SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Chatham Lodging Trust has acquired the 96-room Courtyard by Marriott Charleston Summerville for $20.2 million. The hotel, constructed in 2014, is located within Nexton, a mixed-use community under construction in Summerville, roughly 24 miles northwest of Charleston. Over the next decade, Nexton is projected to include approximately 10,000 homes, 8 million square feet of commercial space and a medical campus. Volvo’s new 2.3 million-square-foot facility will also be located near the development. In addition to the Marriott Charleston Summerville, Chatham Lodging Trust is under contract to acquire an adjacent hotel, the 96-room Residence Inn by Marriott, upon opening in the second quarter of 2018.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — CBRE Hotels has brokered the sale of the Holiday Inn Express South in Cedar Rapids for an undisclosed price. The 83-room hotel is located on 33rd Avenue. Amenities include a fitness center and indoor pool. Nate Sahn and Douglas Johnson of CBRE represented the seller, Amana-Nordstrom Inc. Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Bird Dog Equity Partners purchased the asset.
HOUSTON — Hall Structured Finance (HSF), a Dallas-based private lender, has secured a $22.8 million construction loan to finance the adaptive reuse of the former Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. office building in downtown Houston into a 150-room Hyatt Place hotel. The new hotel will feature ground-floor dining, a rooftop bar, indoor pool, fitness center and approximately 800 square feet of meeting space. Guestrooms, which will be located on the third through 16th floors, will average about 400 square feet per room. A timetable for completion of the project has not yet been established.
ATLANTA — Legacy Ventures has completed the $16 million renovation of The American Hotel, a 315-room hotel operating as a DoubleTree Hilton in downtown Atlanta. Originally constructed in 1962, the hotel has hosted public figures including Elvis Presley, Carol Channing, Jimmy Carter, James Brown, Nelson Rockefeller and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The renovation embraces mid-century modern furnishings and design and includes 60s car-themed headboards and an Airstream trailer serving as the poolside bar. The hotel’s renovated meeting and banquet space can accommodate up to 500 guests, and the updated fitness facilities include virtual fitness classes. The American Hotel is also home to The Cloakroom Kitchen & Bar, which pays tribute to the Cold War. In addition, the hotel is situated within walking distance to the Tabernacle concert hall, Centennial Olympic Park and the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, FLA. — WoodSpring Hotels has opened a new location at 16055 S.W. 117th Ave. in Richmond Heights, roughly 23 miles south of Miami. The 123-room WoodSpring Suites Miami Southwest offers three room layouts, each with an in-room kitchen equipped with full-size refrigerator, two-burner stovetop and a microwave. WoodSpring Suites also features guest laundry and a fitness center. Gold Coast Premier Properties LLC owns the hotel, and Hotel Management & Consulting LLC (HMC) will manage the property. Gold Coast Premier also plans to complete seven more WoodSpring Suites in the South Florida area.
ATLANTA — Simon has unveiled plans to transform Phipps Plaza, an upscale shopping mall in Atlanta’s Buckhead district, into a mixed-use destination. The additional uses coming to Phipps Plaza include a 150-room Nobu Hotel, 10,000-square-foot Nobu Atlanta Restaurant, 90,000-square-foot Life Time Athletic fitness center and a 12-story office building. The hotel will feature a rooftop pool, conference space and spa facilities, and the restaurant will offer Japanese-style cuisine. Life Time will develop an athletic club in a three-level space that will feature studio, yoga and cycle classes, personal training, a café, rooftop pool, beach club and a bistro. The new buildings will join recent additions to Phipps Plaza including the 166-room AC Hotel Atlanta Buckhead and the 319-unit Domain at Phipps Plaza, an upscale apartment community. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2018, with a phased opening beginning in spring 2020.
SAN DIEGO — A joint venture between subsidiaries of Sunstone and Park Hotels & Resorts has obtained a $220 million refinancing for the 1,190-room Hilton San Diego Bayfront in downtown San Diego. The hotel is located at 1 Park Blvd. The loan has a three-year initial term and three one-year extension options. The loan is interest-only and provides for a floating interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.05 percent with a 25 basis-point increase during the final one-year extension period, if extended. The loan is expected to reduce the company’s consolidated annual cash interest expense by about $2.6 million. The financing replaces the existing loan that was scheduled to mature in August 2019 and had a floating interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.25 percent. The refinancing was completed by Sunstone Hotel Investors.
BROOKFIELD, WIS. — Blue Vista Finance LLC has provided a $19.5 million loan for the refinancing of the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel in the Milwaukee suburb of Brookfield. The six-story hotel features 389 rooms. Built in 1972, the hotel underwent a $4.3 million renovation in 2014. The property features more than 19,000 square feet of meeting space, a 24-hour business center, fitness center, indoor and outdoor heated pools and The Craft Room restaurant. Located at 375 South Moorland Road, the hotel is just off I-94 and adjacent to the Brookfield Square Mall. Scott Hall, Jeff Bucaro and Aaron Lapping of HFF arranged the three-year loan on behalf of the borrower, LLJ Ventures. Loan proceeds will be used to pay off the hotel’s existing loan and to fund additional strategic capital improvements.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — HREC Capital Markets Group has arranged the $19 million refinancing of Redmont Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton, a 120-room hotel in downtown Birmingham. Greg Porter and Mike Armstrong of HREC arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through a New York-based REIT on behalf of the borrower, a private partnership. Originally constructed in 1925, the hotel underwent a complete renovation in 2015, implementing upgraded technologies and amenities while retaining the 1920s design. The hotel features two restaurants, a rooftop bar, 3,600 square feet of meeting space and a fitness center.
North American Properties, PGIM to Break Ground on $2.5B Mixed-Use Development in New Jersey
by Katie Sloan
SAYREVILLE, N.J. — A joint venture between North American Properties (NAP) and PGIM Real Estate is set to break ground on Riverton, a $2.5 billion, 418-acre, mixed-use development located roughly 33 miles south of Manhattan along the Raritan River in Sayreville. Upon completion, the project is set to include residential, retail, entertainment, office and hotel space alongside a marina. The development will also incorporate passive recreation and open space along the riverfront, programmed gathering spaces and street-level commercial space. Key approvals for the site were initially obtained in 2014. NAP has updated the redevelopment plan for the property, and is in the process of securing the necessary state and local approvals required to begin development. A critical component of the project’s financing will be support from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority through the Economic Redevelopment & Growth Program, which the EDA approved in 2014 and will be asked to reaffirm for the updated development plan. Pending approvals and financing, the project is scheduled for completion in 2021. NAP recently appointed David Weinert as partner and senior vice president of leasing. Weinert will lead the leasing efforts for Riverton, alongside the other properties in NAP’s development pipeline. North American Properties …