Hospitality

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WISCONSIN DELLS, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Amber’s Resort & Conference Center Wisconsin Dells, a 228-room resort hotel in the Wisconsin Dells, approximately 120 miles northwest of Milwaukee. An undisclosed limited liability company purchased the property for $4.6 million. The seller also was an unnamed limited liability company. Jon Ruzicka, Gordon Allred and Chris Gomes of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller. Jon Ruzicka, also with Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer. Todd Lindblom assisted in the transaction.

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MCKINNEY, TEXAS — A private institutional partnership has proposed The Village at McKinney, a mixed-use development on 76.2 acres in the city of McKinney in Collin County. Chris Burrow and Dillon Cook with Henry S. Miller, a commercial real estate firm based in Dallas, are marketing a proposal for the large mixed-use project, which would be known as The Village at McKinney, to developers. The out-of-state institutional partnership currently owns the property. “We have been working very closely with the City of McKinney and our clients on The Village at McKinney and we are very excited to bring this new development opportunity onto the market,” says Burrow. The final project could include a mix of retail, restaurant, office, hospitality and multifamily uses. The Village at McKinney would be located at the corner of U.S. Highway 75 and Laud Howell Parkway. The 76.2-acre site has been divided into four separate parcels ranging in size from 8.9 acres to 34 acres, but can also be sold to a single developer. On-site utilities are scheduled to be in place by 2018. “The City of McKinney recognizes the area around U.S. 75 and Laud Howell as a prime location for a range of commercial opportunities …

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HOLLYWOOD, FLA. — Madison Realty Capital has provided $70 million in construction financing for the Melia Costa Hollywood Beach Resort, a six-story, 307-unit hotel and condominium property located on Hollywood Beach. The resort will be located at 777 N. Ocean Drive in Hollywood, a city in Broward County fronting the Atlantic Ocean. C.J. Danziger and Meir Kessner of Eastern Union Funding arranged the financing through Madison Realty on behalf of developer Moses Bensusan’s Liberty Grande LLC. The financing will be used to complete the construction of the $180 million project. The Meliá Costa Hollywood Beach Resort will feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities will include a fitness center and holistic spa, boutique stores and restaurants, a rooftop infinity-edge pool, sun deck, reflection pool, rooftop and lobby lounges and an open courtyard. The asset was 85 percent pre-sold at the time of financing. The property topped out last year and completion is expected by year’s end.

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SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Carey Watermark Investors 2 Inc. (CWI 2), a non-traded lodging REIT, has acquired the San Jose Marriott for $154 million. The recently renovated hotel includes 510 guestrooms and is located in downtown San Jose, one of Silicon Valley’s strongest lodging markets. CWI 2 financed the acquisition using $88 million of senior debt. Built in 2004, the San Jose Marriott features 23,000 square feet of meeting and event space, three food and beverage outlets, a concierge lounge, business center, fitness center and an outdoor swimming pool. “Given the limited supply of institutional-quality assets in the Silicon Valley market, the San Jose Marriott represented a unique investment opportunity,” says Michael Medzigian, CEO of CWI 2. “The property is the newest hotel in downtown San Jose and the acquisition adds a top-performing, well-located asset in a high growth market with high barriers to entry to CWI 2’s portfolio.” The hotel is connected to the newly renovated and expanded San Jose McEnery Convention Center and is in close proximity to San Jose State University and attractions such as the Tech Museum of Innovation, the San Jose Museum of Modern Art and the SAP Center, home of the NHL’s San Jose …

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TULSA, OKLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Airport Inn & Suites, a 100-room hotel located in Tulsa. Chris Gomes, Allan Miller and Skyler Cooper of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Gordon Allred and Matt Monahan of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a private investor from California. Airport Inn & Suites is located at 35 N. Sheridan Road, just off I-244. Constructed in 1974, the two-story, exterior corridor hotel was originally built as a La Quinta Inn and at the time of listing was independently operated. Amenities at the hotel include an outdoor swimming pool, business center and complimentary Wi-Fi.

