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Ascendant Purchases Eight-Hotel Portfolio Across Virginia Beach, Outer Banks

by Abby Cox

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles-based Ascendant Capital Partners has acquired an eight-property hotel portfolio across Virginia Beach and North Carolina’s Outer Banks region. CBRE Hotels, the hospitality division of CBRE Group, represented the seller, Coastal Hospitality, in the transaction. CBRE also served as financial advisor on behalf of Ascendant.  The sales price was not disclosed. Schulte Hospitality Group will assume operations of the portfolio. The portfolio comprises 965 rooms across six hotels in Virginia and two hotels in the Outer Banks. Seven of the eight properties are beachfront, with most rooms offering direct ocean views and outdoor balconies, while the remaining asset is a centrally located town center hotel. The properties include: Ascendant plans to implement capital and operational renovations across the properties.

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Western North Carolina Is Changed, But Not Broken, Following Hurricane Helene

by John Nelson

Hurricane Helene was not a modest disruption. It was a disaster of historic scale. The North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management estimated total damage and recovery needs at $59.6 billion as of Dec. 2024, including damage to more than 73,000 homes, more than 100 confirmed deaths in North Carolina and a federal disaster declaration covering 39 counties. As a broker in Western North Carolina (WNC), I am often asked why the commercial real estate market has remained as strong as it has. The answer is not that the market avoided pain. It did not. The answer is that a tightly supplied market behaves very differently from a soft market after a disaster.  In WNC, Hurricane Helene did not expose oversupply. It exposed scarcity. Before Helene, the Asheville-area commercial market already had very little slack. In NAI Beverly-Hanks’ second-quarter 2024 Asheville MSA commercial market report, CoStar Group-derived vacancy stood at 5.3 percent for industrial, 2.8 percent for office and 1.6 percent for retail. Earlier 2024 reporting from the same source showed similarly constrained conditions, reinforcing the same point: this was already a tight market before the storm arrived. A familiar recovery pattern That pre-storm scarcity shaped the recovery pattern. …

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Ball Ventures, B&T Hospitality Open 143-Room Dual-Branded Hotel in Pleasant Grove, Utah

by Amy Works

PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH — Ball Ventures and B&T Hospitality have opened a 143-room dual-branded hotel in Pleasant Grove, located north of Provo. The hotel, which carries the Tru by Hilton and Home2 Suites by Hilton brands, is located at 1138 S. Valley Grove Way within the 128-acre Valley Grove mixed-use business community that is being developed by Baltimore-based St. John Properties Inc. The Tru by Hilton features 68 guestrooms, and the Home2 Suites offers 75 suites. Shared amenities include a heated outdoor pool and hot tub, 24-hour fitness center and outdoor fire pits. Both hotels offer daily complimentary breakfast, free parking, business center and meeting rooms.

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Inland Sells Two Hilton-Branded Hotels in Michigan for $32M

by Kristin Harlow

HOLLAND, MICH. — An affiliate of Inland National Development Co. LLC, a member company of The Inland Real Estate Group of Cos. Inc., has sold Tru by Hilton Holland (98 rooms) and Home2 Suites by Hilton Holland (109 rooms) for a combined sales price of $32 million. The hotel properties are located along US 31, providing convenient access to Holland State Park and Ottawa Beach. Tru by Hilton caters to short-term travelers with amenities such as a hot breakfast, indoor heated pool and fitness center. Home2 Suites by Hilton is designed for extended-stay guests, featuring apartment-style accommodations with fully equipped in-suite kitchens, complimentary Wi-Fi and breakfast. Guests of both hotels can benefit from shared amenities.

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Machine, Lionshead Capital Purchase 641-Room Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel

by John Nelson

ATLANTA — A joint venture between Machine Investment Group and Lionshead Capital Partners has purchased Atlanta Airport Marriott, a 641-room hotel located on a 16-acre site adjacent to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The seller and sales price were not disclosed, but the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System was listed as the previous owner on Fulton County property records. William Hodges and Michael Tormey of Hodges Ward Elliott brokered the transaction. The new ownership group has selected White Label Asset Management to serve as asset manager for the 16-story hotel. The property includes 30,178 square feet of indoor meeting space, including a 9,928-square foot ballroom; multiple food-and-beverage outlets; an indoor/outdoor pool complex; and a large fitness center with six pickleball courts. Machine and Lionshead Capital plan to invest in a significant capital improvement program for Atlanta Airport Marriott, whose guestrooms were last renovated in 2017.

