Hospitality

Cordish to Sell Three East Coast Casinos in $1.8B Deal with Gaming and Leisure Properties

by John Nelson December 7, 2021

PHILADELPHIA, PITTSBURGH AND HANOVER, MD. — The Cordish Cos., a privately held retail entertainment and hospitality owner and operator based in Baltimore, has reached a sale-leaseback agreement with Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. (NASDAQ: GLPI) for three of Cordish’s East Coast casinos. The properties include Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland, Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia and Live! Casino Pittsburgh. Under terms of the agreement, Cordish will immediately lease back all the properties and continue to own, control and manage all the gaming operations of the facilities. The leases will have an initial term of 39 years, with a maximum term of 60 years inclusive of tenant renewal options. The total price was approximately $1.8 billion, including applicable long-term ground leases. Consideration for the three-property real estate transactions will comprise a mix of qualified debt assumption (to be satisfied by GLPI), cash and $323 million of newly issued operating partnership units. The transaction for the three properties includes a binding partnership on future Cordish casino developments. For seven years post-closing, GLPI will co-invest with Cordish on any new gaming development projects and provide 20 percent of Cordish’s equity on those projects. (This agreement excludes existing Cordish or third-party gaming licensed facilities.) …

December 7, 2021

Development Hospitality Texas

City of Grand Prairie, Concord Hospitality Break Ground on Two Hotels Totaling 276 Rooms

by Taylor Williams December 3, 2021

GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — The City of Grand Prairie, located roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, and North Carolina-based operator Concord Hospitality have broken ground on two hotels totaling 276 rooms. The Hilton Garden Inn will total 129 rooms and will offer a restaurant, pool, fitness center and business services. The Homewood Suites will consist of 147 suites with full kitchens and multiple formats, as well as two restaurants and a convention center with a 10,000 square-foot ballroom that connects to the hotel. Merriman Anderson designed the hotels, both of which are located within the 170-acre EpicCentral mixed-use development and will connect to the existing development via walkways and two pedestrian bridges. The openings are scheduled for 2023.

December 3, 2021

Acquisitions Georgia Hospitality Southeast

Hodges Ward Elliott Arranges $305M Sale of Condor Hospitality Portfolio Across Sun Belt, Kansas

by Julia Sanders December 2, 2021

ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Hodges Ward Elliott (HWE) has arranged the $305 million sale of the real estate holdings of Bethesda, Md.-based Condor Hospitality Trust, including a portfolio of 15 select-service hotels located across the Southeast, Texas and Kansas. Daniel Peek, Clint Hodges, John Bourret, Austin Brooks, Mike Tormey and Carolina Bernal of HWE represented Condor Hospitality in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed. The Condor Hospitality Trust portfolio has an average age of less than 10 years and is affiliated with Marriott, Hilton and IHG brands. The hotel collection spans 1,908 rooms in total. The Texas properties include: Home2 Suites Austin Round Rock in Austin; Residence Inn Austin Airport in Austin; TownePlace Suites Austin Parmer/Tech Ridge in Austin; SpringHill Suites San Antonio Downtown/Riverwalk Area in San Antonio and Fairfield Inn & Suites El Paso Airport in El Paso. The portfolio also comprises hotels in Florida including Hampton Inn & Suites Lake Mary @ Colonial Townpark in Lake Mary; Courtyard Jacksonville Flagler Center in Jacksonville and Home2 Suites Tallahassee State Capitol in Tallahassee. The other properties include Aloft Atlanta Downtown in Atlanta; Hotel Indigo Atlanta Airport – College Park in Atlanta; Home2 Suites Summerville in Summerville, S.C.; Home2 Suites Lexington …

December 2, 2021

Acquisitions Hospitality Texas

Hodges Ward Elliott Arranges Sale of 811-Room Hyatt-Branded Hotel in Dallas

by Taylor Williams December 1, 2021

DALLAS — Hodges Ward Elliott has arranged the sale of the 811-room Hyatt Regency DFW International Airport, located adjacent to Terminal C at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The recently renovated property offers four food and beverage concepts and 92,000 square feet of meeting and event space. John Bourret, Austin Brooks and David Auer of Atlanta-based Hodges Ward Elliott represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was a partnership between global asset management firm Castlelake LP and Dallas-based Woodbine Development Corp.

