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.
Hospitality
ATLANTA — Apple Hospitality REIT has closed on the previously announced acquisition of a 128-room Home2 Suites by Hilton in downtown Atlanta. The purchase price was $24.6 million, or approximately $192,000 per room. Located at 87 Walton St., the hotel is situated near Centennial Olympic Park, CNN Center, World of Coca-Cola, College Football Hall of Fame, Georgia Aquarium, Philips Arena, the Georgia Dome, Georgia State University, Georgia Tech and the upcoming Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Following the purchase, Apple Hospitality REIT’s portfolio includes 180 hotels spanning 23,000 guestrooms in 32 states.
HAMPTON BEACH, N.H. — Linchris Hotel Corp. has acquired Ashworth by the Sea, a 107-room oceanfront hotel located in Hampton Beach. XSS Hotels sold the property for an undisclosed price. The hotel features three food and beverage outlets, an indoor heated pool, fitness center, sundry shop, business center and more than 6,000 square feet of event space. Denny Meikleham and Alan Suzuki of HFF represented the seller. Greg LaBine of HFF arranged a seven-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan, provided by Middlesex Savings Bank, for the buyer.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Dallas-based NewcrestImage plans to develop a four-brand, 600-room lifestyle hotel campus at Frisco Station, a 242-acre, mixed-use development located in the northwest quadrant of the Dallas North Tollway and Warren Parkway in Frisco. Upon completion, Frisco Station will include more than 5 million square feet of office and corporate campuses and 2,400 urban living units. Frisco Station’s hotel campus will include a dual-brand AC Hotel and Residence Inn, both by Marriott, featuring about 300 rooms. The campus will also include a Canopy by Hilton and a Hyatt Place, each featuring about 150 rooms. The hotel campus will anchor The Hub at Frisco Station, which will feature about 200,000 square feet of food and beverage concepts, entertainment venues and retail space surrounded by Frisco Station’s parks and trails system. Construction on the hotels will take place in two phases, with the AC, Residence and Canopy scheduled to break ground in January 2017, with the first openings anticipated in June 2018. Construction of the Hyatt Place is expected to begin in 2017.
WARWICK, R.I. — Sarchi Group has acquired Sheraton Providence Airport Hotel, a full-service hotel adjacent to T.F. Green Providence Airport in Warwick. Located at 1850 Post Road, the 207-room hotel features concierge services, a fitness center, indoor pool, Sheraton Club Lounge, complimentary high-speed Internet access and BlueFire Grille. Denny Meikleham and Alan Suzuki of HFF represented the buyer and undisclosed seller in the deal.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Skanska has signed a $153 million contract to construct the new JW Marriott hotel in Nashville. The 33-story hotel will span a little over 800,000 square feet and will feature 533 guest rooms, 3,770 square feet of ballroom and meeting spaces, a 250-seat restaurant, 200-seat rooftop specialty restaurant, lobby bar and coffee shop and a below-grade parking garage. The hotel will be located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Eighth Avenue South and Demonbreun Street in Nashville’s SoBro district. Skanska plans to complete the new JW Marriott in June 2018.
COLBY, KAN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 67-room hotel in Colby, located in northwest Kansas, for an undisclosed price. A limited liability company sold the Sleep Inn & Suites Colby, located at 2075 Sewell Ave., to a private investor. The three-story hotel was built in 2010. Steve Swenholt, Allan Miller and Chris Gomes of Marcus & Millichap listed the property on behalf of the seller and also represented the buyer in the transaction.
Meridian Capital Arranges $15.4M Construction Loan for Wyndham Garden Hotel in Broward County
by John Nelson
DANIA BEACH, FLA. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $15.4 million in construction financing for a new Wyndham Garden hotel located in Dania Beach. The 142-room, seven-story hotel will be situated one-and-a-half miles from the beach and near Las Olas Boulevard, Riverwalk, Dania Jai Alai, the Gallery of Amazing Things, American Offshore Marina, Boomers, K1 Speed and the Convention Center. Noam Kaminetzky of Meridian Capital’s Boca Raton office arranged the three-year, interest-only construction loan through BB&T. The loan converts to a four-year mini-perm loan with a 25-year amortization schedule after the initial term.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Metropolitan Capital Advisors has arranged a $15 million non-recourse construction loan for a dual-branded SpringHill Suites by Marriott and Home2 Suites by Hilton located in McKinney. The six-acre parcel of land is located just off the northwest corner of Eldorado Parkway and North Central Expressway. The transaction featured a non-recourse first lien mortgage and a second lien funded with EB-5 capital. A regional bank provided the loan. Three separate undisclosed firms will team up as the developer for the project, with differing levels of involvement with regard to the completion guarantee and the management of hotel operations. The project also features a partnership between two undisclosed general contracting companies.
MESQUITE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Spanish Trails Inn, a 100-room motel in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite, for an undisclosed price. The privately owned, two-story, exterior-corridor motel was renovated in 2013. Chris Gomes, Joseph Jaques and Allan Miller of Marcus & Millichap represented both the seller, a developer, and the buyer, a limited liability company.