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Marcus & Millichap Brokers Sale of 45-Room Country Inn & Suites Hotel in Detroit Lakes

Kristin Harlow — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:45:12 +0000

DETROIT LAKES, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 45-room Country Inn & Suites hotel in Detroit Lakes, a city in northwest Minnesota. Joseph Ferguson, Jon Ruzicka, Reed Gizinski and Brock Banken of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, DL Hotel Group LLC, and procured the South Dakota-based buyer. Built in 1996, the recently renovated property is located just off Highway 10 and within walking distance of Detroit Lake. According to Ferguson, Detroit Lakes remains one of Minnesota’s strongest regional lodging destinations.

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NewPoint Provides $34.6M Loan for Hotel-to-Multifamily Conversion Project in Arlington, Virginia

Abby Cox — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:24:27 +0000

ARLINGTON, VA. — NewPoint has provided a $34.6 million bridge loan for the acquisition and planned multifamily conversion of the Clarion Collection Arlington Court Suites, a 187-room, extended-stay hotel located in Arlington’s Rosslyn-Ballston corridor. Jacob Gabriel of NewPoint originated the financing on behalf of the borrower, Goodhomes Communities LLC. The bridge loan, which was used to finance the purchase of the hospitality property, includes future funding for capital improvements and is structured to support the borrower’s business plan to convert the asset into a multifamily community. Upon completion of the conversion, the property will offer a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Goodhomes Communities LLC will announce the property’s new name at a later date. Clarion Collection Hotel Arlington Court Suites first opened as an apartment building in 1963.

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Marcus & Millichap Brokers Sale of 250-Room Hotel in East Syracuse

Taylor Williams — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:51:07 +0000

EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 250-room hotel in East Syracuse. Opened in 1977 and renovated in 2016, the DoubleTree Syracuse is located in the Carrier Circle area and comprises a central building that houses public spaces in addition to four-story and seven-story guestroom wings. Amenities include a tavern and bar, a business center, indoor pool, fitness center and approximately 17,000 square feet of meeting and event space. Andy Kern, Jerry Swon and David Altobello of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were private investors that requested anonymity, in the transaction. John Horowitz of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.

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Bass Pro Shops Acquires 27-Acre Cheeca Lodge & Spa Resort in Florida Keys

John Nelson — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:13:26 +0000

ISLAMORADA, FLA. — Bass Pro Shops, an outdoors retailer based in Springfield, Mo., has purchased Cheeca Lodge & Spa, a 27-acre resort in the Florida Keys city of Islamorada that was established in 1946. Northwood Investors sold the property to Bass Pro Shops but will continue to manage the 254-room resort and grounds, which includes multiple hotel layouts; several restaurants and bars, including the Pierre’s Restaurant and Beach Café & Bar and 25 South tiki bar; indoor meeting spaces and conference rooms; three swimming pools, including a zero-entry oceanfront pool; a fitness center and spa with treatment rooms; nine-hole golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus; pickleball and tennis courts; the World Wide Sportsman Store & Marina; and the longest fishing pier in the Keys. The property also includes staff housing and operates under a mixed ownership structure comprising 169 fee-simple hotel rooms and 85 third-party-owned condominiums participating in the rental program. Daniel Peek, Andrew Dickey, Chris Drew and Maciej Polek of JLL represented Northwood Investors, which has owned and managed the Cheeca Lodge & Spa for the past 15 years. The sales price and future plans for the resort were not disclosed.

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

Abby Cox — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:53:06 +0000

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

John Nelson — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:57:00 +0000

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

Amy Works — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:35:59 +0000

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

Kristin Harlow — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:04:47 +0000

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

John Nelson — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:17:37 +0000

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

John Nelson — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

— 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

Amy Works — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 12:34:00 +0000

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

Taylor Williams — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000

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

Matthew Auchincloss — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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

John Nelson — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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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Marcus & Millichap Brokers Sale of 110-Site RV Park in Bridge City, Texas

Taylor Williams — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:51:40 +0000

BRIDGE CITY, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the 110-site Town & Country RV Park in Bridge City, which is part of the Beaumont-Port Arthur metroplex in East Texas. The property spans 26 acres. Brad Dorsey and Skyler Henderson of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were Texas-based investors that requested anonymity, in the transaction.

