LEBANON, OHIO — Huff, Niehaus & Associates Inc. has brokered the sale of the Carefree Inn in Lebanon, about 35 miles northeast of Cincinnati. The sales price and seller were not disclosed. The 42-room hotel is located at 674 N. Broadway St. near the Lebanon Raceway. Complimentary Wi-Fi and breakfast are available for hotel guests. A first-time hotel owner purchased the asset. Brandt Niehaus of Huff, Niehaus & Associates marketed the property for sale.
BELTON, MO. — Salina Hotel Group has begun construction of an 83-room Fairfield Inn & Suites in Belton, about 20 miles south of Kansas City. The four-story, 48,000-square-foot hotel will be located just north of Highway 58 between Mullen Road and Interstate 49. Completion is slated for early 2019. Additional project partners include the City of Belton and Belton Economic Development.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Chicago-based Mesirow Financial has acquired three Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited properties in the Greater Vancouver Regional District for more than CA$500 million. Based on the exchange rate as of Friday, March 16, the purchase price equates to $382 million. The properties include the Grand Villa Casino Burnaby, Starlight Casino New Westminster and Cascades Casino Langley. Gateway was the seller under a sale-leaseback structure. Under the agreement, Mesirow Realty Sale-Leaseback Inc. (MRSL), the net lease real estate investment arm of Mesirow Financial, will become the landlord for the three properties. Gateway’s wholly owned subsidiaries have entered into long-term leases for each of the properties and will continue to operate the casinos. Garry Cohen and Douglas Barker of Mesirow Financial’s Sale-Leaseback Capital group led the acquisition. Stephen Jacobson and Nathaniel Sager of Mesirow’s Credit Tenant Lease and Structured Debt group led the structuring of the acquisition financing. Chicago-based law firm Goldberg Kohn and Canada-based Boughton Law Corp. represented MRSL in the transaction. Four Corners Advisors and David Solano served as the buyer’s advisors. Bennett Jones LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP served as legal counsel to Gateway. Colliers International also advised Gateway on the transaction. The Catalyst Capital …
MCLEAN, VA. — Hampton by Hilton has opened three new Hampton Inn hotels in the Southeast: Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Glenarden/Washington, D.C.; Hampton Inn by Hilton Forsyth in metro Atlanta; and Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Tallahassee Capitol-University. Each of the hotels feature complimentary breakfast, free Wi-Fi, a fitness center, business center, pool and laundry facilities. In addition to the new locations in the Southeast, McLean-based Hampton by Hilton recently opened a Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Chicago Burr Ridge near downtown Chicago and the Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Lafayette Medical in Lafayette, Colo., roughly 23 miles north of Denver. The new hotels join Hampton’s portfolio of more than 2,330 properties worldwide.
FREEPORT, MAINE — AAM 15 Management LLC has purchased Hilton Garden Inn Freeport Downtown for an undisclosed price. HFF arranged the sale. The 99-room hotel, located at 5 Park St., is the only hotel in its competitive set within walking distance of downtown Freeport, according to HFF. Completed in 2005, the hotel offers 7,500 square feet of meeting space, a restaurant, fitness center, indoor pool and car charging stations. Freeport is 18 miles north of Portland, Maine. Denny Meikleham, Alan Suzuki and Matthew Enright of HFF marketed the property on behalf of the private seller and procured the buyer. AAM 15 will manage the hotel.
NEW YORK CITY — Developer Lightstone has topped out construction for its 37-story Moxy Chelsea hotel located at 105 W. 28th St. in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The project is the second of four Moxy hotels that Lightstone is developing in New York City in partnership with Marriott. Lightstone broke ground on Moxy Chelsea in the summer of 2016, and the hotel is slated to open this fall. Designed in collaboration by Yabu Pushelberg and the Rockwell Group, the 349-room hotel will feature meeting studios, co-working space and a glass-enclosed rooftop bar with a retractable roof that features views of the Empire State Building and New York City skyline.
BROOKFIELD, WIS. — CBRE Hotels has brokered the sale of a Quality Inn in Brookfield, a western suburb of Milwaukee. The 129-room hotel is located at 20150 W. Bluemound Road across from The Corners, a $220 million mixed-use redevelopment project by IM Properties and Bradford Real Estate. The hotel is also near Brookfield Square Mall and the Milwaukee County Zoo. Brian Silberman, Scott Miller and Paul DeLucia of CBRE Hotels represented the seller, ABP Real Estate Holdings LLC. Neither the sales price nor the buyer were disclosed.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIF. — DiamondRock Hospitality Company has purchased the 77-room Landing Tahoe Resort & Spa in South Lake Tahoe for $42 million. The hotel is located at 4101 Lakeshore Blvd. just steps from the lake. The luxury hotel underwent a multi-million-dollar redevelopment and rebranding by the seller and reopened as The Landing Resort & Spa in December 2013. The hotel features 10,300 square feet of indoor and outdoor function space; Jimmy’s Restaurant; a wine cellar and lounge; full-service spa; heated outdoor pool and hot tub; lakeview patio with fire pits; rooftop deck with fireplace; and fitness center with sauna. HFF’s represented the seller, an affiliate of Kairos Ventures, in this transaction.
ATLANTA — Arriba Capital has provided a $40.7 million construction loan for the development of a 194-room, dual-branded Marriott Fairfield Inn & Suites and Towneplace Suites in Midtown Atlanta. The two-year, non-recourse loan features three six-month extension options for the borrower, a privately held hospitality management and development company. The seven-story hotel will be located atop a 220-space, five-story parking deck. Hotel amenities will include a market pantry, meeting space, fitness center and business center. The two hotels will share a common front-of-house area, including registration and a breakfast area. The property is located across the street from Emory University Hospital and within walking distance to attractions including the World of Coca-Cola, Georgia Aquarium, Fox Theatre, College Football Hall of Fame and the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The project is slated for completion in May 2020.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Omni Hotels & Resorts has opened the 612-room Omni Louisville Hotel in downtown Louisville. The project created roughly 400 permanent jobs and represents a $300 million investment by Omni Hotels & Resorts and the metro Louisville government. The hotel features dining concepts including the Library Bar, The Water Co. and Texas-based Bob’s Steak & Chop House. The hotel is also home to Falls City Market, an urban market and food hall that offers food, beverages and grocery staples; Pin + Proof, a speakeasy with four professional bowling lanes; and Lewis + Louis, a bourbon retail and tasting room. Hotel amenities include a rooftop pool, fitness center, spa, local art gallery and 70,000 square feet of meeting and event space. Atop the hotel, 225 one- and two-bedroom apartment units are available for preleasing and are expected to open in May.