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Las Vegas Strip Isn’t Cooling — It’s Normalizing

by John Nelson

— By Mike Mixer of Colliers — Recent headlines have pointed to a “cooling” of the Las Vegas Strip, with RevPAR down, visitation below peak levels and growth moderating from 2022 and 2023 highs. On paper, the numbers look softer. But before drawing conclusions, it’s important to consider how the data is being viewed as the comparisons most often used are distorted. The Pandemic was Not a Normal Cycle COVID-19 shut down the Strip in March 2020, an unprecedented event in modern history. Southern Nevada visitor volume dropped by more than 50 percent. Resorts closed, occupancy collapsed and revenues fell sharply. The 2021 to 2023 rebound that followed was equally unusual. Pent-up demand, stimulus liquidity and limited new supply drove record ADR growth and historic RevPAR levels.  Both the downturn and the surge were outliers. When those years are used as a benchmark, today’s performance appears negative. In reality, it reflects normalization. Rates Remain Elevated Even with recent moderation, Strip ADR remains materially above pre-pandemic levels. Operators have maintained rate discipline and are not aggressively discounting to chase occupancy. That suggests stability rather than weakening demand. Capital Signals Confidence If the Strip were in decline, capital would be retreating. Instead, …

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Serac Capital, WalshDupart Complete 180-Unit Dual-Branded Marriott Hotel in Steamboat Springs, Colorado

by Amy Works

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLO. — Serac Capital Partners, in partnership with hospitality development firm WalshDupart, has completed construction of a 180-unit, dual-branded hotel at at 1750 Central Park Drive in Steamboat Springs. The hotels carry the SpringHill Suites by Marriott and TownePlace Suites by Marriott flags. SpringHill Suites offers suites and complimentary breakfast, while TownePlace Suites offers apartment-style accommodations, in-suite kitchens and flexible living spaces. The two hotels are connected via The Crawford Lounge, which features a fireplace, billiards and a curated selection of local bites and craft cocktails. St. Louis-based Midas Hospitality will manage the properties.

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Marcus & Millichap Brokers Sale of 49-Room Hotel in Clarendon, Texas

by Taylor Williams

CLARENDON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 49-room hotel in the West Texas city of Clarendon. Built on 2.4 acres in 2004, the hotel is operated under the Best Western Plus brand and offers amenities such as an indoor pool, business center, fitness center and meeting space. Gordon Allred and Chris Gomes of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction and procured the buyer.

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Skanska Wins $325M Contract to Construct Marriott Hotel in Cincinnati

by Matthew Auchincloss

CINCINNATI — Multinational construction and development company Skanska has been awarded a $325 million contract with Atlanta-based developer Portman Holdings to construct a 21-story Marriott-branded hotel in downtown Cincinnati. The 700-key, full-service hotel will be located next to the newly renovated First Financial Center convention center. According to the development team, the hotel will be the first “true” Marriott-branded hospitality property in downtown Cincinnati, although hotels bearing Marriott brands such as AC Hotels and Renaissance are already in operation. Amenities will include multiple ballrooms, 62,250 square feet of meeting and event space, 17,445 square feet of outdoor terrace space, restaurant and a hotel bar.   Additionally, Portman Holdings has secured $410 million in private funding, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier. Bank OZK provided the senior construction loan and Huntington National Bank provided a bridge loan.  The Cincinnati Business Courier also reports that the public funding component of the project was secured in March when the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority approved the sale of $130 million in tax-exempt bonds. The project is a public-private partnership with the public share totaling 46 percent. The port purchased the site, which at the time was a surface parking lot in 2018. Construction is slated to begin in …

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X-Caliber Provides $431M in Financing for Redevelopment of Coco Palms Resort in Hawaii

by John Nelson

KAUAI, HAWAII — X-Caliber Capital Holdings, a commercial real estate finance firm based in Irvington, N.Y., has provided a financing package totaling $431 million for the redevelopment of Coco Palms, a 32-acre resort destination on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The property was famously the filming location of “Blue Hawaii,” a 1961 movie starring Elvis Presley, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. “Coco Palms holds a unique place in Kauai’s history, and its restoration is an exciting development for the island and its residents,” says Chris Callahan, president and CEO of X-Caliber. The financing includes $185.6 million of conventional financing via an affiliate of X-Caliber, X-Caliber Rural Capital, and $245.4 million of C-PACE financing through CastleGreen Finance, another X-Caliber affiliate. Together, the loans will provide 80 percent of the estimated redevelopment cost and are priced at an “attractive,” blended interest rate. Gabe Mashaal of X-Caliber Rural Capital originated the conventional loan on behalf of the developer, Utah-based Reef Capital Partners. New York City-based Highgate will operate Coco Palms upon completion of the redevelopment, which is planned for 2028. The conventional funds are intended to provide construction-through-stabilization financing for up to five years. The C-PACE funds are …

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