SPRINGFIELD, MO. — Springfield Hospitality Inc. has purchased the 188-room Holiday Inn & Suites in Springfield for an undisclosed price. Located at 2720 N. Glenstone Ave., the hotel features amenities such as a heated indoor pool, fitness center, complimentary Wi-Fi and the Peppertree Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge. Nate Sahn, Pravin Boteju, James Foxx and Tom Adamson of CBRE Hotels represented the undisclosed seller in the sale.
DAYTON, OHIO — Shaner Hotels has opened the 98-room Fairfield Inn & Suites in Dayton. Shaner operates and co-owns the select-service hotel in conjunction with Crawford Hoying. Located at 305 E. Monument Ave., the six-story hotel is situated between Fifth Third Field, home of the Class A minor league the Dayton Dragons, and Riverscape Metro Park. Hotel amenities include a fitness center, business center, on-site laundry facilities and complimentary Wi-Fi. Dining options include complimentary breakfast, a lobby bar and The Market, which offers snacks and drinks.
BURLINGTON, VT. — HFF has brokered the sale of the 309-room DoubleTree by Hilton Burlington. The price was not disclosed. Denny Meikleham, Alan Suzuki and Matthew Enright of HFF represented the seller, RLJ Lodging Trust, in the transaction. The buyer was AAM 15 Management LLC. Located at 870 Williston Road, the property is the largest conference center hotel in Vermont with 30,000 square feet of event space. Amenities include an indoor heated pool, fitness center, business center and complimentary shuttle service.
DENVER — Denver-based Continuum Partners has received $110 million in financing for A Block, a mixed-use development located in downtown Denver. The 310,055-square-foot project features the 200-key Kimpton Hotel Born, located at 1600 Wewatta St., and a 54,976-square-foot Class A office building with ground-level retail space and a 197-space parking garage, located at 1881 16th St. Completed in 2017, A Block has two separate components: the 12-story Hotel Born and the five-story office and retail portion. The hotel features 13,937 square feet of flexible meeting space, a fitness center, business center, ground-floor retail space and two food and beverage options, Citizen Rail Restaurant in the hotel lobby and Tavernetta. The fully occupied office building features 7,929 square feet of retail space leased to national tenants. Eric Tupler, Leon McBroom and Tyler Dumon of HFF arranged the floating-rate loan with a national bank. Loan proceeds will be used to retire the existing construction financing, which was placed by HFF in 2015.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Union Investment has purchased a dual-branded hotel property located on King Street in Charleston’s historic district for an undisclosed price. Opened in 2015, the property includes a modern Hyatt House apartment-style hotel and a Hyatt Place hotel. In total, the two hotels offer 304 rooms. Hyatt House features 113 guest rooms designed for extended-stay guests with a living area and integrated kitchen, while Hyatt Place features 191 rooms and 800 square feet of conference space. Additional on-site amenities include a fitness center, swimming pool, market and a rooftop bar. Regent/BN Charleston Holdings is the vendor of the properties, and the hotels are leased for 30 years to Pyramid Hotel Group, the operator. Germany-based Union Investment is adding the hotel property to the portfolio of its open-ended real estate fund, Unilmmo: Global.
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Ramada Houston Intercontinental Airport South, a 96-room hotel located about four miles from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. Lisa Hankamer, Andrew Frosch, Allan Miller and Chris Gomes of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. Miller and Gomes also procured the buyer, a Dallas-based limited liability company. Other terms of sale were not disclosed.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — HREC has arranged the sale of St. Petersburg Marriott Clearwater. Menna Development & Management sold the Tampa Bay property for an undisclosed price. Located at 12600 Roosevelt Blvd. in Northeast St. Petersburg, the hotel features 209 guest rooms, 22,832 square feet of meeting space, a 1,600-square-foot fitness center and The Crafted Plate, a farm-fresh American restaurant. Scott Stephens and Jaimin Patel of HREC’s Tampa office represented the seller in the transaction.
ROCKFORD, ILL. — HREC Investment Advisors has arranged the sale of the 106-room Fairfield Inn & Suites in Rockford for an undisclosed price. Minnesota-based Oliver Cos. purchased the asset. Jeff Preston and Tom Sommer of HREC represented the sellers, North Central Group and Raymond Management Co. The hotel, located near I-90, features a complimentary breakfast, Wi-Fi, a fitness center and pool. Fairfield Inn & Suites is part of the Marriott chain of hotels.
One of the first questions clients ask when considering a hotel casino acquisition or the development of a new hotel casino project in Nevada is whether they have to obtain a gaming license. Since applying for a gaming license requires the disclosure of extensive, private personal information — and obtaining a gaming license can take several months — buyers and developers often want to learn about alternatives to the license. Those alternatives are briefly summarized below. Sale-Leaseback: The sale-leaseback structure involves the current hotel casino owner and/or operator selling substantially all of the assets to the buyer. The buyer, in turn, then leases all of such assets back to the seller. The seller retains the gaming assets and liabilities, utilizes the other assets per the lease and continues to operate the hotel casino for the lease term. The advantage of this structure is that the sale transaction can be closed quickly since the parties do not have to wait for the buyer to obtain its gaming license. A potential disadvantage to the seller is that it still has to operate the property. Possible disadvantages to the buyer are that the buyer assumes the future licensing risk and, generally speaking, cannot …
WESLEY CHAPEL, FLA. — Westlake, Ohio-based Emerald Hospitality Associates has acquired and opened Hilton Garden Inn Tampa-Wesley Chapel, located at 26640 Silver Maple Parkway in Wesley Chapel. Emerald Hospitality Associates will manage the property, which it purchased in partnership with Nimbus Investment Fund, an independent affiliate of Emerald Hospitality. The hotel features 124 guestrooms each with a microwave and refrigerator, 3,712 square feet of flexible meeting space, and an extensive lobby and outdoor patio featuring the Garden Grille & Bar. Additional amenities include complimentary Wi-Fi, a 24-hour business station, state-of-the-art fitness center, Keurig coffee maker and a full-service restaurant and bar.