December 1, 2021

Features Hospitality

Travel, Employment, Supply Chain Issues All Impact Hotel Sector, Says CBRE Report

by Jeff Shaw November 30, 2021

DALLAS — Since the COVID-19 pandemic began there have been many changes in travel, employment and supply chain issues, all of which have an effect on the hospitality sector, according to the U.S. Hotels State of the Union: CBRE Hotels Research Report. Dallas-based CBRE released the report earlier this month. Travel rebounds Regarding travel, the sector seems to have picked up momentum. CBRE says air travel is above 80 percent of pre-COVID-19 levels after high levels of travel during Halloween this year. Also, hotel cancellations have remained fairly steady since the beginning of the pandemic. In March 2020, there was a huge spike in hotel cancellations, but since then, cancellations have remained fairly low for most of 2021 with a slight increase in July 2021. Additionally, international travel restrictions are hurting the U.S. hospitality sector. This year, there has been considerably less international travel spending in the country than pre-pandemic with August 2019 seeing around $12 billion in spending versus around $2 billion in August 2021. Another change since the pandemic is that most of the inbound travelers are now coming from Latin America, with the top border entrants from Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador in August 2021. Two years …

November 30, 2021

Acquisitions Florida Hospitality Southeast

DSH Hotel Advisors Arranges Sale of 90-Room Days Inn By Wyndham in Clearwater, Florida

by Julia Sanders November 29, 2021

CLEARWATER, FLA. — DSH Hotel Advisors, a Tampa-based hotel brokerage and advisory firm, has arranged the sale of Days Inn By Wyndham, a 90-room hotel in Clearwater. Dennis Hopper and Randy Taylor of DSH represented the seller, an entity known as Mega C Hospitality LLC, and the buyer, an entity known as Prism Development LLC. The sales price was not disclosed. Located at 2940 Gulf to Bay Blvd., the Days Inn is about 13.6 miles from Tampa International Airport and six miles from Clearwater Beach.

November 29, 2021

Development Georgia Hospitality Southeast

Songy Highroads to Open 218-Room Hyatt Centric Buckhead Atlanta Hotel

by Julia Sanders November 24, 2021

ATLANTA — Songy Highroads (SHR) will open the Hyatt Centric Buckhead Atlanta, a 218-room hotel located in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The hotel will open in mid-December adjacent to Bloomingdale’s at Lenox Square. In early 2020, Atlanta-based SHR started to develop the hotel in a joint venture with Hyatt Hotels Corp. New York-based Sawyer & Co. designed the hotel. The Hyatt Centric Buckhead Atlanta hotel has two dining options both run by James Beard Award-winning chef Hugh Acheson. One of the dining options is Mount Royal, a Montreal-style steakhouse. The menu combines French cooking techniques with Southern cuisine, and will change often based on seasonal vegetables, fruit and other ingredients sourced from local farmers and artisans. The other dining option, Spaceman, will anchor the hotel’s 15th floor rooftop. Spaceman is a bar and sports lounge with a menu of shareable bites plus wine, beer and cocktails. The dining option will offer indoor seating plus dual outdoor patios, as well as yard games and TVs to stream live sports and events. The lounge will be able to be rented for private parties and corporate events. The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry, an Atlanta-based design firm for hospitality, designed both restaurants. The hotel …

November 24, 2021

Acquisitions Hospitality New York Northeast

Marcus & Millichap Brokers $55.5M Sale of Martinique New York Hotel in Manhattan

by Taylor Williams November 24, 2021

NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $55.5 million sale of the 531-room Martinique New York hotel, located at the corner of Broadway and 32nd Street in Manhattan. Eric Anton and Nelson Lee led a Marcus & Millichap team that represented the seller, New York-based Herald Hotel Associates LP, in the transaction. The buyer was Oklahoma City-based Burnett Equities. Marcus & Millichap also represented the new ownership in negotiations for several retail leases that were recently signed at the property.

November 24, 2021

Development Hospitality Midwest North Dakota

New Extended Stay America Suites Hotel Opens in Minot, North Dakota

by Kristin Harlow November 19, 2021

MINOT, N.D. — ESH Strategies Franchise LLC has opened the first Extended Stay America Suites hotel in North Dakota. The three-story, 66-room hotel is located in Minot. Elevation LLC is the property owner and National Hospitality Services is the operator. The hotel features a market, onsite bar, business center, meeting space, complimentary breakfast, Wi-Fi and an outdoor pavilion. The 440-square-foot suites are equipped with refrigerators, stovetops, cookware, dishes and walk-in closets.

November 19, 2021

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Forecast Survey: What’s Your Take on Commercial Real Estate in 2022?

by John Nelson November 18, 2021

The editors of REBusinessOnline.com are conducting a brief online survey to gauge market conditions in 2022, and we welcome your participation. The survey should only take a few minutes to complete. Questions range from property sectors that you are most bullish on heading into 2022 to trends in deal volume to your outlook for interest rates. The results of our 11th annual survey will be collated and published in the January issues of our regional magazines. Conducting these surveys is part of our mission at France Media to provide readers with indispensable information, and we couldn’t do it without your help. To participate in our broker/agent survey, click here. To participate in our developer/owner/manager survey, click here. To participate in our lender/financial intermediary survey, click here. (Note: Please remember to click on “done” to properly submit the survey.)

November 18, 2021

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