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Ilitch Cos. Agrees to Acquire Two Casinos in Mississippi and New Jersey, Forms Ilitch Gaming

Matthew Auchincloss — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000

DETROIT — Ilitch Cos., which owns and operates the Detroit Red Wings, the Detroit Tigers, pizza chain Little Caesar’s and Olympia Entertainment, has agreed to acquire Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort in D’Iberville, Miss., as well as the remaining 50 percent ownership interest in Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. In conjunction, Ilitch Cos. CEO Chris Ilitch has also announced the formation of Ilitch Gaming, a new enterprise that will oversee the company’s gaming businesses, including the two new casinos. Detroit-based Ilitch Cos. also owns MotorCity Casino Hotel, located in Detroit, which will also now come under Ilitch Gaming’s operating umbrella. Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort is a 300-key hotel with a gaming floor containing more than 800 slots and video poker machines and 30 table games. The property also features multiple amenities and a 36-hole miniature golf course. The purchase of Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort marks the third market Ilitch Cos. has expanded into. Ocean Casino Resort features 1,860 rooms with a 135,000-square-foot casino floor, a 4,500-seat concert venue and 160,000 square feet of meeting and convention space. The beachfront property spans than 20 acres and offers proximity to the Atlantic City Boardwalk. In addition, Ocean Casino Resort offers a…

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CooperWynn Capital Arranges Financing for Acquisition, Rebrand of 203-Key Detroit Hotel

Kristin Harlow — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:18:50 +0000

DETROIT — CooperWynn Capital has arranged financing, including bridge debt and joint venture equity, for the acquisition and conversion of the 203-key DoubleTree Suites Detroit Downtown Fort Shelby hotel. The borrower is 6PM Hospitality Partners LLC. The financing includes a roughly $14.5 million preferred equity investment from Peachtree Group as part of a total capitalization of approximately $42 million. The property, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, will be rebranded as an Embassy Suites by Hilton and will undergo extensive renovations to guestrooms, public spaces, food-and-beverage outlets and meeting spaces. The hotel is expected to reopen later this year as a 204-key, all-suite hotel that will be managed by 6PM Hospitality Partners. The asset was originally constructed in 1917 and designed by renowned Detroit architect Albert Kahn. The hotel underwent a restoration in 2008 in connection with its repositioning under the DoubleTree by Hilton brand, followed by a refresh in 2023.

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MetroNational Buys 244-Room Moran Hotel at CITYCENTRE in West Houston

Taylor Williams — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:06:54 +0000

HOUSTON — Local owner-operator MetroNational has purchased the 244-room Moran Hotel within the 47-acre CITYCENTRE mixed-use development in West Houston. The hotel, which recently underwent a renovation, offers accommodations for extended stays, as well as a pool, fitness center, 15,750 square feet of meeting and event space and multiple onsite food-and-beverage establishments. Colby Mueck, Ryan West, Greyson Fewin and Robby Westerfield of JLL represented the seller, Midway, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.

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Sonnenblick-Eichner Arranges $115M Refinancing for La Bahia Hotel & Spa in Santa Cruz

Amy Works — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:04:38 +0000

SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. — Sonnenblick-Eichner Co., on behalf of Ensemble Investments, has arranged $115 million in first mortgage debt to refinance La Bahia Hotel & Spa, a newly opened waterfront hotel in Santa Cruz. Madison Realty Capital, working with Newbond Holdings, provided the five-year, floating-rate, nonrecourse loan. Opened in September 2025, La Bahia Hotel & Spa features 155 guestrooms, an indoor-outdoor spa, fitness center, outdoor pool and hot tub, three distinct dining concepts, the Pearl Champagne lobby bar and 13,720 square feet of meeting and event space.

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Newmark Arranges $53M Refinancing for American Hotel Atlanta Downtown

John Nelson — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:01:23 +0000

ATLANTA — Newmark has arranged a $53 million loan for the refinancing of The American Hotel Atlanta Downtown, a 315-room hotel located at 160 Ted Turner Drive NW in downtown Atlanta. The property dates back to 1962 as downtown Atlanta’s first integrated hotel and today is affiliated with Hilton’s Tapestry Collection. Chris Kramer, Tyler Dumon, Tate Keir and Jordan Roeschlaub of Newmark arranged the loan through Structured Hotel Capital on behalf of the borrower, locally based The RADCO Cos. The owner recently executed an $11.3 million renovation for The American Hotel Atlanta Downtown’s guestrooms, public spaces, food-and-beverage options and amenities, which includes a fitness center, outdoor pool and 13,300 square feet of event space. The hotel is situated within close proximity to the Georgia World Congress Center, Centennial Olympic Park, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, State Farm Arena, the Georgia Aquarium, College Football Hall of Fame and the World of Coca-Cola.

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