Hospitality

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PEABODY, MASS. — Atlanta-based brokerage firm Hunter Hotel Advisors has negotiated the sale of the Hampton Inn and Homewood Suites Boston Peabody, two adjacent properties totaling 205 rooms that are located on the northeastern outskirts of Boston. Spencer Davidson and Sophia Pittaluga of Hunter Hotel Advisors represented the seller, an undisclosed institutional investment firm, in the transaction. The buyers were both affiliates of regional owner-operator Giri Hotel Management. The sales price was not disclosed.

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CHICAGO — Cronheim Hotel Capital (CHC) has arranged a $15.4 million loan for the refinancing of the Hyatt Place Chicago South University Medical Center. A Southeast-based bank provided the nonrecourse financing, which features a floating interest rate. David Poncia of CHC arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Smart Hotels and the Olympia Cos., the original developers of the hotel and current operators. The property is located at 5225 S. Harper Ave.

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DALLAS — Driftwood Capital, a Miami-based lender, has provided a $30 million mezzanine loan for the refinancing of the 1,841-room Sheraton Dallas Hotel. Built in 1959, the recently renovated hotel is located at 400 Olive St. in the downtown area and features 230,000 square feet of meeting and event space and five onsite restaurants in addition to standard hospitality amenities. The two-year, floating-rate loan includes three one-year extension options and supplements a $270 million senior loan provided by Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Securities. The sponsor is San Francisco-based Chartres Lodging Group.

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GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — The City of Grand Prairie, located roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, has completed construction of two connecting Hilton-branded hotels totaling 276 rooms, as well as a new convention center. The 147-room Homewood Suites and 129-room Hilton Garden Inn are located within the 172-acre EpicCentral entertainment district and share a dual arrival lobby, reception area, lounge, bar and elevator lobby. Merriman Anderson Architects designed the properties, and Arch-Con Corp. served as the general contractor. Concord Hospitality will operate the hotels.

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CHICAGO — CBRE has arranged the sale of the Hotel Versey, a 137-room property located at 644 W. Diversey Parkway in Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. Constructed and opened in 1925, the hotel is situated near the Lincoln Park Zoo, Lake Michigan beaches and Wrigley Field. The four-story property was recently renovated. Nate Sahn, James Foxx, Nicholas Endre, Marcello Campanini and Adam Foret of CBRE represented the seller, Lincoln Park Hotel PropCo LLC. The buyer was an entity doing business as REIT 644 LLC.

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ATLANTA — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the refinancing for Hyatt Centric Buckhead Atlanta, a hotel located at 3301 Lenox Square Parkway NE in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta. Opened in 2021, the property features 218 rooms, as well as food-and-beverage options including a ground-floor restaurant and rooftop bar. Amenities at the hotel include a fitness center, pool and more than 5,000 square feet of meeting and event space. Ed Coco and Matt Casey of JLL secured the financing on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Songy Highroads LLC and an affiliate of Hyatt Hotels Corp.

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NEW YORK CITY — An affiliate of New Jersey-based financial intermediary Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $41 million loan for the refinancing of the 175-room Aloft New York Brooklyn Hotel. The property is located in the borough’s downtown area and offers a fitness center and an onsite restaurant and bar. Beau Williams of Cronheim originated the financing on behalf of the borrower, locally based investment firm The Lam Group. The direct lender was not disclosed.

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KANSAS CITY, MO. — Bentley Legacy Holdings (BLH) and Pendant Capital have acquired The Raphael Hotel, Autograph Collection, in Kansas City for an undisclosed price. Bentley Legacy Group, the management arm of BLH, has immediately assumed management of the hotel. Located just off Country Club Plaza, The Raphael Hotel has been a Kansas City fixture since 1928. The property originally served as an apartment building before being transformed into a hotel in 1975. The new owners plan to renovate the guest rooms and make enhancements to the lobby and other public spaces. Chaz on the Plaza, the onsite restaurant, will continue operating. The property is designated as a Historic Hotel of America through the National Trust for Preservation and is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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DUNWOODY, GA. — The Dunwoody City Council has approved the rezoning of Phase IV of Park Center, a 17-acre, transit-oriented office campus in metro Atlanta. The master developer of the project is KDC, a Dallas-based corporate development and investment firm. The amended zoning will allow KDC to change its plans from a standalone fourth office tower to a two-tower project that will comprise 175 hotel rooms, 300 residential units, 22,000 square feet of retail space and 300,000 square feet of office space. The plan includes two towers on a common podium with a 20-story apartment tower and a combined office and hotel tower, where six floors of hotel rooms will sit atop 12 levels of office space. Phase IV represents the final phase of Park Center and will occupy the last undeveloped portion of the development, which was originally conceived as a 2.2 million-square-foot East Coast hub for State Farm Insurance. The project team includes local architecture firm Cooper Carry. The current campus contains three office towers developed over the past 10 years: the 600,000-square-foot Park Center One, which is directly connected to the Dunwoody MARTA Station; the 621,000-square-foot Park Center Two with more than 39,000 square feet of retail …

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TOMAH, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the Clarion Pointe Tomah hotel, a 67-room property in the central Wisconsin town of Tomah. The two-story hotel is located at 2005 N. Superior Ave. Amenities include a hot tub, fitness center, laundry facility, gift shop, playground and gaming lounge. Ebrahim Valliani and Michael Gantman of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller, both of which were private investors. Marcus & Millichap’s Chris Gomes and Allan Miller were also listed on the deal as supporting brokers, and Todd Lindblom assisted in closing the transaction.

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