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HOUSTON — PCCP LLC has provided a $73.1 million senior construction loan to Houston-based Medistar Corp. for the development of the 21-story InterContinental Houston Medical Center in Houston. The hotel will include 353 rooms and a six-story parking garage, along with 11,800 square feet of meeting space and a 7,800-square-foot ballroom. Medistar has retained Houston-based TRC Capital Partners, a hotel development firm, to co-develop the project. Construction has begun and is scheduled for completion in late 2018. InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) will provide management services as the full-service operator at the property. The hotel will be developed on a 60,000-square-foot site bordered by Main Street and Old Main Street and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center of Houston. The hotel’s ground floor will contain the lobby, reception area, restaurant, bar and lounge, with the parking garage directly above the ground-floor amenities. The remaining 13 floors will contain a fitness center, outdoor pool, guestrooms and suites.

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PLYMOUTH, MASS. — Fantini & Gorga has arranged $5.7 million in first mortgage financing for a hospitality and retail center located at 4, 6-20 Home Depot Drive in Plymouth. The borrower was FREJA LLC. The 18,250-square-foot property is 100 percent occupied. Tenants include a 130-room Hilton Garden Inn, New Tokyo Japanese restaurant, Sleepy’s Mattress, Hot Locks Spa and Salon and Massage Envy. Casimir Groblewski and Jason Cunnane of Fantini & Gorga arranged the financing for the Franklin, Mass.-based borrower.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mast Capital has sold The Graham Hotel Georgetown, a 57-room upscale boutique hotel within Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown Historic District. The Miami-based real estate investment and development firm sold the asset to Legacy Hotel Group LLC for $37 million, or $649,000 per key, one of the highest price per key transactions ever in Washington, D.C. The hotel underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation in 2013, after which the hotel more than quadrupled its profitability, according to Mast Capital. Andy Wimsatt and Ian Banger of CBRE’s Washington, D.C., office, along with Christian Charre, Paul Weimer and Natalie Castillo of the firm’s Miami office, represented Mast Capital in the transaction. Nelson Migdal of Greenberg Traurig LLP executed the deal. Mast Capital originally purchased the hotel in 2011 for $16.4 million.

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LOS ANGELES — Next Century Partners has received $1 billion in construction financing for the Century Plaza mixed-use project in Los Angeles. The $2.5 billion project will include two residential towers, restaurants and retail shops. The existing, five-star Century Plaza Hotel on the site will also undergo a renovation. The project is located at 2025 Avenue of the Stars in the Century City submarket. Construction is scheduled to commence later this summer. The hotel closed for renovations in March, and is set to reopen in early 2018. It will include a redesigned open-air lobby that connects public plazas and fountains to a two-acre garden surrounded by restaurants and retail. The hotel has hosted a number of notable events over its 50-year run, including the Grammy Awards and the “Dinner of the Century” in 1969, which honored the first astronauts to reach the moon. The full, mixed-use project will feature about 100,000 square feet of retail. The 46-story residential towers will include 290 luxury residences. A variety of loans provided the $1 billion in financing, including a $446 million senior loan from J.P. Morgan Chase; $120 million mezzanine financing from an investment vehicle managed by Colony Capital; and $450 million of …

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PORTLAND, ORE. — Hilton Worldwide and the Buccini/Pollin Group have announced plans to build a Canopy by Hilton hotel in Portland. The 153-room hotel will be located at 425 NW 9th Ave. in the Pearl District’s Gallery Row. Portland and Washington, D.C., are the first two U.S. cities to receive hotels under the new Canopy by Hilton brand. Both are slated for opening in 2017. Phillips Realty Capital arranged a $27.7 million construction loan, while EB5 Capital provided $15.5 million in preferred equity raised from 31 foreign investors seeking U.S. residency under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program.

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