BLACKSBURG, VA. — Phillips Realty Capital has secured an $18.7 million construction loan for a new Residence Inn adjacent to the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg. The new Marriott-branded hotel will sit at the corner of University City Boulevard and Prices Fork Road. The six-story, 126-room hotel will feature fully equipped kitchens and living rooms, an indoor pool and a 24/7 workout room. The new hotel will help anchor University Crossroads, a mixed-use redevelopment near Virginia Tech’s visitors center and main entrance. Brian Boland of Phillips Realty Capital arranged the financing through a regional bank on behalf of the borrowers, Newport Hospitality Group Inc. and Collegiate Inn of Blacksburg LLC. The hotel is scheduled to open in mid-2018.
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SAN DIEGO — Carey Watermark Investors 2 has acquired the 372-room San Diego Marriott La Jolla for an undisclosed sum. The hotel is located at 4240 La Jolla Village Drive. The 14-story building includes 24,000 square feet of meeting and event space, three food and beverage outlets, 467-space parking garage, outdoor pool, sundeck, fitness center and business center. The hotel has undergone a total of $21 million worth of capital improvements since 2011, including a $17 million comprehensive renovation in 2013.
DALLAS — Salman Tabani of Tabani Realty has arranged the sale of the Best Western Plus Hotel and Conference Center in Dallas. The newly renovated, 160-room hotel is located at the intersection of Highway 635 and Highway 75. The property was sold to an out-of-state private investor. Tabani Realty is a commercial brokerage firm based in Addison, Texas that specializes in hospitality, retail, land, multifamily, office and investment property sales.
MCALLEN, TEXAS — Hilton Worldwide has opened the Embassy Suites by Hilton McAllen Convention Center, the brand’s first hotel in south Texas. The property features Design Option III, which emphasizes space efficiency. The hotel is located three miles from McAllen Miller International Airport and near several manufacturing facilities in Mexico. The hotel includes 12,000 square feet of event space for conferences, weddings and holiday parties. The main ballroom may accommodate as many as 600 guests and can also be divided into five smaller spaces.
OAK CREEK, WIS. — HALL Structured Finance has provided a $10.9 million first lien loan for the construction of a four-story, 112-room hotel in Oak Creek, 13 miles south of Milwaukee. Albuquerque, N.M.-based Gustin Property Group LLC is the developer of the TownePlace Suites by Marriott. The hotel will be located within the Drexel Town Square master-planned development, which includes a new city hall, public library, retail stores, restaurants, office space, apartments and 18 acres of green space. The total estimated project cost for the hotel is $14.6 million, and the development will take approximately a year to complete.
NEW YORK CITY — CBCS Equities and Barone Management have developed EVEN Hotel Brooklyn, a 13-story hotel located at 46 Nevins St. in downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Gene Kaufman Architect, the 83,000-square-foot hotel features 202 rooms, a 1,300-square-foot fitness center, in-room fitness zones with cork flooring and personal exercise equipment, and Cork & Kale Market and Bar. The project team included HVS Design, Andrew Myers Interior Design and Ambius. EVEN Hotel Brooklyn is an IHG hotel.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Hyatt Hotels Corp. has purchased the 119-room Royal Palms Resort and Spa in Scottsdale for $88.2 million. The hotel is located at 5200 E. Camelback Road. The hotel will continue to operate as the Royal Palms, though it will become affiliated with the Unbound Collection by Hyatt. It first opened in 1929 as the home of wealthy New York financier Delos Willard Cooke. Hodges Ward Elliott represented the seller, Lowe Enterprises Investors, in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES — US OCG Inc., a subsidiary of China-based Esong Group, has purchased the 405-room Holiday Inn near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) for $52 million. The hotel is located at 9901 S. La Cienega Blvd. The Holiday Inn was built in 1973 and renovated in 2008. It has maintained an occupancy rate of more than 90 percent in 2016, according to Infinity Realty Advisors, which represented the buyer. LAX is currently undergoing an $8 billion modernization. This is the subsidiary’s first U.S.-based hotel acquisition. The seller was the CIM Group. Eddy Chao, Karin Chao and Richard Alter represented the buyer.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thor Equities has purchased a 10-story, 125,000-square-foot building at 3000 M St. in Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown district for $53.5 million. The property is surrounded by restaurants and bars in close proximity to Georgetown University and the main commercial intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street. Thor plans to convert the former Lantham Hotel into a boutique hotel with up to 100 rooms, an upscale restaurant, food and beverage options and 27,000 square feet of retail space on the ground, lower and second levels of the property.
HOLLAND, MICH. — NAI Wisinski of West Michigan has brokered the sale of a 2.5-acre plot of land in Holland, approximately 30 miles southwest of Grand Rapids, which will be home to a new hotel. The Home 2 Suites by Hilton will be located on West Shore Drive. The extended-stay hotel will be pet friendly and feature full kitchens. Doug Taatjes of NAI Wisinski of West Michigan represented the seller, West Shore Investors LLC. Berkshire Hathaway’s Cheri Renfeld represented the buyer, IMDC Acquisitions LLC.