WALLINGFORD, CONN. — Emerald Hospitality Associates, an Ohio-based hotel development and management firm, has purchased Hilton Garden Inn Wallingford/Meriden, a 139-room hotel in Wallingford, about 14 miles northeast of New Haven. The property offers a lobby bar and restaurant, as well as a 24-hour fitness center, pool, business center and 4,400 square feet of meeting space. Emerald plans to implement a capital improvement program to enhance the outdoor spaces, lobby and other features. This acquisition was executed in partnership with Nimbus Investment Fund, an independent affiliate of Emerald Hospitality and Core Real Estate Capital. The seller was not disclosed.
SAVANNAH, GA. — Columbia Ventures has acquired Broughton Municipal Building from the City of Savannah with plans to convert the property into a 43-room boutique hotel. The developer plans to put a restaurant on the ground floor, a bar on the rooftop and an entertainment space in the basement. Columbia Ventures expects to break ground on the hotel in the first quarter of 2020. Construction, which is expected to cost $19 million, will last one year. The developer will restore key exterior and interior elements during the renovation. The design team is led by Lynch & Associates. The sales price of the building was not disclosed.
TYSONS, VA. — Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. has sold three assets for a total of $166 million, or $151,000 per room. The sold hotels include the 507-room Hilton Atlanta Airport; the 317-room Hilton New Orleans Airport; and the 274-room Embassy Suites Parsippany in Parsippany, N.J. The three properties had a combined $109 million RevPAR in 2018, which was 37 percent less than Tysons-based Park Hotels’ 2018 portfolio average. The buyer(s) was not disclosed.
DALLAS — Berkadia has negotiated the sale of the 160-room Doubletree Dallas-Farmers Branch hotel. The property, which offers amenities such as a pool, fitness center and a business center, recently underwent an $8 million renovation program. The buyer was an undisclosed 1031 exchange investor. This was the first sale from the 15-property portfolio Berkadia exclusively listed throughout the West and Southwest. The entire portfolio could fetch a sales price of $375 million.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has entered into an agreement to sell Kimpton Rouge Hotel, a 137-room hotel in downtown Washington, D.C., for $42 million. The hotel offers a 24-hour fitness center, in-room spa services, a yoga mat in every room, bicycles for rent and an on-site bar. The seller expects the sale to close in the third quarter of this year. The buyer was not disclosed.
RENO AND LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Eldorado Resorts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERI) and Caesars Entertainment Corp. (NASDAQ: CZR) have agreed to merge operations in a cash and stock deal valued at $17.3 billion. Eldorado plans to purchase the assets and operations of Caesars, creating the world’s largest gaming company. If approved and executed, the combined company would operate under the Caesars name and continue to trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The combined company would own and operate approximately 60 casino-resorts and gaming facilities across 16 states. The combined company will also oversee the completion of the $1.2 billion room remodeling program of Caesars’ Las Vegas Strip assets. Eldorado will acquire all the outstanding shares of Caesars using $7.2 billion in cash, approximately 77 million Eldorado common shares and the assumption of Caesars outstanding net debt, excluding face value of the existing convertible note (i.e. short-term debt that converts to equity). Eldorado and Caesars shareholders will hold approximately 51 percent and 49 percent of the combined company’s outstanding shares, respectively. The combined company’s board of directors will consist of 11 members, six from Eldorado’s board of directors and five from Caesars’ board of directors. The board of directors for both …
PERU, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $2.5 million sale of a 61-room Super 8 hotel in Peru, which is located in central Illinois. The property is situated at 1851 May Road. Ebrahim Valliani, Michael Klar and Chris Gomes of Marcus & Millichap brokered the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed buyer and seller. The hotel caters to leisure and business clientele.
PEARLAND, TEXAS — Hospitality owner-operator Banyan Investment Group has acquired the 110-room Courtyard by Marriott Houston Pearland, located on the city’s southwestern outskirts. Banyan will assume operations of the property, which is situated within Pearland Town Center, a mixed-use development with 140 retail stores and restaurants, a 234-unit apartment complex and 50,000 square feet of office space. The hotel’s rooms were renovated in 2016 and its amenities include a fitness center, pool, coffee shop and meeting space for up to 60 people.
SLIDELL, LA. — Q Hotels and Stirling Properties have broken ground on Springhill Suites by Marriott, an 88-room, four-story hotel in Slidell. The hotel will sit on 1.9 acres at the intersection of Ruth Garrett Way and Bill Garrett Road, about 35 miles northeast of downtown New Orleans. Construction is already underway on the hotel with delivery slated for the fourth quarter of 2020. The hotel will be situated within Fremaux Park, Stirling’s 350-acre mixed-use development that includes residential and retail space, including Fremaux Town Center. The 640,000-square-foot retail destination is anchored by Dillard’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Kohl’s and Best Buy and includes restaurants such as Five Guys, Rock N Roll Sushi, Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Starbucks and LongHorn Steakhouse. Fremaux Park’s additional phases will include more residential and retail space and bring office and industrial space.
GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged $15.5 million in financing for Garden Grove Hotel LLC, a private buyer, for the development of a Home2Suites hotel in Garden Grove. Bruce Francis, Dana Summers, Doug Birrell, Bob Ybarra, Shaun Moothart and David Stinebaugh of CBRE facilitated the loan. The financing features an 18-month floating-rate period during construction that will convert into a fixed-rate loan for 36 months with two one-year extension options. The lending amount represents 73.5 percent of total project costs. Located at 13650 Harbor Blvd., the 124-unit hotel is currently under construction, with completion slated for late 2020.