PIKESVILLE, MD. — Blue Ocean has purchased the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Conference Center located at 1726 Reisterstown Road in Pikesville, for an undisclosed price. Situated on 10 acres in Baltimore County, the hotel features 171 guestrooms, a 50,000-square-foot indoor tennis and fitness facility and office and retail buildings spanning 32,000 square feet. Steven Cornblatt and Gary Olschansky of Trout Daniel & Associates assisted Blue Ocean in the off-market deal. This transaction marks Blue Ocean’s first hotel acquisition. The Baltimore-based firm plans to renovate the asset in the coming years.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the Comfort Inn & Suites – Syracuse Airport, a 166-room hotel in Syracuse. The sales price was undisclosed. Jerry Swon and Daniel Zagoria of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was KPG Hotels. The property is located approximately four miles from Syracuse Hancock International Airport. Amenities at the hotel include complimentary buffet breakfast, onsite restaurant and bar, indoor heated pool, fitness center and business center.
LAWRENCE, KAN. — The Martens Companies has completed development of the 112-room Best Western hotel in Lawrence in northeastern Kansas. It is the first property developed within the mixed-use project known as The Mercato. Amenities include an indoor saltwater pool, fitness center, grilling patio and fire pits within an outdoor courtyard. The hotel also offers 840 square feet of meeting space. Steve Martens of The Martens Companies worked with his hotel development subsidiary, Hospitality Development of America, on the $14.5 million project. Another subsidiary, Hospitality Management LLC, will manage the hotel. Wichita-based Conco Construction was the general contractor. Adams Architecture and Spangenberg Phillips Tice Architecture provided architectural design services. Landplan Engineering handled site and engineering design.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Fantini & Gorga has secured $7 million in permanent financing for The Dean, a 52-room, four-story boutique hotel in Providence. Derek Coulombe and Lindsay Feig of Fantini & Gorga secured the financing on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The lender was a regional bank. The property is located in historic downtown Providence across from the Dunkin Donuts Center and Rhode Island Convention Center. The hotel was fully renovated in 2014. Terms of the financing were not disclosed.
YUMA, ARIZ. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of Best Western Inn & Suites, located at 1450 S. Castle Dome Ave. in Yuma. Palm Springs Inn LLC acquired the hotel from Yuma Hospitality Properties for $16 million. James Meng and Jon Grantham of Colliers in Greater Phoenix represented the seller, while Steve Usher of Titan Hospitality and Susan Lee of Ocean 5 Investments represented the buyer in the deal. Built in 1998, the hotel features 166 rooms and suites spread across six buildings.
WEST COUNTY, MO. — Midas Hospitality has opened a dual-branded Residence Inn and Courtyard by Marriott in West County near St Louis. Midas will manage both the 101-room Residence Inn and the 110-room Courtyard by Marriott. The four-story, 136,000-square-foot hotel is located at the intersection of Manchester Road and I-270. Developer Commercial Development Co. Inc. will own the property. MC Hotel Construction built the hotel. Amenities include a fitness center, indoor pool, meeting rooms and outdoor gathering space. The Courtyard Bistro features a variety of dining options.
DALLAS — HFF has negotiated the sale of The Highland Dallas Curio, a 198-room hotel in Dallas. The property has undergone $6.2 million in renovations since 2014 and currently features a pool, fitness center, salon and 1,400 square feet of meeting space. John Bourret and Austin Brooks of HFF represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Pete Fehlman of HFF arranged acquisition financing for the sale on behalf of the buyer, St. Louis-based Lennox Capital Partners. The hotel is located at 5300 E. Mockingbird Lane near Southern Methodist University.
KAPOLEI, HAWAII — Garn Development Co. has purchased a 2.6-acre land parcel on Manawai Street in Kapolei on the island of Oahu for an undisclosed price. Garn Development plans to construct a limited-service hotel on the site, which is located within the 40-acre Leihano development. An affiliate of Kisco Senior Living is master developer for Leihano, a mixed-use development situated in the urban core of Kapolei. Slated to open in fall 2019, the four-story, extended-stay hotel will feature 183 suites with full kitchens, complimentary breakfast and family-friendly amenities. Garn Development is a managing partner of the existing 180-room Embassy Suites by Hilton and Residence Inn by Marriott, which is currently under construction at Leihano. In 2016, Kisco opened Ilima at Leihano, its 84-unit assisted living community within Leihano. Additional tenants within Leihano include St. Jude Catholic Church, First Hawaiian Bank, C.S. Wo, National Kidney Foundation, Lili’uokalani Trust, Hele Gas and Starbucks Coffee. Currently the master-planned community has only two land parcels remaining for sale. Nathan Fong of Colliers International handled the transaction.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Spectrum Cos., in partnership with Invesco Real Estate, is developing a mixed-use project located on a five-acre tract linking Charlotte’s South End with its Uptown business district. Located on South Tryon Street at Carson Boulevard, the project will include two nine-story, 220,000-square-foot office buildings, an urban plaza with event space, 40,000 square feet of street-level restaurant and retail space and a 200-room boutique hotel atop a parking deck. The office component includes a flared design that offers private terraces on each floor overlooking the urban plaza, street-level retail and Uptown city lights. Located on top of a parking deck, the lifestyle hotel will include a rooftop bar. The project is the first venture between Spectrum and Invesco.
POLAND, OHIO AND MADISON, WIS. — HREC Investment Advisors has arranged the sale of the 117-room Red Roof Inn in Poland, Ohio, and the 108-room Red Roof Inn in Madison, Wis. The properties were sold separately to different investors for undisclosed prices. Each hotel will undergo renovations. Herb Warmbrodt, Zane Varvel, Lewis Thompson, Tom Sommer and Jim Merkel of HREC represented the seller.