AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Los Angeles office of Hunter Hotel Advisors has represented California-based Excel Hotel Group and the unnamed buyer in the sale of the Fairfield Inn & Suites Austin Northwest in Austin. Built in 2014, the four-story hotel was purchased by a New York opportunity fund.
WASHINGTON, CONN., AND KENNEBUNK, MAINE — Elandis, the Americas real estate arm of the Libra Group, has completed a $5 million refurbishment of two of its hospitality assets in New England: The Mayflower Grace in Washington and the White Barn Inn in Kennebunk. Renovations at White Barn Inn included guest room and common area upgrades as well as a new cottage and deck dining spaces. The Mayflower Inn’s refurbishments included upgrades to guestrooms, dining areas and landscaping.
NEW ORLEANS — New Castle Hotels and Resorts (NCHR) has opened a 103-suite Fairfield Inn & Suites in the French Quarter neighborhood of New Orleans. Rockbridge Capital provided financing for the project. The property is a $10 million renovation of the former Interstate Electric Co. building, built in 1910. John T. Campo Associates designed the project, which used historic tax credits and preserved the building’s façade.
PAUL, MINN. — Stahl Construction has completed construction of a Hyatt Place hotel located in St. Paul’s historic Custom House building. The rededication of the Custom House building and grand opening of the Hyatt Place was held Sept. 21. The Custom House served as a post office and federal customs port in the early 1900s. It also served as the main postal facility for St. Paul from 1934 through 2010. The riverfront building has been converted into a mixed-use property including a 149-room hotel, 202 apartments and space for a future restaurant. The $125 million renovation of the 748,000-square-foot building has been ongoing over the last 17 months.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Raleigh-based MJM Group plans to develop a new $45 million, dual-branded Marriott hotel project in Charlotte. Located at 9110 Harris Corners Parkway, the seven-story property will feature a 94-room Courtyard by Marriott and a 94-room Marriott Residence Inn. Construction is slated to begin this month and wrap up by March 2018. The 130,000-square-foot property will feature a shared lobby, bistro, two patio areas, outdoor swimming pool, exercise room and meeting rooms. The project team includes architect The Lawrence Group, interior designer Gray Design and general contractor Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. Paramount Lodging Advisors advised MJM Group in the development, and Live Oak Bank provided construction financing. Midas Hospitality will manage the hotel upon completion.
SAUSALITO, CALIF. — Sonnenblick-Eichner Company has arranged $75 million of first mortgage leasehold financing for Cavallo Point-The Lodge at the Golden Gate in Sausalito. The hotel is the San Francisco Bay Area’s first national park lodge. It contains 142 rooms within Golden Gate National Recreation Area at the northern foot of the Golden Gate Bridge. Cavallo Point is situated on about 45 acres within the 350-acre former Fort Baker military base. The property includes the Murray Circle Restaurant and Farley Bar, more than 25,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space, an 11,000-square-foot Healing Arts Center & Spa, a retail outlet, a cooking school and a fitness center. The non-recourse financing features a five-year balance sheet loan provided by an international money center bank.
MENTOR, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of Holiday Inn Cleveland East-Mentor, a 132-room hotel, for $9.4 million. The hotel is located at 7701 Reynolds Road in Mentor. The full-service hotel opened as a Holiday Inn in 2013 and features 8,772 square feet of attached meeting space as well as an on-site restaurant and lounge. Alexandre Duong, an investment specialist in Marcus & Millichap’s Cleveland office, marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Duong also secured and represented the buyer, a limited liability company.
PORTLAND, ORE. — BPM Real Estate Group has started construction of the Broadway Tower office and hotel project in downtown Portland. The 19-story project will include a 180-room Radisson RED hotel, 175,000 square feet of office space and more than 2,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Radisson RED will occupy Broadway Tower’s first eight floors, with Class A office space occupying the top 11 floors. The project is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2018. Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company, is building the project, which GBD Architects designed. Broadway Tower is Howard S. Wright’s second project for BPM Real Estate Group in Portland. The firm delivered the Pearl West office building for the developer earlier this year.
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF) has represented Waterford Development Corp and XSS Hotels in the sale of the 104-suite TownePlace Suites Providence North Kingstown, which was sold unencumbered by management. HFF also procured the buyer, whose name was not disclosed. The TownePlace Suites Providence North Kingstown is located 19 miles south of downtown Providence and 12 miles south of T.F. Green Airport within Quonset Business Park, which is home to nearly 200 companies, The Port of Davisville and Quonset State Airport. Completed in 2011, the Marriott-branded hotel features fully-equipped kitchens in each suite, complimentary high-speed internet access, complimentary breakfast, a sundry/convenience store, fitness center, heated indoor salt water pool, business center, barbecue/picnic area, guest laundry and complimentary shuttle service. The HFF investment sales team representing the seller was led by Denny Meikleham and Alan Suzuki.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Kor Group has begun construction on Austin Proper Hotel & Residences, a mixed-use hotel and residential tower in downtown Austin. The merchant banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. is the capital partner for the development, which is slated to open in 2018. The 33-story, 500,000-square-foot project will be managed and branded by Proper Hospitality, a lifestyle hotel operator. The tower will feature 244 hotel rooms with interior design by Kelly Wearstler; dining options by McGuire Moorman Hospitality; and over 12,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space. Atop the hotel are 99 condominiums available for purchase. Property amenities will include full hotel services for both residents and guests, two roof decks with swimming pools, a full spa and fitness center, lobby restaurant and lounge, coffee shop and an elevated poolside restaurant.
