GOLD BEACH, ORE. — Compass Commercial Real Estate Services has arranged the $4.2 million sale of Jot’s Resort, a hotel located at 94360 Wedderburn Loop in Gold Beach. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Situated on 7.3 acres at the mouth of the Rogue River, the resort features 102 one-bedroom/one-bath guestrooms, a marina, pool, gift and tackle shop, and fitness center, as well as Rod ‘n Reel Restaurant & Bar, a fully equipped restaurant. Dan Kemp of Compass Commercial represented the seller, while Paul Grout of Signature Realty co-brokered the deal.
Hospitality
Thus far in 2019, much of the growth and development in Rhode Island has been focused on downtown Providence. Much of this has to do with the colleges and hospitals, as well as the residential component in general. But Rhode Island continues to develop hotels, especially in downtown, due in part simply to having a vibrant, in-demand city. Officials want to create the ability for Providence to compete for and attract top-tier conventions. Hotel Development Wave With 1,000-plus hotel rooms coming on line over the next 18 to 24 months, along with another 1,000 residential units of new and redeveloped housing, the long sought-after downtown Providence residential market seems to be here. Examples of this hotel development include the following: • Procaccianti Group’s 176 room Marriott Residence Inn at the Convention Center, coming in the second half of 2019; • First Bristol & Paolino Properties’ 120-room Homewood Suites Extended Stay, which opened in April; • Hotel Beatrice, 28-32 Kennedy Plaza, 48 rooms, under construction; • Best Western Glo Hotel, 322 Washington Street, 76 rooms, commission/board review approved; • Aloft hotel, Innovation Complex, 170 rooms, commission/board review approved; • Holiday Inn, 371 Pine Street, 91 rooms, commission/board review approved; • Hotel …
PALM BEACH, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $39.6 million sale of The Palm House Hotel, a 79-room hotel in Palm Beach. The hotel was originally built in 1961 and expanded in 1981. In 2006, the hotel underwent renovations that halted in 2014. The hotel is now vacant. The buyer, an affiliate of London + Regional Properties, acquired the site via a Section 363 bankruptcy sale. Robert Given, Errol Blumer, Robert Kaplan and Michael Mulkern of Cushman & Wakefield represented 160 Royal Palm LLC, a bankruptcy court-appointed receiver managed by former Delray Beach Mayor Cary Glickstein, in the transaction. The Palm House Hotel sits on 1.4 acres at 160 Palm Royal Way on Palm Beach Island one block from the Atlantic Ocean.
ST. LOUIS — HDA Architects and JNS Architects have completed the design of a new $45 million AC Hotel in the Central West End of St. Louis. The seven-story building will have 192 guest rooms. The project will be situated near the BJC Institute of Health at Washington University. The development team includes Koplar Properties, Concord Hospitality Enterprises and Homebase Partners. MC Hotel Construction is the general contractor. Construction is scheduled to commence this summer.
SHENANDOAH, TEXAS — Hospitality developer Sam Moon Group has broken ground on a 148-room Hyatt House hotel within the Metropark Square mixed-use development in Shenandoah, located north of Houston. The five-story property will feature studio, one- and two-bedroom suites with fully equipped kitchens and separate living guestrooms. Communal amenities will include a pool and a fitness center, a bar and a lounge. VCC is the general contractor for the project, and Type Six is the architect. Veritex Community Bank provided construction financing for the hotel, which is slated to open in November 2020.
MONTICELLO, N.Y. — Manhattan-based RAL Development Services has completed The Kartrite Resort & Indoor Waterpark, a 324-room hotel and resort located in the Upstate New York city of Monticello. Located about 90 minutes outside New York City at the former site of The Concord Resort, The Kartrite’s signature feature is a two-acre indoor water park, the largest such attraction in the state. The property offers an array of other amenities for children, including a rock climbing wall, ropes and obstacle course, arcade games, mini-bowling alley and a laser tag arena. The Kartrite also houses eight uniquely themed restaurants and bars, a spa, pools and 11,000 square feet of conference and meeting space.
OMAHA, NEB. — Choice Hotels International Inc. has opened the Cambria Hotel Omaha Downtown. The 128-room hotel is the newest addition to Omaha’s NoDo district. The property features a fitness center, multi-function meeting space and onsite dining with local craft beer on tap. The LEED Silver-certified hotel incorporates a number of eco-friendly features, including a solar array on the roof, a saltwater pool that reduces chemical usage, electric vehicle car charging stations and recycled building materials. A partnership between O’Reilly Hospitality Management and Robert Low of Prime Trucking Co. developed the project.
EASTON, PA. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $12.6 million acquisition loan for the 86-room TownePlace Suites by Marriott in Easton, located 17 miles northeast of Allentown. The four-story property is located in Lower Nazareth Township among major corporate entities including Amazon, BMW and Porsche, in addition to several medical centers and shopping centers. The hotel was built in 2009 and offers five king suites, 26 queen suites, nine one-bedroom suites and six two-bedroom suites. Morris Betesh, Philip Galligan and Alex Bailkin of Meridian Capital arranged the financing through a balance sheet lender on behalf of the borrower, Manhattan-based RiverBrook Equities. The 10-year loan includes a 25-year amortization schedule.
ALTOONA AND WASHINGTON, PA. — Florida-based hospitality REIT Chatham Lodging Trust has sold two Marriott-branded hotels in Western Pennsylvania for approximately $10 million. The properties include the 105-room Courtyard by Marriott in Altoona, about 100 miles east of Pittsburgh, and the 86-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Washington, located about 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. Chatham, which purchased the hotels in 2010 as part of a larger portfolio acquisition, sold the properties at a capitalization rate of 6 percent. The buyer was not disclosed. Chatham CEO Jeffrey Fisher noted that the revenue per available room (RevPAR) at both hotels did not meet the standards of his company’s portfolio, and that disposing of the properties saved the company roughly $4 million in renovation costs.
ATLANTA — Woodbine Legacy Investments (WLI) has completed a $20 million renovation of W Atlanta-Buckhead, a 12-story, 291-room hotel in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The renovation began in May 2018. Guest accommodations — 286 guest rooms, four WOW Suites and one EWOW Suite — were enhanced with new headboards, armoires, damask wallcoverings and carpeting, 55-inch TVs, in-room Nespresso machines, beverage bar and artwork throughout. Communal renovations included new furnishings, an upgraded lobby and living room, upgraded fitness center and added Wi-Fi and meeting space throughout the hotel. The design team included architect and interior designer C+TC Studio, which designed the hotel’s rooftop bar, Whiskey Blue; interior designer Studio 11, which designed the lobby; and general contractor Genoa Construction. A second phase of renovation is planned for later this year, which will focus on updating the hotel’s restaurant, Cook Hall.