Hospitality

ONTARIO, CALIF. — InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has opened the 16th Hotel Indigo property and the first property in California with the opening of Hotel Indigo Ontario Rancho Cucamonga. Located at 3333 Shelby St. in Ontario, the 92-room hotel is the first boutique hotel in the city. The hotel features oversized lobby chairs; inviting guestrooms with plush bedding, hardwood floors and spa-inspired showers; a Phitness studio with cardio equipment and free weights; Phi, an on-site casual dining restaurant; a 24-hour business center; two meeting rooms; a complimentary airport shuttle and wireless high-speed Internet access. The hotel is owned by 3333 Shelby LLC and managed by Rim Hospitality, under a license agreement with a company in the InterContinental Hotels Group.

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PARK CITY, UTAH AND SAN DIEGO — Rockford Hotels LLC has purchased The Hampton Inn & Suites and the Holiday Inn Express in Park City. Both properties are slated for upgrades and modernizations. The transaction price was not disclosed. Additionally, the company recently acquired Best Western Yacht Harbor Inn in San Diego for an undisclosed price. Rockford Hotels also completed a multi-million dollar renovation and repositioning of the property, which is located in close proximity to the airport and bayside businesses. George Brown of Westland Village, Calif.-based Brown Hotel Group Inc. represented Rockford in all three transactions. The sellers were not disclosed in either transaction.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Glenmont AHDP LLC, a joint-venture between Sarasota, Fla.-based American Hotel Development Partners and New York City-based Glenmont Capital Management LLC, has opened its 112-room Candlewood Suites Hotel Columbia, located near the intersection of I-77 and Garners Ferry Rd. Room amenities at the extended-stay hotel include a fully-equipped kitchen, a free movie library and free high-speed Internet. The facility also houses a fitness center and a free laundry service.

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ATHENS, GA. — Construction has started on Atlanta-based Rialto Property Partners and Savannah, Ga.-based Melavar’s 130-room Hotel Indigo in downtown Athens. The property is being built to Gold LEED standards, and environmental features include an outdoor cistern to collect rainwater for irrigation, energy efficient heating and cooling systems and regenerative elevators. An outdoor garden lounge, an art gallery and an adjacent music venue are also part of the development, which will deliver in the fall of 2009.

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — EnviroFinance Group has provided $27.5 million in financing for the acquisition and remediation of Liberty Harbor North, a 2.7-acre waterfront brownfield site located in Jersey City. The borrower, Statue of Liberty Harbor North Redevelopment Urban Renewal LLC, plans to clean up the site and subsequently develop it into a 564,000-square-foot hotel and residential property. It will feature a 313-room Conrad Hilton hotel, as well as 470 for-sale and rental condominiums. Completion of the clean up is expected to take less than 1 year; the hotel/residential project is slated for completion in 2012.

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SHERIDAN, WYO. — InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has debuted the new Candlewood Suites prototype design with the opening of Candlewood Suites Sheridan in Sheridan. The 75-room hotel features a new building shape, a new exterior color scheme and an increased outdoor residential feeling with a centrally located Gazebo Grill and additional backyard landscaping. The guestrooms feature studio or one-bedroom suite floor plans with a full kitchen, overstuffed recliner, large workspace with desk chair and overhead lighting, and the Comforts of Home™ Bedding Collection. Located at 1709 Sugarland Dr., the property is owned and managed by Sugarland Enterprises, under a license agreement with a company in IHG.

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HOUSTON — Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels has brokered the sale of The Doubletree Hotel Houston Intercontinental Airport in Houston. CH Realty IV/IAH Hotel, an affiliate of Crow Holdings Realty Partners IV, acquired the 313-room property from DHM Houston Hotel. The property features 16,011 square feet of meeting space, a fitness facility, an outdoor pool and Jacuzzi, three food and beverage outlets and a business center. The newly renovated property is located less than 1 mile from the airport.

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TAMPA, FLA. — Tampa-based McKibbon Hotel Management has opened the 171-room Hilton Garden Inn Tampa Airport/Westshore, located in the 19-acre, mixed-use Avion Park Westshore at the intersection of Spruce and O’Brien streets in Tampa. Hotel amenities include an outdoor heated pool and a fitness center. Hilton Garden is McKibbon’s second development at the park, following June’s opening of TownePlace Suites by Marriott Tampa Westshore. The company’s third project, Homewood Suites by Hilton, will open in December.

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