DALLAS — The Siegel Group Nevada Inc. has purchased the former Regency Hotel, a four-building, 153,000-square-foot hospitality property located on the LBJ Freeway in northeast Dallas, for approximately $5 million. Originally constructed as a Holiday Inn in 1977, the property features a bar and restaurant, theater, fitness center, pool and banquet areas. As part of the property’s repurposing, the company plans to demolish the building that houses the bar, restaurant and banquet areas and construct a stand-alone retail property in its place.
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SARATOGA SPRING, N.Y. — Homewood Suites by Hilton has opened Homewood Suites by Hilton Saratoga Springs, located at 3368 S. Broadway in Saratoga Springs. Developed by Turf Pioneer Broadway, a joint venture between Turf Hotels Inc. and Pioneer Cos., the hotel features 113 suites in studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts with fully equipped kitchens and separate living and sleeping areas. On-site amenities include complimentary hot breakfast, WiFi, an indoor pool and hot tub, 480 square feet of flexible meeting space and an outdoor patio with fire pit and sports court.
ST. LOUIS — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis for $87.8 million. Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I sold the hotel to Hospitality Properties Trust (Nasdaq: HPT). Sonesta International Hotels Corp. will operate the hotel under its new name, Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta Hotel. Built over 90 years ago, the historic hotel features 338 guest rooms and suites, 51 furnished executive apartments and retail space.
NEW YORK — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) has sold the 252-room Dumont NYC in New York for $118 million. The transaction marks Pebblebrook’s exit from the New York market. The upper upscale hotel is located at 150 E. 34th St. at Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. It was built in 1986. The buyer was LeFrak Organization, which plans to convert the hotel into apartments, according to The Real Deal. Dumont NYC was previously part of a six-hotel portfolio Pebblebrook held with joint venture partner Denihan Hospitality Group. Denihan Investments completed a redemption agreement with Pebblebrook that transferred ownership of the jointly owned hotels in October. Denihan became the sole owner of four of the assets. This included The Benjamin, Fifty NYC, Gardens NYC and Shelburne NYC for a total of 917 rooms. Pebblebrook assumed full ownership of Dumont NYC and Manhattan NYC, totaling 870 rooms. Manhattan NYC was then sold to a joint venture between Sioni Group, Patriarch Equities and Highgate for $217.5 million. It was rebranded as the Stewart Hotel. Proceeds from the Dumont NYC sale will be used for general business purposes, which may include reducing Pebblebrook’s outstanding debt or repurchasing some of the company’s common shares. “With …
DALLAS — Woodbine Legacy Investments, a division of Dallas-based hospitality investment firm Woodbine Development Corp., has acquired the Hilton Dallas Park Cities, a 224-room hotel located in the University Park neighborhood in Dallas. The 11-story hotel, which was built in 2001 and renovated between 2012 and 2013, features a heated rooftop pool, business center, fitness center and 10,529 square feet of meeting and event space. John Bourret and Austin Brooks of HFF represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Eastern Union Funding, a New York-based mortgage brokerage firm, has arranged a $1.5 million loan for the refinancing of the Quality Inn at Arlington Highlands, a 128-room hotel located near AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Peter Blass of Eastern Union arranged the loan through Southwest National Bank on behalf of the borrower, RMG Hospitality. A portion of the funds will be used for renovating the property.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of La Quinta Inn & Suites Beaumont West, a 65-room hotel located at 5820 Walden Road in Beaumont. Skyler Cooper, Lisa Hankamer, Chris Gomes and Allan Miller of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The asset had a list price of $6 million. Other terms of sale were not disclosed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Natixis has provided a $39 million floating-rate, first mortgage loan to Washington, D.C.-based Excel Group for the acquisition of the 200-room Hyatt Place hotel located in the NoMa neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The 14-story, LEED Silver-certified hotel was constructed in 2014. Designed by Cooper Carry Inc., the property features a restaurant and lounge, 1,600 square feet of meeting space, an outdoor pool, fitness center and a business center. Excel’s current portfolio consists of 18 hospitality assets totaling over 2,200 rooms located throughout the eastern United States.
OKLAHOMA CITY — California-based lender iBorrow has provided $12 million for the refinancing of the Crowne Plaza Oklahoma City, a 218-room hotel located at 2945 Northwest Expressway in Oklahoma City. The undisclosed borrower, which purchased the property in 2016 and has since invested approximately $8.1 million in it, will rebrand the asset as a Wyndham hotel.
LAS VEGAS — Golden Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: GDEN) has agreed to acquire American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC, which owns four gaming and entertainment properties in Nevada, for $850 million. American Casino & Entertainment’s portfolio features 3,879 slot machines, 89 table games and 4,895 hotel rooms in Las Vegas and Laughlin, Nevada. Properties include: The Stratosphere Casino, Hotel & Tower, featuring an 80,000-square-foot casino, 2,427 guestrooms and suites, 13 restaurants, nine bars, two pools, entertainment venues and a 1,149-foot observation tower located on the North Las Vegas Strip. Arizona Charlie’s Hotel & Casino – Decatur, located just off the Las Vegas Strip, which features 1,060 slot machines, seven table games and 259 hotel rooms. Arizona Charlie’s Hotel & Casino – Boulder, located on Boulder Highway in Las Vegas, which features 849 slot machines, seven table games and 303 hotel rooms. The Aquarius Casino Resort, located on the banks of the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nev. The property features a 57,000-square-foot casino, eight restaurants, three bars, 1,906 guestrooms and suites and an entertainment pavilion. The purchase consideration consists of $781 million cash plus approximately four million shares of Golden Entertainment stock issued to American Casino & Entertainment’s current owner, Whitehall Street …