WAUWATOSA, WIS. — Hospitality Properties Trust has acquired the 198-room Crowne Plaza Milwaukee West in Wauwatosa for $30 million. The full-service hotel, built in 2008, includes 6,100 square feet of meeting space, a health and fitness center, indoor pool, restaurant and lounge. IHG operates the property. Atlanta-based Peachtree Hotel Group was the seller, according to local media.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Birchington LLC is set to break ground on a $93 million, 247-room Holiday Inn Express in Washington, D.C. The hotel is expected to open in late 2020. Birchington, which developer Habte Sequar owns, received a construction loan from Atlanta-based Stonehill Strategic Capital for the project. The 14-story hotel will be situated at the corner of 4th and K streets, three blocks from the historic Carnegie Library and the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The design and management team include BBGM Architects, general contractor Kinsley Construction Inc. and property manager Urgo Hotels & Resorts.
HYDE PARK, N.Y. — Bellefield Development Partners, an affiliate of New York City-based T-Rex Capital Group LLC, plans to develop a 150-room hotel at Bellefield at Historic Hyde Park, a $500 million hospitality and dining destination in Hyde Park. Bellefield partnered with owner-operator Shaner Hotel Group and Marriott International on an earlier hotel project, a 133-room Residence Inn, and will continue that partnership with this new project. Amenities at the new hotel will include a spa, conference center, sports facility and indoor and outdoor pools. A construction timeline has not yet been released. Bellefield at Historic Hyde Park includes farm-to-table restaurants, culinary shops, an event barn and an educational center.
INDIANAPOLIS — MCR has purchased two hotels in Indianapolis, including a 110-room Hampton Inn and a 78-room Residence Inn. Purchase prices and seller information were not disclosed. Both properties are less than 10 miles from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The hotels feature complimentary breakfasts, 24-hour fitness centers and pools.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: PK) has entered into an agreement to acquire Chesapeake Lodging Trust (NYSE: CHSP) in a stock-and-cash transaction valued at approximately $2.7 billion. Both companies are Virginia-based hotel REITs, with Park headquartered in Tysons and Chesapeake headquartered in Arlington, just seven miles apart in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. The deal, which is expected to close during the late third or early fourth quarter of this year, would create a company with an estimated enterprise value of $12 billion. Upon closing, Park stockholders will own roughly 84 percent of the new company, and Chesapeake shareholders will own roughly 16 percent. Park’s current portfolio includes 52 hospitality properties totaling more than 30,000 rooms, mostly located in the U.S. with a handful in South America and the U.K. The company, which spun off from Hilton in 2017, focuses on high-end hotels. Chesapeake’s current portfolio includes 20 properties totaling 6,288 rooms in eight states and Washington, D.C. The company also focuses on “upper-upscale” hotels. Park has secured $1.1 billion in financing from Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Proceeds will be used to fund the cash component of the deal, as well as to cover some …
DALLAS — Locally based developer HALL Group has topped out HALL Arts Hotel & Residences, a 28-story commercial project in the Dallas Arts District. The project’s residential component will consist of 50 units ranging in size from 1,600 square feet to 10,000 square feet for the penthouse. The hospitality component will comprise 183 guestrooms and 20 suites, along with various amenities. The residential and hotel components are slated to open in early 2020 and fall 2019, respectively.
CANADAGUIA, N.Y. — ACRES Capital, a New York-based real estate hedge fund, has provided a $37 million construction loan for the Hilton Tapestry Collection hotel in Canadaguia, a hospitality project located near Rochester. The project, which includes the development of a 44-unit condominium building, is valued at $53 million. Miami-based GenX Capital Partners and Boston-based Capstack Finance sourced the loan through ACRES Capital on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
NEW YORK CITY — Arizona-based Avana Capital has provided a $65 million loan for the construction of a 26-story AC Marriott Hotel in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by Danny Forster & Architecture, the 168-room hotel will be located at 842 Sixth Ave. and will be the tallest hotel in the world to feature modular construction. The borrower was locally based firm 842 Enterprises Inc. Bloomberg reports that guest rooms will be assembled in Poland and shipped to New York, with the opening of the property slated to occur some time next year.
FAIRFIELD, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of the Courtyard by Marriott Fairfield Napa Valley Area, a hotel located at 1350 Holiday Lane in Fairfield. A limited liability company purchased the property for $19.9 million. The transaction included the 137-room hotel and an adjacent 1.9-acre development parcel. Renovated in 2016, the hotel features interior-corridor rooms, heated outdoor pool and spa, fitness center, business center, guest laundry facilities and 5,845 square feet of meeting space, as well as The Bistro restaurant. Additionally, select suites include a separate living/dining area, balcony, whirlpool and/or wet bar. Gordon Allred, Matt Monahan and Shane Lupo of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, while Allred and Monahan also represented the buyer in the deal.
CONYERS, GA. — Tri-Land Properties Inc. has begun construction on the overhaul of Salem Gate Market, a 253,000-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center in Conyers, about 25 miles southeast of Atlanta. The multimillion-dollar redevelopment will include a 55,000-square-foot Hobby Lobby, 20,000-square-foot Northern Tool + Supply, a 103-room hotel and an Allure Nail & Spa. Tri-Land is rebuilding Salem Gate in a public-private partnership with the City of Conyers. Salem Gate is the first project underway as part of the Conyers Gateway Village District, the product of a new zoning ordinance adopted by the City of Conyers in 2016. In February, the city approved a new Tax Allocation District designation allocating future tax revenues to repay Tri-Land for its infrastructure improvement costs. The metro Chicago-based developer plans to announce additional tenants in the family fashion, sporting goods and value retail segments in the near future. Tri-Land expects to deliver Salem Gate in early summer 2020.
