Hospitality

Peak Construction Breaks Ground on 103-Room Marriott Residence Inn in Chicago Suburb

by Christina Cannon June 13, 2016

BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — Peak Construction Corp. has broken ground on a four-story, 77,000-square-foot Marriott Residence Inn in Bolingbrook, approximately 30 miles south of Chicago. The hotel will feature 103 rooms, a swimming pool, outdoor patio with picnic area and a multi-purpose sports court. Hallmark Investment Corp. and Love Hotel Management Co. are overseeing the project. Norr Architects is providing architectural services, and Manhard Consulting Ltd. is the civil engineer. The project is slated for completion next spring.

June 13, 2016

Hospitality Midwest Ohio

Skanska Signs $51M Contract to Manage Construction of Hotel and Conference Center near Cincinnati

by Christina Cannon June 10, 2016

MADISONVILLE, OHIO — Skanska has signed a $51 million contract with RBM Development to oversee construction of the Dolce Lifestyle Hotel and Conference Center in Madisonville, approximately 10 miles northeast of Cincinnati. The project is a redevelopment of a former warehouse site and will convert an existing parking garage into a 239-room, 131,233-square-foot boutique hotel and conference center. The full-service, nine-story hotel will feature meeting spaces, 16 event spaces, a rooftop garden, outdoor dining area and a combined restaurant and lounge. Construction is scheduled to begin this month and is slated for completion in December 2017.

June 10, 2016

Hospitality Michigan Midwest

Lowe Enterprises Investors Acquires 149-Room Hampton Inn in Ann Arbor

by Christina Cannon June 10, 2016

ANN ARBOR, MICH — Lowe Enterprises Investors (LEI), in a joint venture with a foreign investment client, has acquired the 149‐room Hampton Inn Ann Arbor for an undisclosed price. LEI plans to renovate the guest rooms, bathrooms and fitness center. Amenities at the hotel, located at 925 Victors Way, include an indoor pool and spa tub, fitness center, complimentary hot breakfast and a 24-hour business center. Hodges Ward Elliott represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

June 10, 2016

Hospitality New York Northeast

Embassy Suites by Hilton Tops Out First Hotel in Midtown Manhattan

by Amy Works June 10, 2016

NEW YORK CITY — Co-developers Hidrock Properties and The Buccini/Pollin Group have topped out Embassy Suites New York – Midtown Manhattan, the first Embassy Suites hotel in New York City. Located at 60 W. 37th St., the 40-story, 310-suite hotel features the Design Option III concept, which decreases the amount of land needed while increasing efficiencies in the development process. Designed by Peter Poon Architects, the hotel will feature a lobby bar, a café with adjoining roof deck on the third floor, amenity space on the fourth floor, and an adjacent three-level parking garage with access on 36th Street. The hotel is scheduled to open in early 2017.

June 10, 2016

Hospitality New Mexico Western

The Hotel Group Sells DoubleTree by Hilton in Santa Fe

by Nellie Day June 9, 2016

SANTA FE, N.M. — UJAS Santa Fe LLC has purchased a 130-room DoubleTree by Hilton in Santa Fe for an undisclosed sum. The hotel is located at 4048 Cerrillos Road. It was built in 1986 and renovated in 2012. The DoubleTree also features 4,500 square feet of meeting space, on-site dining, a business center, gift shop and indoor/outdoor pool. Mike Kelly and Brandon Miller of Ten-X and Daniel MacDonnell and Eric Melendez-Lluch of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an affiliate of the Hotel Group, in this transaction.

June 9, 2016

Hospitality Midwest Nebraska

HREC, Prudential Properties Arrange Sale of 197-Room Holiday Inn in Grand Island, Nebraska

by Christina Cannon June 9, 2016

GRAND ISLAND, NEB. — HREC Investment Advisors and Prudential Properties Inc. have arranged the sale of a 197-room hotel property in Grand Island for an undisclosed price. The Holiday Inn Grand Island Midtown will be renamed the Hotel Grand Conference Center. Amenities at the hotel include a business center, dry cleaning and laundry service, meeting space, fitness center, bar, lounge, indoor pool and free airport transportation. HREC Investment Advisors and Prudential Properties Inc. represented the seller, which has owned the Holiday Inn Grand Island Midtown since 1974. The buyer in the transaction was undisclosed.

