Hospitality

INDEPENDENCE, OHIO — InterContinental Hotels Group has opened Crowne Plaza Cleveland South – Independence after a $4 million renovation project. Located at 5300 Rockside Road, the property features 179 guestrooms, more than 10,000 square feet of meeting space, a fitness center, an indoor pool, a business center, a restaurant and a lounge. The renovations included a new fitness center, a new boardroom and upgrades throughout the hotel. The hotel is owned by Rockside Hospitality and managed by American Resort Management, under a license agreement with a company in the InterContinental Hotels Group.

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PHILADELPHIA — HEI Hotels & Resorts has acquired Le Méridien, a 202-room hotel located in the Center City district of Philadelphia. The 10-story hotel, located at 1421 Arch St., was developed by Memphis, Tenn.-based Development Services Group as an adaptive reuse of the former YMCA building. The hotel features 5,330 square feet of meeting space, a bar, a gourmet restaurant and a fitness center. HEI plans to operate the hotel as well once it opens in May.

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ATLANTA — University Heights Atlanta Acquisitions has sold the 157-unit Suites Hotel to Frontline Management of Philadelphia in an all-cash transaction. Located at Underground Atlanta in the city's downtown area, the property will undergo significant renovations. The buyer will also rebrand the hotel as Comfort Suites Hotel Downtown/Atlanta Convention Center. Anthony A. Falor of Hodges Ward Elliot represented the seller.

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RICHMOND, VA. — Choate Construction Co. has broken ground on the $66 million renovation of the John Marshall Hotel for Dominion Realty Partners and Virginia Atlantic Development. The 16-story property, located in downtown Richmond, will be transformed into a 238-unit apartment complex. Rule, Joy, Trammell + Rubio designed the renovation. The project will be complete by the summer of 2011.

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ST. CHARLES, MD. — Shamin Hotels has opened the 130-room Hilton Garden Inn Waldorf at the intersection of St. Partick's Drive and Smallwood Drive in St. Charles. The 80,886-square-foot property features a 2,465-square-foot ballroom, a convenience market, a business center, a workout facility and a pool. St. Charles is a 9,100-acre planned community that is being positioned as a model of sustainable development.

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ROSSFORD, OHIO — Orlando, Fla.-based Mohammed Merchant has purchased The Country Inn & Suites in Rossford. Located at 9790 Clark Drive, the property offers 80 guestrooms, a fitness center, an indoor pool and high-speed Internet access. Rossford Lodge sold the hotel for $4.8 million. Eric Belfrage of CB Richard Ellis|Hotels represented the seller in the transaction.

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