Hospitality

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PASADENA, CALIF. — On behalf of Welcome Group Inc., R.D. Olson Construction has completed the development of AC Hotel Pasadena located at 19 S. Madison Ave. in Pasadena. Completed in 21 months, the 100,000-square-foot AC Hotel Pasadena features 194 guest rooms and a bar and cafe serviced by an onsite kitchen. The project also includes 5,000 square feet of leasable space on the first floor along with an event space for planned gatherings. The project team for the $60 million hotel included AXIS, Saiful Bouquet and Wild Muse (formerly known as Design Force).

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FORNEY, TEXAS — TEKMAK Development, a locally based, full-service hospitality company, has opened an 87-room, Marriott-branded hotel in the eastern Dallas suburb of Forney. Located at 503 E. U.S. Highway 80, TownePlace Suites Forney is a pet-friendly hotel with suites that feature full kitchens and amenities that include a 24-hour fitness center, outdoor pool and complimentary breakfast. Atlanta-based Peachtree Group will operate the hotel on behalf of TEKMAK Development.

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MIAMI — Miami-based Driftwood Capital has completed the $415 million recapitalization of a nationwide hospitality portfolio valued at $1.2 billion. The portfolio includes 18 Hilton-, Marriott- and Margaritaville-branded hotels totaling 4,203 rooms across 10 states. Wells Fargo led financing for the debt component of the transaction with a roughly $330 million securitized senior loan. ACORE Capital provided $85 million in preferred equity. Many of the properties are located in high-growth markets within California, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Utah and New York. Prominent hotels include Margaritaville Lake Resort Lake of the Ozarks, Marriott San Diego Mission Valley, Hilton Dallas/Southlake Town Square, Canopy by Hilton West Palm Beach Downtown and Hotel Vesper in Houston. Each asset in the portfolio has either been newly built or comprehensively renovated in recent years. “This portfolio brings together some of the highest quality assets we own and operate, creating a uniquely cohesive investment opportunity for our partners,” says Carlos Rodriguez Sr., chairman and CEO of Driftwood. “We’ve intentionally assembled this particular portfolio of assets to reflect strength in markets, performance and long-term fundamentals.” Driftwood says the transaction marks a major milestone in its strategy to create scalable hospitality portfolios, designed to maximize value through operational control, …

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SEQUIM, WASH. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Great House Motel in Sequim. A private investor sold the property to a private investor for $1.2 million. Allan Miller, Chris Gomes, Huberth Marak and Skyler Cooper of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, while Donaven Santana and Whitney Rhoades of Marcus & Millichap secured and represented the buyer in the deal. Originally built in 1965, Great House Motel offers 20 guest rooms, several with kitchenettes, and all equipped with TVs, microwaves and mini refrigerators. The property is located at 740 E. Washington St.

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Mag Mile Capital, a Chicago-based commercial mortgage banking firm, has arranged a $14.5 million CMBS loan for a 210-room, Marriott-branded hotel in Rochester. The hotel was built in 1979 and is located near Rochester International Airport. The five-year, nonrecourse loan carried a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio and a 30-year amortization schedule with two years of interest-only payments. Prabhat Jayara of Mag Mile Capital originated the loan through Morgan Stanley on behalf of the borrower, Sai Global Investments.

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AUBURN, MASS. — Boston-based mortgage banking firm EagleBridge Capital has arranged a $10.8 million loan for the refinancing of an 82-room Hampton Inn hotel in Auburn, located just outside of Worcester in Central Massachusetts. Rooms contain king or double queen beds, microwaves, refrigerators and coffeemakers, and amenities include an indoor pool, fitness room, meeting room, business center and complimentary breakfast. Ted Sidel of EagleBridge Capital arranged the 10-year loan, which carries a fixed interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower and direct lender were not disclosed.

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DALLAS — Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: XHR) has sold the 545-room Fairmont Dallas hotel for $111 million. The sales price equates to approximately $204,000 per room and represents a cap rate of 10 percent. The pet-friendly hotel, which opened in 1969, is located at 1717 N. Akard St. in the downtown area and offers both traditional guestrooms and suites. Amenities include a pool, meeting and event space and multiple onsite food-and-beverage options. The buyer was not disclosed. Xenia acquired the property in 2011 for $69 million.

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EL PASO, TEXAS — Hunter Hotel Advisors, an Atlanta-based brokerage firm, has arranged the sale of the 111-room Home2 Suites by Hilton El Paso Airport hotel. The hotel is located less than two miles from El Paso International Airport and offers amenities such as a pool, fitness center and complimentary breakfast. Kami Burnette of Hunter Hotel Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was San Diego-based owner-operator Pacific Pearl Hotels.

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SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $12.9 million sale of AVID Summerville, a 95-room hotel located at 301 Holiday Drive in Summerville, roughly 23 miles from Charleston. The AVID hotel, which opened in 2021 off I-26, includes a 24-hour gym, 24-hour market with grab-and-go breakfast items and complimentary Wi-Fi. Jack Davis, Sam Gardner, Chase Dewese, Chris Gomes, Skyler Cooper, Joce Messinger and Allan Miller of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Davis, Messinger and Dewese also procured the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.

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MONTAUK, N.Y. — JLL has arranged a $235 million loan for the refinancing of the 20-acre Gurney’s Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa, located on the eastern tip of the Long Island peninsula. The property’s hospitality component totals 158 units: 109 guestrooms, 35 suites, eight beachfront cottages and six residences. In addition to a 2,000-foot private beach, the resort features five onsite food-and-beverage venues, four pools, a salon, 25,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a 30,000-square-foot spa and a fitness center. In addition, the owner, a partnership between BLDG Management Co. Inc. and Metrovest Equities, recently completed a capital improvement program at the property that upgraded guestrooms, common areas and amenity spaces. Christopher Peck, Kevin Davis, Mark Fisher and Connor Medzigian of JLL arranged the debt through a joint venture between Smith Hill Capital and Bain Capital.

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