NEW YORK CITY — Lightstone has topped out Moxy Williamsburg, a 216-room hotel in Brooklyn. Designed by Stonehill Taylor, the property will offer amenities such as a fitness center, coworking spaces, meeting and event rooms, a rooftop terrace and multiple food and beverage concepts. Leeding Builders Group is managing construction of the project. The opening is set for late 2022.
NEW YORK CITY — National investment and development firm Lightstone has topped out Moxy Lower East Side, a 303-room hotel located at the junction of Manhattan’s Little Italy, SoHo and Chinatown neighborhoods. The design team includes master architect Stonehill Taylor, interior design firms Michaelis Boyd and David Rockwell, who designed the restaurant and underground lounge. Other amenities will include a coworking lounge, fitness center and three meeting rooms. Completion is slated for late 2022.
DETROIT — Oxford Capital Group and Hunter Pasteur have broken ground on The Godfrey Hotel Detroit in the city’s Corktown neighborhood. The 227-room hotel will be situated at 1401 Michigan Ave., between Trumbull and Eighth streets. Completion is slated for 2023. Oxford’s wholly owned management affiliate, Oxford Hotels & Resorts LLC, will manage the property. The seven-story hotel will be home to I|O, an indoor/outdoor rooftop lounge with expansive views of downtown Detroit. The property will also feature a ground-floor restaurant, lobby bar, 5,500-square-foot ballroom and fitness center. The hotel will be affiliated with Hilton’s Curio Collection. Elkus Manfredi Architects is the project architect, and The Gettys Group is designing the interiors. Currently, there are Godfrey hotels in Chicago, Boston, Tampa and Hollywood. Project investors include several prominent Detroit families led by Nate Forbes and James Grosfeld. Founded in 1999, Hunter Pasteur has built and developed more than 1,500 single-family and multifamily projects in Southeast Michigan. Jordan Ray, Steve Buchwald and Jamie Matheny of Mission Capital Debt & Equity, part of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp., arranged $64 million in financing for the development.
AMARILLO, TEXAS — Dallas-based hospitality developer and management firm NewcrestImage has sold the 91-room Hyatt Place and 90-room Tru by Hilton hotels in Amarillo. Two different affiliates of locally based investment firm KAMP Hotels LLC purchased the properties, both of which rise four stories, for undisclosed prices. NewcrestImage continues to operate two hotels in downtown Amarillo: a 107-room Courtyard by Marriott and a 226-room Embassy Suites.
IVINS CITY, UTAH — D.A. Davidson’s Special District Group has successfully priced and closed $106 million of limited tax general obligation bonds for the 278-acre Black Desert Public Infrastructure District (PID). The proceeds will fund Black Desert Resort at Entrada, a commercial and residential resort in Ivins City. Black Desert Resort at Entrada will offer 148 hotel rooms; 299 hotel condominium units; a 200-acre, 19-hole golf course; miles of nearby trails; a wellness spa; and 46,160 square feet of retail and restaurant space. The property will also feature 32 single-family estates, 783 condominium units and approximately 214,000 square feet of commercial space, with the amenities of the resort center available for full-time residents. The first phase of development is expected to create 500 new jobs and future long-term employment opportunities. Construction on the first phase commenced in 2020 and full buildout of the commercial and residential resort is slated for 2027. The development is being undertaken by Enlaw LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is primarily owned by Reef Capital Partners.
SAN DIEGO — Kawa Capital Management has partnered with CL Hotels LLC to purchase Hotel La Jolla, a Curio Collection Hilton hotel located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego. Terms of the acquisition were not released. The partnership plans to implement a $5 million to $6 million improvement plan for the 11-story hotel, which features 110 guestrooms. The program will update the guest rooms, lobby, pool area, restaurant and meeting space. The renovation will not interrupt operations and will take approximately two years to complete.
SPRING, TEXAS — Esperanto Developments, an El Paso-based hospitality firm, will open the 103-room Hotel Indigo in Spring, a northern suburb of Houston, on Nov. 17. The four-story property includes four suites and amenities such as a pool, fitness center and a business center. In terms of food and beverage, Hotel Indigo offers a sit-down restaurant, room service, a grab-and-go bar and a poolside bar.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Walker & Dunlop has secured $164 million in financing for The Goodtime Hotel in Miami Beach. Groot Hospitality opened the hotel in April 2021. The Goodtime Hotel has 266 rooms, two restaurants, a 30,000-square-foot pool club, 45,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, a gym, library and 242 parking spaces. Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Ari Hirt and Sean Bastian of Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing. JP Morgan is the lender for the three-year, interest-only bridge loan with two one-year extension options. The borrower is Dreamscape.
CAMBRIA, CALIF. — San Diego-based Pacifica Cos. has completed the sale of El Colibri Hotel & Spa, a coastal boutique hotel in Cambria. Aliso Viejo-based Pacifica Hotels acquired the property for an undisclosed price. El Colibri Hotel & Spa features 34 guest rooms, the Nest Day Spa, a self-pour wine and beer tap wall, Tesla charging stations and beach cruiser rentals. Scott Hall and Aaron Lapping of Berkadia San Diego represented the seller in the transaction.
BETHESDA, MD. — Condor Hospitality Trust Inc. (NYSE: CDOR) has agreed to sell its entire hotel portfolio to affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Partners for $305 million. The all-cash transaction does not include the assumption of any existing debt. Completion of the deal, which is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2021, is subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of the company’s shareholders. The Bethesda-based real estate investment trust’s hotel portfolio includes 15 properties in eight states. Blackstone entered into voting agreements with Condor’s certain shareholders that hold approximately 60 percent of the common shares. Those shareholders voted in favor of the transaction.