Hospitality

Omni Breaks Ground on $289M Omni Louisville Hotel in Kentucky

by Jeff Shaw February 1, 2016

LOUISVILLE, KY. — Omni Hotels & Resorts has broken ground on the 612-room Omni Louisville Hotel, the brand’s first property in Kentucky. The hotel will be located at Liberty and 2nd Street in downtown Louisville, one block from Kentucky International Convention Center. Development costs for the public-private project are estimated at $289 million. The 30-story hotel is set to open in early 2018. “Today was much more than just breaking ground on the Omni Louisville Hotel,” Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said at the groundbreaking ceremony. “Today’s groundbreaking is symbolic of the future transformation of our city and the prosperity yet to come. This hotel will not only help bolster our reputation as a leading meetings and leisure destination, but will serve as a cornerstone where our downtown community can connect.” Amenities at the hotel will include an all-day dining venue, lobby lounge, and rooftop pool bar and grill, in addition to Bob’s Steak & Chop House. The top floors will also feature 225 luxury apartments. The property will provide approximately 70,000 square feet of flexible meeting and event space, a fitness center, spa and speakeasy with a bowling alley. A grocery store is set to open adjacent to the hotel, …

February 1, 2016

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Ares Forms Partnership with Montage Hotels & Resorts

by Nellie Day January 29, 2016

IRVINE, CALIF. — A real estate fund managed by Ares has made a strategic investment in Montage Hotels & Resorts. The partnership will allow Ares to purchase a minority stake of up to 20 percent in Montage. Ares will also provide up to $200 million in future growth capital to Montage. The funds will focus on the continued expansion of the Montage- and Pendry-branded hotels and resorts portfolio. Jay Glaubach, a managing director at Ares Management and co-portfolio manager of Ares’ opportunistic real estate funds, will join Montage’s Board of Directors. Dentons served as counsel to Montage Hotels & Resorts. This is Ares’ second investment with Irvine-based Montage. It had previously made an investment in Pendry San Diego. This property is part of the company’s new luxury lifestyle brand, Pendry Hotels. The new hotel will debut this fall in San Diego’s Gaslamp District.

January 29, 2016

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Tutor Perini to Build Dual-Branded Hotel Property in Downtown Fort Lauderdale

by John Nelson January 28, 2016

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Wurzak Hotel Group and DoveHill have selected Tutor Perini Building Corp. to construct a dual-branded Tribute Portfolio and Element by Westin hotel in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The new 24-story tower will feature a 209-room Tribute Portfolio hotel and a 114-room Element by Westin hotel. The property will also feature a rooftop lounge and restaurant, pool, gymnasium, parking within the projectg, ground-level retail space, a ballroom and several meeting rooms. Tutor Perini expects to break ground in the spring and wrap up construction in the fall of 2017.

January 28, 2016

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Edgecliff Motel in Oregon Changes Hands

by Nellie Day January 28, 2016

LINCOLN CITY, ORE. — The 54-room Edgecliff Motel in Lincoln City has sold to an unnamed buyer for $1.6 million. The hotel is located at 3733 Highway 101. It overlooks the Pacific Ocean, and is about one mile south of the Tanger Outlet Mall. The hotel will undergo a $1 million remodel. Joseph P. Kennedy of Crystal Investment Property represented the seller in this transaction.

January 28, 2016

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Associated Bank, Inland Bank Provide $36M in Construction Financing for New Hotel in Chicago

by Christina Cannon January 27, 2016

CHICAGO — Associated Bank and Inland Bank have provided a $36 million loan for the construction of a new 195-room Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago. Associated Bank acted as the lead arranger in the deal, providing two-thirds of the capital. SMASHotels Chicago LLC, an ECD Co. affiliate, will develop the 21-story hotel, which will be located at 228 E. Ontario St. The hotel will include a first floor restaurant and lounge, meeting and event space, a fitness room and a business center. Associated Bank previously provided the loan for the land acquisition. Krista Casper of Assocaited Bank managed the construction loan.

