BOULDER, COLO. — Summit Hotel Properties has purchased the 157-room Marriott hotel in Boulder for $61.4 million. The hotel is located at 2660 Canyon Blvd. The Marriott is situated within walking distance of the University of Colorado, Folsom Field and Pearl Street Mall. Notable employers in the area include IBM, Google, NCAR, Qualcomm and Covidien. The hotel has achieved a revenue per available room (RevPAR) of $167 a night over the past 12 months. This represents a 51 percent premium over the Summit’s pro forma RevPAR for its portfolio.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Hunter Hotel Advisors has brokered the sale of the 205-room Hilton Birmingham Perimeter Park in Birmingham. The buyer, Atlanta-based Peachtree Hotel Group, purchased the eight-story hotel with plans to invest $10.5 million to renovate and reposition the property into a DoubleTree by Hilton hotel. The sales price and seller were undisclosed, but the Birmingham Business Journal reports the sale price as nearly $13.3 million.
DALLAS — Pioneer Realty Capital LLC has closed a $13.8 million construction loan for a 130-room Home2 Suites Hotel in Dallas. The 82,130-square-foot property is an extended stay hotel featuring customizable guest room design. Amenities at the five-story hotel will include a combined laundry and fitness facility and pet-friendly accommodations. Freedom Hospitality LLC in Bryan is working with the contractor, Aguirre Roden Building Specialties Inc. of Dallas. Construction began in July. The 18-month project is scheduled to open in December 2017.
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS — MCR Development LLC has completed a renovation of the Courtyard by Marriott Brownsville, a 90-room select-service hotel. Located off I-69 East, the newly renovated hotel features an updated exterior with a stucco façade. The renovation of the hotel’s exterior follows recently completed updates to the interior, which included upgrading the lobby and guestrooms and the addition of a bistro. The hotel is located near Mitte Cultural District and the University of Texas at Brownsville.
PHILADELPHIA — Vine Street Matthews, a joint venture between Matthews Southwest and Vine Street Developers, is developing a dual-branded hotel facility located at 15th and Chestnut streets in Philadelphia. Designed by Cope Linder Architects, the 51-story project will feature the 295-room W Philadelphia and the 460-room Element Philadelphia Hotel, both operated by Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide. Slated to open in 2018, the 773,500-square-foot property will feature panoramic city views, an outdoor pool bar and terrace, meeting and banquet facilities, food and beverage venues, prime retail space and parking for 171 cars. The property is owned by Chestlen Development, an entity controlled by Brook Lenfest. The project team also includes O’Donnell & Naccarato and Tutor Perini Building Corp.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based PMZ Realty Capital has arranged a $71 million loan to refinance a four-property Hilton portfolio. The proceeds will be used by the undisclosed borrower to repay the first mortgage and mezzanine debt that has matured, as well as fund upcoming capital expenditure improvements throughout the portfolio. The portfolio includes the 140-room Hilton Garden Inn Ridgefield Park in Ridgefield Park, N.J.; the 125-room Hampton Inn & Suites in Kissimmee, Fla.; the 150-room Embassy Suites in Palmdale, Calif.; and the 192-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton in Nashville, Tenn. Michael Sonnabend of PMZ Realty Capital arranged the loan for the borrower.
BILLINGS, MONT. — The Hotel Group has completed a multi-million-dollar renovation on the newly rebranded, 289-room DoubleTree by Hilton Billings. The transformation includes a lobby redesign, updated guest rooms and meeting spaces, new furnishings and amenities. The hotel features 16,000 square feet of flexible meeting space that can accommodate business conferences, banquets and other events for up to 400 guests. There are also three additional ballrooms and 15 meeting rooms. DoubleTree by Hilton Billings is three miles from Billings Logan International Airport.
WESTLAKE, LA. — Kicks Entertainment LLC, a newly formed entity owned by Albuquerque, N.M.-based Laguna Development Corp. and Eagle Holdings LLLP, has agreed to acquire Isle of Capri Casino Hotel Lake Charles in Westlake for $134.5 million. The casino is located in Southwest Louisiana, approximately midway between New Orleans and Houston, Texas. The property — to be acquired from Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. (NASDAQ: ISLE) — includes a 50,000-square-foot riverboat casino, a 493-room hotel, a variety of dining and beverage outlets and covered parking, according to reports by Albuquerque Business First. Isle of Capri Casinos has owned and operated the Lake Charles location for over 20 years. The sale is expected to close in late 2017 or early 2018. Isle of Capri Casino Hotel Lake Charles features 1,150 slot machines, 35 table games, 13 poker tables, two hotels totaling 490 rooms, three restaurants, 14,000 square feet of meeting/banquet space, an RV park and a concert venue. Laguna Development Corp. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pueblo of Laguna. The Native American Pueblo also owns Dancing Eagle Casino, Route 66 Casino and Casino Xpress in New Mexico. Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. owns or operates a portfolio of 14 casinos …
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — NAI Wisinski of West Michigan has arranged the sale of two vacant parcels of land in Grand Rapids for the future development of two hotels. West Michigan Investment Properties sold the property, located at 4888 Town Center Drive, to Grand Hospitality Management, which plans to build a Holiday Inn Express on the 5.4-acre site. Grand Hospitality Management also acquired a 2.7-acre land parcel from Mitul Patel and plans to build a Marriot hotel on the site. Construction on both hotels in slated to start next year. Dave Denton of DAR Development represented Grand Hospitality Management in both deals. Rod Alderink of NAI Wisinski represented Wes Michigan Investment Properties in the first transaction, and Bill Tyson and Todd Leinberger of NAI Wisinski represented Mitul Patel in the second deal.
IRVING, TEXAS — MJ Rome has advised the seller in the recent sale of the 163-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites located in Irving near the DFW International Airport. MJ Rome, a Dallas-based hotel broker, represented Atlas Hospitality Ltd., a local investment group, in the sale. Built in 1989, the three-story Holiday Inn Express and Suites offers oversize, one- and two-room suites, complimentary airport shuttle, 2,500 square feet of meeting space, an outdoor pool and spa, fitness room and a business center.