June 9, 2016

Hospitality Top Stories

Wyndham Plans Rebranding for Its 16 Hotel Chains

by Haisten Willis June 8, 2016

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Wyndham Hotel Group (WHG) has unveiled a rebranding plan for all 16 of its brands, including Days Inn, Travelodge, Howard Johnson, Dolce Hotels and Resorts, Wyndham Grand, Wyndham Garden, TRYP by Wyndham, Wingate by Wyndham, Hawthorn Suites, Microtel Inn & Suites, Baymont Inn & Suites, Super 8, Knights Inn and Ramada Worldwide. All of the brands will see a revitalization effort aimed at younger, middle-income travelers. The Parsippany-based company conducted an 18-month study with brand strategy firm Siegel+Gale to assess the hotel landscape and the needs of business and leisure travelers. Changes will begin as early as this summer. The rebranding targets what WHG describes as the “everyday traveler,” as the global middle class grows from a population of 2 billion to 4.9 billion over the next decade, according to the company. WHG has a portfolio of nearly 8,000 hotels worldwide in the economy, midscale and upscale segments. WHG is also refreshing its loyalty program, Wyndham Rewards, and aims to more clearly define each brand in its portfolio. Super 8 will have a new slogan of “An American Road Original.” Travelodge’s new slogan will be “Your Basecamp for Adventure.” The new slogan for Microtel Inn & Suites …

June 8, 2016

Hospitality Loans Northeast Pennsylvania

UC Funds Secures $24.2M Loan for Hotel Conversion in Pittsburgh

by Amy Works June 7, 2016

PITTSBURGH — UC Funds has completed a $24.2 million adaptive reuse bridge loan for the conversion of the historic Salvation Army building into the Distrikt Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh. The 183-room hotel will operate as a full-service boutique hotel with amenities including a high-end restaurant with room service, bar and lounge, fitness center and rooftop patio.

June 7, 2016

Georgia Hospitality Southeast

Marcus & Millichap Brokers $14.5M Sale of Hampton Inn & Suites in Metro Atlanta

by John Nelson June 7, 2016

EAST POINT, GA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $14.5 million sale of the 119-room Hampton Inn & Suites Atlanta Airport West in East Point. The hotel is located off I-285 at 3450 Creek Pointe Way, approximately six miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and 13 miles from downtown Atlanta. David Greenberg and David Altman of Marcus & Millichap’s National Hospitality Group represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Michael Fasano of Marcus & Millichap’s Atlanta office is the firm’s broker of record in Georgia and assisted in the transaction.

June 7, 2016

Features Hospitality Top Stories

Warning Sign: Hotel Sector Sees First Year-Over-Year Occupancy Drop Since 2009

by Jeff Shaw June 7, 2016

Occupancy rates for U.S. hotels declined 0.5 percent during the first quarter of 2016, causing the first year-over-year decline since the fourth quarter of 2009, according to hotel data research firm STR. The Hendersonville, Tenn.-based company suggests that the industry has passed the inflection and is forecasting hotel occupancy declines in both 2016 and 2017. The national occupancy rate dropped from 61 percent in first-quarter 2015 to 60.7 percent in first-quarter 2016. The information was included in CBRE’s annual Hotel Horizons report, which suggests that new supply is outpacing hotel demand nationwide. Supply increased by 1.5 percent from first-quarter 2015 to first-quarter 2016, but demand only increased by 1 percent over the same time period. The report is not all bad news, however. CBRE predicts the average daily room rate (ADR) will increase by 4.3 percent in 2016, and another 4.9 percent in 2017. This increase in rates will offset the projected decline in occupancy, and result in an increase in revenue per available room (RevPAR) of 4.2 percent and 4.7 percent in 2016 and 2017, respectively. The numbers are modest compared with the 6 to 8 percent RevPAR increases of recent years, but positive nonetheless. “The first-quarter decline in occupancy …

June 7, 2016

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