January 27, 2016

Hospitality Nevada Western

The Siegel Group Nevada Buys Former Rodeway Inn Convention Center Hotel in Las Vegas for $6.1M

by Nellie Day January 27, 2016

LAS VEGAS — The Siegel Group Nevada has purchased the former 102-room Rodeway Inn Convention Center hotel in Las Vegas for $6.1 million. The hotel is situated on Convention Center Drive, half a block from Las Vegas Boulevard and the Las Vegas Convention Center. The property will be converted into a Siegel Suites Select extended-stay brand.

January 27, 2016

Hospitality Mixed-Use Multifamily Retail Texas

The Kor Group Acquires Land for Austin Proper Hotel and Residences

by Haisten Willis January 26, 2016

AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Kor Group has purchased land for the future home of Austin Proper Hotel and Residences. The development will be a 32-story mixed-use building containing 99 for-sale residences, 244 hotel guest rooms, four food and beverage outlets, 11,500 square feet of meeting space, a spa, fitness center and two outdoor swimming pools. Construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2016 and end in early 2018. In addition to the land acquisition, the Austin Proper Residences sales gallery, located nearby at 208 Colorado St., debuted on Jan. 21, 2016, with a grand opening celebration scheduled for Feb. 5 and 6. Will Steakley of DEN Property Group will manage sales for the Austin Proper Residences, which will begin taking contracts this month. Proper Hospitality will operate the Austin Proper Hotel as part of the Proper Hotels brand. Designer Kelly Wearstler is creating the interior design for the project, McGuire Moorman Hospitality is developing and operating the food and beverage concepts and Handel Architects is responsible for the design of the 32-story high-rise.

January 26, 2016

Hospitality Mixed-Use Multifamily Office Retail Texas

StreetLevel, Provident Realty Purchase Former Texas Instruments Campus for $500M Mixed-Use Development

by Haisten Willis January 26, 2016

STAFFORD, TEXAS — Dallas-based StreetLevel Investments and joint venture partner Provident Realty Advisors have purchased 192 acres in Stafford, including the former Texas Instruments (TI) campus. The firms plan to create a mixed-use development at the site that will feature 350,000 square feet of destination retail space, 2,400 residential units, Class A office space, two hotels, a health club, entertainment and green space in a walkable urban center. The finished product will include parking garages as well as street parking. Portions of the original TI buildings will be preserved and repurposed. Houston-based Gensler and TBG are project consultants. The first phase of the $500 million, multi-phase project is slated to open summer 2017.

January 26, 2016

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Hospitality Texas

Ryman to Develop $120M Expansion of Gaylord Texan Resort

by Haisten Willis January 21, 2016

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Ryman Hospitality Properties will develop a $120 million expansion of Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, a suburb of Dallas. The expansion will add 300 rooms to the resort’s 1,511-room inventory and will add 86,000 square feet of carpeted meeting space, bringing the total meeting space to 490,000 square feet. Once the expansion is complete, Gaylord Texan will become the second largest non-gaming convention center hotel in the United States, behind Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville and ahead of Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center near Washington, D.C. The meeting space addition for Gaylord Texan includes a new 30,000-square-foot ballroom, 30,000 square feet of breakout space and 26,000 square feet of carpeted pre-function space. Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of this year and wrap up during the second quarter of 2018. The project also includes a $5 million expansion of the property’s pool complex, which is expected to be complete for the 2016 summer season. The city of Grapevine has agreed to rebate $1 million of the hotel’s rooms tax annually for a 10-year period upon the completion of the expansion. In 2007, the company announced plans to expand …

January 21, 2016

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Hospitality Texas

M&M Arranges Sale of 156-Room Hospitality Property in Irving

by Haisten Willis January 21, 2016

IRVING, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Red Roof Inn Dallas DFW Airport North, a 156-room hospitality property located in Irving. Steve Swenholt, Jake Gaddy, Chris Gomes and Allan Miller of Marcus & Millichap’s Austin, Dallas and San Antonio offices, respectively, marketed the property on behalf of the seller, an individual/personal trust. Gomes and Miller secured and represented the buyer, a limited liability company. Red Roof Inn Dallas DFW Airport North is located at 8150 Esters Blvd., less than one mile east of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Built in 1985, the hotel offers amenities such as shuttle service, a conference room, coin-operated laundry facility and elevators.

January 21, 2016

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