PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA. — Commercial finance and investment advisory firm Virtua Credit has arranged a $14 million loan for the refinancing of the 136-room Hampton Inn by Hilton in Plymouth Meeting, located north of Philadelphia. Built in 1999 and renovated in 2017, the five-story hotel offers an outdoor pool, fitness center, onsite laundry facilities, meeting spaces and 204 parking spaces. The borrower and direct lender were not disclosed.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Propst Development, Chartwell Hospitality LLC and Hilton Worldwide have signed Conrad Nashville, a luxury Hilton branded hotel, to anchor Broadwest, a $540 million mixed-use project in Nashville. Set to open in 2021, the hotel will occupy 14 stories of a 34-story building and comprise 237 rooms. The remaining stories will include 196 condominiums. Propst and Chartwell will co-own Conrad Nashville, and Chartwell will handle management services. Cooper Carry designed the tower. A 21-story, 510,000-square-foot office building will stand next to Conrad Nashville, and the two buildings will be connected by 125,000 square feet of retail space, as well as a 1.5-acre plaza. Hoar Construction will serve as the project’s general contractor, and Champalimaud Design is the interior designer.
MIAMI — Mission Capital Advisors has arranged an $8 million refinancing loan for the EB Hotel Miami, a 133-room hotel located at 4299 N.W. 36th St., across the street from Miami International Airport. The borrower, Eurobuilding Hotels, originally acquired the property in 2007 when it was an office building. Eurobuilding Hotels transformed the asset into a hotel that offers an outdoor pool with poolside bar, 24-hour fitness center, bar and lounge, as well as business, meeting and event facilities. The hotel also features an onsite restaurant, Miranda. Benefit Street Partners provided the fixed-rate loan. Raymond Salameh, Alex Draganiuk, Ari Hirt and Lexington Henn of Mission Capital represented the borrower in the loan transaction.
GOLD BEACH, ORE. — Compass Commercial Real Estate Services has arranged the $4.2 million sale of Jot’s Resort, a hotel located at 94360 Wedderburn Loop in Gold Beach. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Situated on 7.3 acres at the mouth of the Rogue River, the resort features 102 one-bedroom/one-bath guestrooms, a marina, pool, gift and tackle shop, and fitness center, as well as Rod ‘n Reel Restaurant & Bar, a fully equipped restaurant. Dan Kemp of Compass Commercial represented the seller, while Paul Grout of Signature Realty co-brokered the deal.
Thus far in 2019, much of the growth and development in Rhode Island has been focused on downtown Providence. Much of this has to do with the colleges and hospitals, as well as the residential component in general. But Rhode Island continues to develop hotels, especially in downtown, due in part simply to having a vibrant, in-demand city. Officials want to create the ability for Providence to compete for and attract top-tier conventions. Hotel Development Wave With 1,000-plus hotel rooms coming on line over the next 18 to 24 months, along with another 1,000 residential units of new and redeveloped housing, the long sought-after downtown Providence residential market seems to be here. Examples of this hotel development include the following: • Procaccianti Group’s 176 room Marriott Residence Inn at the Convention Center, coming in the second half of 2019; • First Bristol & Paolino Properties’ 120-room Homewood Suites Extended Stay, which opened in April; • Hotel Beatrice, 28-32 Kennedy Plaza, 48 rooms, under construction; • Best Western Glo Hotel, 322 Washington Street, 76 rooms, commission/board review approved; • Aloft hotel, Innovation Complex, 170 rooms, commission/board review approved; • Holiday Inn, 371 Pine Street, 91 rooms, commission/board review approved; • Hotel …
PALM BEACH, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $39.6 million sale of The Palm House Hotel, a 79-room hotel in Palm Beach. The hotel was originally built in 1961 and expanded in 1981. In 2006, the hotel underwent renovations that halted in 2014. The hotel is now vacant. The buyer, an affiliate of London + Regional Properties, acquired the site via a Section 363 bankruptcy sale. Robert Given, Errol Blumer, Robert Kaplan and Michael Mulkern of Cushman & Wakefield represented 160 Royal Palm LLC, a bankruptcy court-appointed receiver managed by former Delray Beach Mayor Cary Glickstein, in the transaction. The Palm House Hotel sits on 1.4 acres at 160 Palm Royal Way on Palm Beach Island one block from the Atlantic Ocean.
ST. LOUIS — HDA Architects and JNS Architects have completed the design of a new $45 million AC Hotel in the Central West End of St. Louis. The seven-story building will have 192 guest rooms. The project will be situated near the BJC Institute of Health at Washington University. The development team includes Koplar Properties, Concord Hospitality Enterprises and Homebase Partners. MC Hotel Construction is the general contractor. Construction is scheduled to commence this summer.
SHENANDOAH, TEXAS — Hospitality developer Sam Moon Group has broken ground on a 148-room Hyatt House hotel within the Metropark Square mixed-use development in Shenandoah, located north of Houston. The five-story property will feature studio, one- and two-bedroom suites with fully equipped kitchens and separate living guestrooms. Communal amenities will include a pool and a fitness center, a bar and a lounge. VCC is the general contractor for the project, and Type Six is the architect. Veritex Community Bank provided construction financing for the hotel, which is slated to open in November 2020.
MONTICELLO, N.Y. — Manhattan-based RAL Development Services has completed The Kartrite Resort & Indoor Waterpark, a 324-room hotel and resort located in the Upstate New York city of Monticello. Located about 90 minutes outside New York City at the former site of The Concord Resort, The Kartrite’s signature feature is a two-acre indoor water park, the largest such attraction in the state. The property offers an array of other amenities for children, including a rock climbing wall, ropes and obstacle course, arcade games, mini-bowling alley and a laser tag arena. The Kartrite also houses eight uniquely themed restaurants and bars, a spa, pools and 11,000 square feet of conference and meeting space.
OMAHA, NEB. — Choice Hotels International Inc. has opened the Cambria Hotel Omaha Downtown. The 128-room hotel is the newest addition to Omaha’s NoDo district. The property features a fitness center, multi-function meeting space and onsite dining with local craft beer on tap. The LEED Silver-certified hotel incorporates a number of eco-friendly features, including a solar array on the roof, a saltwater pool that reduces chemical usage, electric vehicle car charging stations and recycled building materials. A partnership between O’Reilly Hospitality Management and Robert Low of Prime Trucking Co. developed the project.
