ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — RLJ Lodging Trust has sold the 362-room Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club for $188.5 million, or approximately $521,000 per room. The Marriott-branded hotel is located at 501 5th Ave. N.E. on the Tampa Bay waterfront In St. Petersburg. The sales price represents the contractural sales price of $185 million, and the release of $3.5 million in member deposits. The Vinoy features an on-site spa, swimming pool, fitness center, meeting rooms, 18-hole golf course and on-site dining. The hotel is located in downtown St. Petersburg near Tropicana Field, the Dali Museum, Florida Aquarium, North Straub Park, Vinoy Park and Spa Beach.
Hospitality
SIKESTON, MO. — Midas Hospitality has opened a new Hampton Inn hotel in Sikeston in southeastern Missouri. The $11 million project spans 57,000 square feet and four stories. The 92-room hotel features an indoor swimming pool, fitness center, business center and meeting rooms. The hotel is located within the 100-acre Cotton Ridge development, which will include restaurants, a movie theater and other retail tenants. Midas Hospitality will own and manage the hotel. Sister company MC Hotel Construction was the general contractor for the project. Gray Design served as the architect. Bank of Missouri financed the project. Hampton Inn is part of the Hilton chain of hotels.
LAS VEGAS — CityCenter Holdings LLC, which is a joint venture between MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) and Infinity World Development Corp., has sold the Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas and adjacent retail parcels for $214 million. The 392-room hotel will be rebranded as a Waldorf Astoria. CCLV Luxury Hotel LLC purchased the property, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The investor’s owners include a commercial real estate developer and the co-founders of Panda Express restaurants. The hotel is located at the entryway of CityCenter, a mixed-use development on the Las Vegas Strip located between the Bellagio and Park MGM resorts that includes ARIA Resort & Casino; Vdara Hotel and Spa; and the Veer Towers. The hotel features 12,000 square feet of meeting space, five food and beverage outlets and a 27,000-square-foot spa. JLL served as advisor to the sellers, who expect to use the proceeds from the sale to pay a dividend to shareholders. Waldorf Astoria is part of the Hilton chain of hotels. — Kristin Hiller
GREENVILLE AND SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of two Texas hotels totaling 144 rooms. The acquisition includes Best Western Plus Monica Royale Inn & Suites in Greenville, a 79-room hotel located about 60 miles northeast of Dallas, and La Quinta Inn & Suites-Sulphur Springs, a 65-room hotel located about 80 miles northeast of Dallas. Chris Gomes, Joseph Jaques and Allan Miller of Marcus & Millichap marketed the properties on behalf of the sellers, both private investors.
DUBUQUE, IOWA — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Country Inn & Suites Dubuque for an undisclosed price. The 69-room hotel, built in 2000, is located at 1315 Associates Drive in eastern Iowa. Jon Ruzicka and Jake Erickson of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property for sale and procured the buyer. Neither the buyer nor the seller was disclosed.
BOSTON — HFF has negotiated the sale of the 120-room Residence Inn Boston Downtown Seaport located in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston. The sales price was undisclosed. Denny Meikleham, Alan Suzuki and Matthew Enright of HFF represented the seller, Norwich Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was Claremont Cos. The property was built in 1901 as the Stillings Building by the Boston Wharf Co. In 2013, the building was redeveloped into a Residence Inn and was honored as the “Best Custom Project” in 2014 by Marriott International. The guest rooms at the hotel feature 12-foot ceilings, exposed brick walls, wooden beams and fully equipped kitchens. Amenities include meeting space, a business center, fitness center and two restaurants.
TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. — A partnership between JS Capitol and Hadidi Capital has sold the 107-room Hotel Indigo in Traverse City for an undisclosed price. The property, built in 2016, is located at 263 W. Grandview Parkway. Situated in the city’s waterfront Warehouse District, the hotel features heated underground parking, 5,500 square feet of meeting space, a ground-floor restaurant, business center and fitness center. Nate Sahn, James Johnson, Jack Johns and Anthony Leeds of CBRE represented the owners in the sale. The buyer was not disclosed.
DENVER — Xenia Hotels & Resorts has purchased The Ritz-Carlton Denver, located at 1811 Curtis St. in downtown Denver, for $100.2 million, approximately $496,000 per key. The acquisition was funded with cash available on the company’s balance sheet. The 14-story hotel features 202 oversized rooms, including 47 suites, 13,000 square feet of meeting space, The Ritz-Carlton Spa and Elway’s Restaurant. The hotel is part of a mixed-use development that includes 25 luxury residences and 193 apartment units. The Ritz-Carlton, Denver is the 39th hotel in Xenia’s portfolio of primarily luxury and upper upscale hotels. It the company’s second Ritz-Carlton hotel.
AMARILLO, TEXAS — Dallas-based hospitality developer NewcrestImage has opened a 94-room Tru by Hilton hotel in Amarillo, the first property of a three-hotel campus at the intersection of Interstate 40 and South Soucy Road on the city’s west side. The lobby includes bar tables and mini-hammocks, as well as a pool table and dining stations. The other two hotels in the development, a 90-room Hyatt Place and a 90-room Aloft, are slated to open in 2019.
Cronheim Hotel Capital Arranges $12.5 Acquisition Loan for Hotel Property in Pennsylvania
by David Cohen
BREINIGSVILLE, PA. — Cronheim Hotel Capital has arranged a $12.5 million acquisition loan for a Holiday Inn in Breinigsville. The property is located approximately seven miles east of Kutztown. Built in 1988, the 175-room hotel includes 14,000 square feet of meeting space as well as a 10,660-square-foot ballroom. Cronheim secured the non-recourse, floating-rate loan with a three-year term on behalf of borrower Infinity Asset Management. The lender was undisclosed. The property will be converted into a Delta by Marriot hotel.