HOUSTON — Hotel Development Services (HDS) has broken ground on a 144-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Houston. The property is being developed within Generation Park, a 4,000-acre master-planned community on the city’s northwest side. The five-story hotel will feature more than 2,000 square feet of meeting space, a 24-hour market, outdoor pool, fitness center, business center, bistro and a Starbucks Coffee. American Hospitality Management will manage the property upon completion in 2019.
NEWPORT, R.I. — NKF Capital Markets has orchestrated the sale of the Newport Grand Casino in Newport for $10.1 million. NKF represented the seller, Twin River Management Group, in the transaction. The buyer was Carpionato Group. Initially serving as an arena for jai alai, Newport Grand added slot machines in 1992 and was renovated in 2008 to add space for a full casino. The property will continue to operate as the Newport Grand Casino until the gaming facility relocates to Tiverton, Rhode Island later this year. The buyer plans to redevelop the 23.5-acre site into a mixed-use project.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — HREC Investment Advisors has brokered the sale of the 295-room DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Williamsburg. Ketan Patel and Monty Levy of HREC arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, an affiliate of Waramaug Hospitality. An affiliate of Shamin Hotels, a Virginia-based hotel owner and operator, acquired the asset. The sales price was not disclosed. The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel is located adjacent to the Busch Gardens theme park, a half-mile from Anheuser Busch’s Williamsburg Budweiser brewery and five miles from the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station.
DEERFIELD, ILL. — CBRE Capital Markets has arranged a $32.9 million loan for the acquisition of the Hyatt Regency Deerfield. The 301-room hotel is located at 1750 Lake Cook Road near I-94 and I-294. Bill Howe and Jonathan Rice of CBRE arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Phoenix Development Partners. A debt fund provided the loan.
LOS ANGELES — HFF has arranged the sale of Hotel MdR – a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel located at 13480 Maxella Ave. in West Los Angeles’ Marina del Rey submarket. Lubert-Adler, Channel West Group and Arris Investment sold the 283-room hotel to U.K.-based London & Regional Properties for an undisclosed price. Hotel MdR was renovated and repositioned as a soft-branded DoubleTree Hotel in 2014. The property features an outdoor heated pool and patio, fitness facility, 24/7 business center, market, energy room with ping-pong table, 5,429 square feet of indoor/outdoor event space and Barbianca Local Kitchen. Tony Malk, Scott Hall and Aaron Lapping of HFF represented the seller in the deal. Additionally, Brad Greenway, Kevin MacKenzie and Matthew Stewart of HFF arranged a five-year, floating-rate loan with a Germany-based lender for the buyer.
PITTSBURGH — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the former 223-room Embassy Suites Pittsburgh Airport hotel in Coraopolis for $25 million. Coraopolis is located about five miles north of Pittsburgh International Airport. The hotel, which was built in 1990, closed in early 2018. Jerry Swon and Daniel Zagoria represented the seller, NHH CMS Pittsburgh LP, in the transaction. The buyer was a private developer. The Pittsburgh Post Gazettehas reported that the building will be repurposed into a 220-unit assisted living and memory care facility called Tapestry Senior Living at Moon Township. The property is located on a hilltop and is highly visible from the intersection of Coraopolis Heights Road and Cherrington Parkway.
SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — HREC Investment Advisors has arranged the sale of the 209-room Embassy Suites by Hilton Chicago in Schaumburg. The sales price was not disclosed. The hotel is located nine miles from Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Scott Kaniewski of HREC represented the seller, a joint venture between Hotel Capital and ORIX Real Estate Americas. Pearlshire Capital Group purchased the asset.
PHOENIX — Mortenson, a U.S.-based construction and real estate development company, has completed the construction of a Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton in downtown Phoenix. Located at 77 E. Polk St., the 11-story hotel features 210 guest rooms. Apple Hospitality REIT acquired the newly completed hotel for $44 million, or $210,000 per key. The 123,900-square-foot property offers a bar and lounge, business center, meeting space, fitness center and breakfast room. North Central Group will manage the hotel, which is the first Hampton Inn & Suites hotel in downtown Phoenix. Mortenson served as developer and general contractor, PK Architects provided architectural services, Design Force served as interior designer, and PK Associates, Peterson Associates Consulting Inc. Dibble Engineering provided engineering services for the project.
PHOENIX — Orion Investment Real Estate has arranged the sale of a motel property located at 3547 E. Van Buren St. in Phoenix. Risi Cos. acquired the short-stay motel, formerly known as Best Inn Suites, from Rudra Investment for $3.3 million, or $50,000 per unit. The buyer plans to convert the 66-room motel into an apartment property. At the time of sale, the motel was 97 percent occupied under daily, weekly and monthly terms. Zach Mishkin of Orion represented the buyer, while Joseph Dietz and Bob Farrell of Orion represented the seller in the deal.
CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — The City of Chula Vista and the Port of San Diego have approved key agreements to advance the Chula Vista Bayfront resort hotel and convention center project on San Diego Bay. The Board of Port Commissioners and the Chula Vista City Council unanimously approved a disposition and development agreement between the public-private partnership of port, the city and RIDA Development Corp. Construction is slated to begin in late 2019. Gaylord Hotels, the large convention hotel brand of Marriott International, will operate the 535-acre project. Located west of Marina Parkway between H and G streets, the waterfront development will include 1,600 hotel rooms and a 415,000-square-foot convention with 275,000 usable square feet of convention and meeting space. Additionally, the project will feature associated retail and resort-style amenities, including restaurant, bar and lounge facilities, recreational facilities, spa, pool with a lazy river, bike and boat rentals, more than 250 acres of protected wildlife habitat, and 46 acres of new parks, trails and bike paths. Public infrastructure improvements are planned to start by 2019, which includes site preparation, building access roads and new public streets, providing utility services and developing the new Harbor Park. Sun Communities Inc. is developing …
