HOOVER, ALA. — CHC Hotel Capital has arranged an $11.9 million acquisition loan for Residence Inn in Hoover. Local hotelier Chiman Patel in partnership with Kana Hotels purchased the 118-room property. Kana will manage the hotel. An undisclosed national lender provided the 10-year loan with a fixed 3.8 percent interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. Blackstone sold the asset, which is located about 10 miles south of downtown Birmingham.
SAN DIEGO — Noble House Hotels and Resorts, a hotel ownership and management group, has completed a $21 million renovation of the Hilton San Diego Resort & Spa, located at 1775 E. Mission Bay Drive in San Diego. Overlooking Mission Bay, the resort features 357 rooms and suites, an American cuisine restaurant, poolside lounge, waterfront dining, fitness center and full-service spa. The comprehensive renovation encompassed all guestrooms, the hotel’s conference center, executive board rooms, common areas and lobbies. Additionally, the hotel features new paint, flooring, lighting, finishes, wall treatments, technology and furniture. JLL’s Project and Development Services group managed the renovation on behalf of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, the property owner.
REDMOND, WASH. — The Hotel Group has added the Hilton Garden Inn Redmond, a hotel currently under construction in Redmond, to its management portfolio. Slated to open in first-quarter 2020, the hotel will be the company’s seventh Hilton-branded hotel in the Pacific Northwest. The six-story property will feature 177 guestrooms with Hilton Garden Inn’s signature bedding, in-room hospitality centers with Keurig Coffee and miniature refrigerators, guest laundry and complementary Wi-Fi. The hotel also features more than 2,400 square feet of flexible meeting space including outdoor areas, as well as Fork + Spoke, an on-site restaurant.
ATLANTA — A joint venture between Songy Highroads and Hyatt Hotels Corp. has opened its 11-story Hyatt Place Centennial Park in downtown Atlanta. The 175-room hotel, which was announced in November 2017, opened on Thursday, Sept. 12. Amenities include ground-level retail space facing Luckie and Marietta streets, a swimming pool, fitness center, lobby bar, onsite food service, parking deck, 2,100 square feet of meeting space and a large aquarium in the lobby paying homage to its neighbor Georgia Aquarium. The hotel is also situated across the street from Centennial Olympic Park and World of Coca-Cola and near other venues such as College Football Hall of Fame, CNN Center, World Congress Center and State Farm Arena. Atlanta-based Reeves Young was the general contractor of Hyatt Place Centennial Park, and Alpharetta, Ga.-based Wakefield Beasley & Associates was the architect.
DALLAS — Prescott Group has begun the demolition and early construction phase for 2727 Turtle Creek, a five-acre mixed-use campus in the Turtle Creek submarket of Dallas. The development will include an office tower, high-rise apartment tower and a hotel tower. Prescott Group imploded an existing, vacant nine-story office building and parking garage on the site early on Sunday, Sept. 15. The building was the former home of Republic Insurance, according to local media reports. Construction crews are clearing the site and beginning utility upgrades for the multi-tower development along Turtle Creek Boulevard. Prescott Group expects to finish the demolition and removal phase of construction by the end of the year and wrap up the utility and infrastructure upgrades in the first quarter of 2020. The office tower at 2727 Turtle Creek will rise 19 stories and span 285,000 square feet. Prescott Group plans for the building to feature a rooftop terrace, fitness center, conference and training center, bike storage and a full-service café. Prescott Group has tapped Jeff Eckert and Ahnie Sheehy of JLL to lease the office space. The hotel will rise 24 stories and offer 200 hotel rooms and an undetermined number of luxury condominiums. Amenities at …
CHICAGO — JLL has arranged a $61 million loan for the refinancing of Hyatt House Fulton Market, a new 200-room hotel in Chicago’s Fulton Market District. Timothy Joyce, Steven Klein and Nicole Aguiar of JLL arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Sterling Bay and Wheelock Street Capital. Argentic Real Estate Investments LLC provided the loan, proceeds of which will be used to retire a construction loan. The hotel is the only extended-stay product in the market, according to JLL. The new design features an indoor rooftop pool, outdoor patio, fitness center, 1,570 square feet of meeting space, 5,100 square feet of retail space, breakfast dining area, bar and market.
WICHITA, KAN. — TGC Group plans to break ground this fall on a 95-room Home2 Suites hotel in Wichita’s Delano District. TGC Hospitality Management will manage the hotel, located at 200 N. Sycamore St. The four-story development is slated for completion in winter 2020. All suites will feature separate living and bedroom space. The pet-friendly hotel will include complimentary breakfast and WiFi.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Hotel developer Urbanica has acquired a one-acre plot of land in Miami Beach for $40 million from China City Construction (CCC). Urbanica plans to develop a 200-room, beachfront hotel on the site. The plot is the last undeveloped beachfront lot in North Beach, located between the Deauville Beach Resort and Sterling Condominium buildings on Collins Avenue. Urbanica expects to break ground immediately. Slated to open in approximately two years, the hotel will feature a restaurant helmed by the Urbanica’s partner, chef Fernando Trocca, an indoor bar, pool bar and beach service.
ATLANTA — Majestic Realty has unveiled design plans for its $350 million hotel near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Atlanta-based Portman Architects designed the 14-story hotel, which will be situated on the site of the current West economy parking lot. Majestic expects the hotel will be branded under a Hilton flag. Construction of the 541-room hotel, the first to be built at Hartsfield-Jackson and attached to the airport, is expected to begin later this year and be completed in 2022. Wimberly Interiors will design the guest rooms, and Tihany Design will design the lobby and restaurant space. The hotel is part of Majestic Realty’s larger master-planned development that will include 50,000 square feet of meeting space, an office building, a second hotel and a 1,150-space parking deck.
MACKINAC ISLAND, MICH. — KSL Capital Partners LLC has agreed to acquire the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island from the Musser family, whose legacy with the hotel dates back over 85 years. Terms of the transaction, expected to close within the next 30 days, were not disclosed. Dan Musser III will remain chairman. The 397-room hotel is a National Historic Landmark that overlooks the Straits of Mackinac and the Mackinac Bridge. Its 660-foot long porch is the world’s longest porch, according to a news release. Mackinac Island does not allow motorized vehicles, so guests arrive by ferry or airplane and are transported to the hotel by horse and carriage. Open from early May to late October each year, the Grand Hotel first opened in July 1887. Pivot Hotels & Resorts, the lifestyle and luxury operating division of Davidson Hotels & Resorts, will manage the property for KSL.
