PORT HURON, MICH. — Cohen Financial, a division of SunTrust Bank, has secured a $12 million CMBS loan for the refinancing of a 149-room DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Port Huron, which is located in eastern Michigan along Lake Huron. Cathy Bronkema of Cohen arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule. JB Real Estate Development Co. was the borrower.
DETROIT — Detroit’s first Cambria hotel is under construction in the downtown area. Slated to open in 2020, the six-story, 158-room hotel will be Cambria’s second location in the state of Michigan. Located at 600 W. Lafayette Blvd., the Cambria hotel is part of an adaptive reuse project of the former WWJ Studios. The hotel will feature a rooftop bar with pool, onsite restaurant, meeting space, a fitness center and ballroom. A joint venture between Means Group Inc. and Koucar Management LLC is developing the hotel. The Cambria brand is under the Choice Hotels International Inc. umbrella of hotels. The hotel will anchor a mixed-use project featuring office and retail space. TCF Bank provided $25 million in construction financing for the mixed-use development.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — SRH Hospitality will develop a 261-room Westin-branded hotel on 6.8 acres in Southlake, a northern suburb of Fort Worth. SRH originally owned the land on which the property will be constructed and sold the tract to a Florida-based hedge fund in the form of a ground lease, proceeds from which will be used to finance construction of the hotel. The property will feature a 25,000-square-foot conference center with a ballroom, full-service restaurant and bar and a rooftop lounge area. SRH will operate the hotel and make monthly ground lease payments to the Florida-based hedge fund for a term of 99 years.
WINCHESTER, VA. — Mumford Co. has arranged the sale of an 85-room Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Winchester in Winchester. The hotel is located at 250 Front Royal Pike, three miles south of downtown Winchester. Amenities include a business center, conference center, fitness center and an indoor swimming pool. Ed James and Steve Kirby of Mumford Co. represented the seller, Front Royal Pike LLC, in the transaction. Aspire Hospitality acquired the property for an undisclosed price.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — A 12-story, dual-branded Hotel Distil and Moxy has opened on Louisville’s historic Whiskey Row. Poe Cos., White Lodging and REI Real Estate Services jointly developed the 315-room project. Louisville Business First reports project costs of roughly $100 million. The 205-room Hotel Distil is part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection Hotels, a portfolio of independent and upscale hotels comprising more than 180 properties. Many of Hotel Distil’s design cues are taken from bourbon barrels and the distilling process, with the intent of paying homage to Louisville’s bourbon heritage. Examples include wood tones, staves, black metal accents and copper fixtures. The hotel design incorporates an original 1860s-era façade, which was saved following a fire in 2015 and served as the original location and barrel house for J.T.S. Brown & Sons, a Kentucky bourbon whiskey produced by the Heaven Hill Distillery company. Hotel Distil will offer guests a nightly celebration of Prohibition. Guests will receive an invitation at check-in to join the hotel’s lobby for a nightly toast at 7:33 p.m., which is 19:33 Universal Time, the year Prohibition was repealed. Attendees will receive a celebratory whiskey cocktail. The hotel’s event space totals more than 11,000 square feet across its ballroom, three meeting rooms and …
SAN ANTONIO — Greysteel has arranged a loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of the 64-room La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham San Antonio, located just off Interstate 10 in the Alamo City. The hotel features a pool, fitness center and a business center. Mitt Patel and Daniel Hartnett of Greysteel arranged the long-term, fixed-rate financing on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 134-room Red Roof Inn property in Arlington Heights for $6 million. Built in 1984, the hotel is located at 22 W. Algonquin Road, nine miles from the Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Ebrahim Valliani, Michael Klar, Allan Miller and Chris Gomes of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. The team also represented the buyer, a partnership.
ATLANTA — Selig Enterprises has secured $340 million in construction financing for 1105 West Peachtree, its three-tower, mixed-use development in Midtown Atlanta. The project will feature a 675,000-square-foot office tower, a 64-unit condominium tower, and a 178-room Epicurean Hotel. The towers will also house 25,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. The Blackstone Group Inc. provided the construction loan, partially financing the $530 million project. “We have been fortunate enough to already garner the attention of some prominent tenants in the market including the signing of Smith, Gambrell & Russell for five floors [of the office tower],” says Chris Ahrenkiel, executive vice president of Selig Development. “The preleasing activity allowed for strong finance and equity options and also warranted an increase in the building size to over 675,000 square feet — the single largest tower to start construction in Atlanta in more than a decade.” Selig is partnering with Mainsail Lodging & Development to build The Epicurean Atlanta hotel, which will operate under the Marriott Autograph Collection banner. The hotel will offer 178 rooms, a full-service culinary program, conference and event facilities, and an outdoor terrace on the ninth floor. 40 West 12th will offer condos ranging from $600,000 to $2.2 million, in …
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Petros PACE Finance LLC has provided an $8 million Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) loan on behalf of Pedersen Development Co. to finance energy-efficiency measures in the construction of a 13-story Hyatt House hotel in downtown Kansas City. Pedersen will use the funds to incorporate sustainable design features, including energy-efficient roofing, windows, HVAC equipment, hot water heaters and LED lighting. The 153-room hotel will be located at the southwest corner of Ninth and Broadway streets. C-PACE is a relatively new financing tool for energy- and water-efficiency projects. It is a low-cost, long-term financing product secured as a property tax assessment. Over the 20-year life of the loan, energy-conserving features are expected to generate more than $7 million in utility and maintenance savings as well as a carbon dioxide reduction of 1,159 metric tons. Completion of the hotel is slated for January 2021. Brinkmann Constructors is the general contractor.
DALLAS — Chicago-based Convexity Properties will renovate and rebrand the Magnolia Hotel Park Cities, a 297-room hotel that anchors the 12-acre Eastline development in Dallas. The six-month construction project will enhance 297 guest rooms, introduce a café and grab-and-go market and curate a lobby lounge with a gastro-pub concept and live music. Dallas-based Yost Architects and Studio 11 Design have partnered in planning and designing the improvements. The renovated hotel, which will be rebranded as The Beeman Hotel at Eastline, will offer amenities such as 12,000 square feet of meeting space, a pool, fitness center and a business center.