PEARL, MISS. — Mississippi-based Pearl Lodging has acquired Comfort Inn Pearl, which is located along Interstate 20 in Pearl. The two-story, 78-room hotel features guestrooms with wireless high-speed Internet access, premium cable, refrigerators, microwaves; a seasonal outdoor swimming pool and a fitness center. The property was acquired for an undisclosed price in an all-cash transaction. Anthony Falor of Hodges Ward Elliott brokered the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
MIAMI — Brickell Hotel Group has topped off the 221-room Hampton Inn & Suites at 50 S.W. 12 St. in Miami's financial district. The 15-story, 169,300-square-foot hotel, which was designed by Miami-based Israel Bigelman, is scheduled for completion in September. John Moriarty Associates of Florida Inc. is constructing the property. Wells Fargo provided an $18 million construction loan for the property and a $5 million loan was obtained from Monday Morning Mortgage and Investment Co. The project is estimated to cost more than $36 million.
POMPANO BEACH, FLA. — Bethesda, Md.-based Urgo Hotels has acquired Ocean Point Hotel, a beachfront property in Pompano Beach, for an undisclosed price. Located at 1208 and 1200 N. Ocean Blvd., the nine-story hotel will be renovated to include 114 additional rooms, 3,000 square feet of indoor function/meeting space, 2,000 square feet of outdoor function space, a health club, an outdoor pool and a lobby. The property will reopen under a new flag in the fourth quarter.
NEW YORK CITY — Paris-based Louzon Group has acquired a three-story commercial building located at 347-349 Bowery in New York City's East Village from the Salvation Army for $7.6 million. The investment group plans to demolish the building and construct a 72-room boutique hotel with a Parisian restaurant on the site. Alan Miller and Robert Ortiz of Eastern Consolidated represented the buyer, and Jonathan Plotkin of Colliers International represented the seller.
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — 35 State Street Hotel Partners has acquired the 1920s-era Hotel Californian, located in Santa Barbara’s State Street Waterfront District, along with two neighboring parcels from M.F. Santa Barbara LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Designed by Santa Barbara-based DesignARC in the city’s traditional Spanish Colonial Revival style, the three-parcel project is fully entitled for a 114-room luxury hotel, nine fractional vacation units and 21,557 square feet of retail space, with open plazas, paseos and gardens. The now-shuttered Hotel Californian was built in 1925; one of the hotel’s original facades will be restored as part of the new structure, which is envisioned as a boutique-style property.
BOSTON — Nonprofit group Hostelling International has broken ground for the construction of a new hostel in Boston. Known as The Hub of Boston, the hostel will be constructed within the historic Dill Building at 25 Stuart St. The 55,000-square-foot project will be applying for LEED certification. Completion is expected in spring 2012. Suffolk Construction is serving as construction manager. The project architects are local firms Bergmeyer Associates and Stegman + Associates.
NEW ORLEANS — Sonnenblick-Eichner Co. has arranged a $48 million loan for a portfolio of four Marriott-branded hotels located in the greater metropolitan area of New Orleans. The portfolio includes the Courtyard by Marriott, Convention Center; SpringHill Suites by Marriott, Convention Center, and Courtyard and Residence Inn by Marriott in Metairie, La. The properties are owned and managed by Marriott International. The 5-year loans are LIBOR-based and non-recourse to the undisclosed borrower. The loans were financed by an institutional private mortgage company.
STAFFORD – Staybridge Suites Houston Stafford-Sugar Land has opened at 11101 Fountain Lake Dr. in Stafford, close to the Southwest Freeway – U.S. Highway 59 – and 15 miles southwest of downtown Houston. The four-story, 90-room Staybridge Suites is the first of its brand to be designed in cooperation with interior design students from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). The hotel features the Vista scheme, which focuses on fresh color, organic patterns and subtle textures. Staybridge Suites Houston Stafford-Sugar Land is owned by Clifton Hospitality LP and operated by Alpha Hotel Management LLC under a license agreement with an InterContinental Hotels Group (NYSE: IHG) company.
VALLEY FORGE, PA. — PMZ Realty Capital has arranged $13 million in construction financing for a new hotel. The Sheraton Valley Forge will contain 185 rooms and 20,000 square feet of meeting space. It is being built in the Philadelphia suburb of Valley Forge. The lender is a regional bank. The borrower’s name was not disclosed.
PEARLAND – Houston-based Arch-Con Construction has completed a 48,000-square-foot Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites located at 13931 S. Freeway (Highway 288) in Pearland. Holiday Inn Express is a four-story hotel that features 86 rooms, a meeting room, a fitness room, a swimming pool and a breakfast bar.