor.

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CLEVELAND — MCR has purchased the 240-room Hilton Garden Inn hotel in downtown Cleveland for an undisclosed price. Located at 1100 Carnegie Ave., the property is a short drive from the home where the 1983 movie A Christmas Story was filmed. Starring Peter Billingsley, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to get a Red Ryder BB gun from Santa. The Hilton Garden Inn features Harvey’s Sports Lounge and The Garden Grille, as well as a convenience store, fitness center, indoor pool, business center and 11,000 square feet of meeting space. New York City-based Hotel 1100 Carnegie LP sold the hotel for $28.2 million, according to Crain’s Cleveland Business.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marriott International has opened a 170-room Springhill Suites hotel at 2315 N. Main St. in Fort Worth’s Historic Stockyards district. The six-story property features a fitness center, outdoor pool, complimentary breakfast and 11,500 square feet of meeting and event space. In addition, a food and beverage concept from local chef Tim Love is scheduled to open at the hotel in early 2020. OGC Main Street LP owns the hotel, and Oldham Goodwin Group manages it.

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WILKES BARRE, PA. — HREC Investment Advisors has brokered the sale of the 152-room Holiday Inn Wilkes Barre East Mountain, a hotel located approximately 115 miles north of Philadelphia. Amenities include an onsite business center, laundry facilities, an indoor pool and two restaurants. Mark Rousseau and Mark von Dwingelo of HREC represented the seller, Plains Hotel Associates. Regal Hospitality was the buyer. The sales price was undisclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — JBA Equities has arranged a $135 million loan for the refinancing of the Mondrian Park Avenue hotel in the NoMad district of Manhattan. Journal Hotels manages the 190-room hotel, which opened in October 2017. KeyBank Real Estate Capital provided a $110 million senior mortgage loan and South Korea-based Fidelis Asset Management provided a $25 million mezzanine loan. Jonathan Aghravi, Charles Han and Eli Terry of JBA Equities, along with Tal Bar-or of Lantern Real Estate, secured the loan for the borrower, Moin Development.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Madison Realty Capital has provided a $210 million construction loan for the development of the Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences located at 525 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. The borrower, Fort Partners, will use the financing to complete vertical construction on the 22-story Four Seasons-branded development, located approximately two miles from downtown Fort Lauderdale and adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean. The property, situated on an entire city block, will feature 148 hotel rooms and 83 residential condominium units, of which 60 percent have been presold. The hotel and condominiums will feature access to multiple infinity pools, five-star restaurants, ballrooms, meeting spaces, a fitness center, spa center and valet parking. Fort Partners holds the exclusive right to develop Four Seasons-branded properties in Florida and its previous developments include the Surf Club Four Seasons Hotel and Residences in Surfside and the Four Seasons Hotel Palm Beach. The new Four Seasons project in Fort Lauderdale is expected to open in 2021.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc. (NYSE: RHP) has reached an agreement with Stratus Properties Inc. (Nasdaq: STRS) to purchase Block 21, a mixed-use and entertainment development occupying a full city block in downtown Austin. Ryman has agreed to purchase the property from Stratus for $275 million, including a debt assumption of $142 million. Block 21 houses Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater, a 2,750-seat venue that hosts America’s longest running music series, Austin City Limits. Past artists that have played the annual concert series include Dave Matthews Band, Lauryn Hill, Beck, Elvis Costello, Coldplay, Robert Plant, Cyndi Lauper and B.B. King. The project also features W Austin Hotel & Residences, 3TEN ACL Live club, 40,000 square feet of Class A office space and 18,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, including Starbucks and Urban Outfitters. Built in 2010, Block 21 anchors downtown Austin’s 2nd Street District. “Ryman Hospitality Properties’ expertise in both hospitality and live entertainment, plus their demonstrated stewardship of the iconic Ryman Auditorium and Grand Ole Opry, make them the ideal company to usher Block 21 and ACL Live into their next decade,” says William Armstrong III, president, CEO and chairman of the board …

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO., CARUTHERSVILLE, MO., AND NEW CUMBERLAND, W.V. — VICI Properties Inc. (NYSE: VICI), a New York City-based REIT that specializes in casinos, has acquired three such properties in Missouri and West Virginia. Eldorado Resorts Inc. sold the assets for $278 million in an all-cash deal. In Missouri, Isle Casino Cape Girardeau is located in Cape Girardeau in the southern part of the state, while Lady Luck Casino is a riverboat casino in Caruthersville, located even further south near the Tennessee-Missouri border. Both cities are situated along the Mississippi River. In West Virginia, Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort is in New Cumberland, a city situated along the Ohio River in the northern part of the state. Isle Casino opened in 2012 and features 41,500 square feet of casino space, three dining venues, a pavilion and an entertainment center. Lady Luck opened 1995 and consists of a dockside casino spanning 21,500 square feet, two restaurants and a 40,000-square-foot pavilion. Mountaineer opened as a racetrack and resort in 1951. The casino debuted in 1994 and offers a 357-room hotel, five dining venues, 1,486 gaming machines and 36 table games. VICI Properties has also entered into an agreement with Colorado-based Century Casinos …

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