Hospitality

MIAMI — Driftwood Capital has provided a $34.8 million mezzanine loan for the refinancing of Miami Airport Marriott Connection, a complex comprising three Marriott-branded hotels near Miami International Airport. Driftwood Capital provided a two-year loan with three one-year extension options on behalf of the borrowers, an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management and Highgate, via its lending fund Driftwood Lending Partners LP. Located at 1201 N.W. LeJeune Road, Miami Airport Marriott Connection features a 371-room Marriott hotel, 301-room Courtyard by Marriott and a 164-room Residence Inn by Marriott.

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PHOENIX — Anish Hotels Group has completed the disposition of Home2 Suites by Hilton Phoenix Downtown to Chatham Lodging Trust for $43.3 million, or $293,000 per room. Chatham funded the purchase using proceeds from recent asset sales and available cash. Located at 125 E. Jackson St., the six-story hotel features 148 guest rooms and is connected to the historic Fuller Paint Company Building, which offers a customized reception area, guest lobby, 1,200 square feet of meeting space and a signature food and beverage outlet. Island Hospitality Management will manage the hotel. Carter Gradwell, Jennifer Bergamo and Rick Rush of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.

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ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — A joint venture between Waramaug Hospitality and Franklin Real Asset Advisors has purchased the Austin Marriott North, a 295-room hotel located north of the state capital in Round Rock. The property’s accommodations include a number of suites, and the amenity package comprises a pool, fitness center, meeting and event space, convenience store, gift shop and an onsite restaurant. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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TEANECK, N.J. — Alfred Sanzari Enterprises has begun the renovation of a 351-room Marriott-branded hotel in the Northern New Jersey community of Teaneck. The hotel, which opened in 2018, is located within the locally based development and investment firm’s 670,000-square-foot Glenpoint mixed-use development. The multimillion-dollar project will update the Glenpoint Marriott’s 39,317 square feet of meeting and event space with new carpeting, wall coverings, paint and furniture. Completion is slated for the fall. The design team includes HotelStudio and Kimmerle Newman Architects.

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COLUMBUS, OHIO — JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality group has brokered the sale of the Hampton Inn & Suites Columbus Easton for an undisclosed price. The 145-room, select-service hotel is situated near I-270, opposite Easton Town Center. The property is located five miles from the Columbus International Airport and 10 miles from the convention center. Buyer and seller information was not released.

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KAHUKU, HAWAII — Blackstone Real Estate has agreed to sell Turtle Bay Resort, a 450-room hotel in Kahuku on Hawaii’s Oahu island, to Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. for $725 million. The deal included the hotel property, as well as a 49-acre parcel that is entitled for further development. Turtle Bay Resort is situated on 1,300 acres along the north shore of Oahu. The resort offers bungalows, suites, guest rooms and three- or four-bedroom villas. Rooms feature private bathrooms, complimentary Wi-Fi, air conditioning, coffee makers and refrigerators. Blackstone originally acquired Turtle Bay Resort in 2018 for $332 million and subsequently renovated the property. Capital improvements to the hotel included updates to the guestrooms, bungalows, lobby, pools, meeting space, spa, building systems, exterior, arrival experience and club lounge. The restaurants and retail space on the property also received renovations. Blackstone expects to complete the sale in the third quarter of this year. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is serving as Blackstone’s legal counsel. Eastdil Secured, Jones Lang LaSalle and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. are acting as Blackstone’s financial advisors. In a separate deal completed earlier this year, Blackstone sold 65 acres of land at Turtle Bay to Areté Collective. The land …

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BROWNWOOD, TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA CITY — Largo Capital, a financial intermediary based in Upstate New York, has arranged $10 million in financing for a pair of hotels in Texas and Oklahoma. The undisclosed borrower used the proceeds to refinance a 71-room La Quinta Inn & Suites in Brownwood, about 150 miles southwest of Fort Worth, and to acquire a 72-room Hampton Inn hotel in Oklahoma City. Katie Vivian of Largo Capital placed the fixed-rate, nonrecourse debt through an undisclosed direct lender.

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BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A partnership between industrial development firms Clarion Partners and MRP Industrial has started construction on the final phase of The Crossings, a redevelopment of the former Burlington Center mall located in the Philadelphia suburb of Burlington Township. The last phase comprises 500 multifamily units, including affordable housing options, that are set to open in late 2025. The new apartments will cap a six-year effort by Clarion Partners and MRP to transform the 800,000-square-foot enclosed regional mall into a mixed-use destination. In addition to the planned multifamily component, The Crossings will feature more than 2.5 million square feet of warehouse and distribution space, approximately 135,000 square feet of retail space and a 153-room hotel at full build-out. Clarion Partners and MRP expect The Crossings to support 1,400 new jobs at full capacity, including 900 in the warehouse sector and 500 in retail and hospitality. Moonbeam Capital Investments, the Las Vegas-based owner of the former Burlington Center mall, assisted in the redevelopment efforts. “The Crossings was made possible by the cooperation of Burlington Township and County elected officials, who recognized the opportunity to transform a blighted shopping mall into an integrated, vibrant and economically viable mixed-use development that …

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CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the 40-room Palace Inn Channelview hotel on the eastern outskirts of Houston. Rajan Patel, Chris Gomes, Allan Miller and Skyler Cooper of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a private investor. Both parties requested anonymity.

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HOLLY LAKE RANCH, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm The Multifamily Group (TMG) has negotiated the sale of a 130-unit hospitality property in Holly Lake Ranch, a census-designated area located about 100 miles east of Dallas. Holly Lake Resort spans 100 acres and features one- and two-bedroom cabins with an average size of 708 square feet. Amenities include a restaurant, movie theater, activity center with a game room, fitness center, fishing piers, pools, a minigolf course and tennis, pickleball and basketball courts, as well as access to kayaking, canoeing and hiking trails. Jon Krebbs of TMG represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.

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