PHOENIX — Atlanta-based RADCO Cos. has purchased Aloft Phoenix-Airport, a six-story hotel located at 4450 E. Washington St. in Phoenix. Terms of the transaction were not released. RADCO plans to renovate the 143-room hotel, which is located across the street from the airport Sky train station and the light rail station that provides immediate access to downtown Phoenix and Tempe. Bill Murney of Cushman & Wakefield’s Hospitality team in Phoenix represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Cronheim Hotel Capital has arranged a $25.8 million loan for the refinancing of Hotel Phillips in Kansas City. The loan will replace the existing note plus anticipated capital expenditures. The borrowers, Arbor Lodging and Lubert-Adler, acquired the property in 2018. The 216-room hotel, built in 1931, is located in the city’s central business district. It was once the tallest building in town, rising 20 stories. Today, Hotel Phillips is part of Hilton’s Curio collection and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
SMYRNA, TENN. — Three Pillars Group and Seven Seas Ventures are co-developing At Home Studio Living, a 119-room hotel in Smyrna, a suburb of Nashville. The hotel will be part of the larger Marketplace at Smyrna mixed-use development. Set to open in first-quarter 2025, the property will mark the launch of the At Home Studio Living brand. Three Pillars is planning to add five more locations for the brand in the next 36 months. The company has selected Panama City Beach, Fla., for the second host city. Amenities at the At Home Studio Living Smyrna location will include guestroom kitchens, free Wi-Fi, onsite laundry, outdoor community patios with grills and modern technology in the guest rooms.
ROCKWALL, TEXAS — Mumford Co., a hospitality brokerage firm with regional offices around the country, has arranged the sale of the 98-room Tru by Hilton Rockwall Dallas hotel, located on the city’s eastern outskirts. The property was built in 2020 and features a fitness center, business center and an outdoor pool with patio seating. The name of the seller and the Alabama-based developer that purchased the property were not disclosed.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ., AND PHOENIX — MCR has purchased two hotels in the greater Phoenix area: Holiday Inn Express & Suites Scottsdale – Old Town and Hampton Inn by Hilton Phoenix-Biltmore. With this acquisition, MCR now owns nine hotels in Arizona. Located at 3131 N. Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale, Holiday Inn Express & Suites features 169 suites and is 1.5 miles from Fashion Square Mall. Hampton Inn Phoenix-Biltmore, located 2310 E. Highland Ave. in Phoenix, features 121 rooms. Bill Murney with Cushman & Wakefield’s Hospitality team in Phoenix represented the seller, MIG Real Estate, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Cronheim Hotel Capital (CHC) has arranged an $85 million loan for the refinancing of Grand Beach Hotel, a 424-room hotel in Miami Beach. The 21-story property is situated near the entrance to the Miami Beach boardwalk and one block from the Fontainebleau, a hotel/resort. The unnamed borrower, which developed the Grand Beach Hotel in 2009, is in the midst of a full renovation to the hotel’s lobby, bar, coffeeshop, boutique restaurant, spa and guest rooms. David Poncia, Dev Morris, Allison Villamagna and Andrew Stewart of CHC arranged the financing through an unnamed life insurance company. The five-year loan features a fixed interest rate and interest-only payments for the full term.
LEHI, UTAH, AND HENDERSON, NEV. — Boise, Idaho-based Braintree Group has acquired three hotel properties adding a total of 330 rooms to its hospitality portfolio. Resolute Road Hospitality, a national third-party management company, will manage all three assets. The properties are the Courtyard by Marriott Lehi at Thanksgiving Point and the SpringHill Suites by Marriott Lehi at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi and the Hilton Garden Inn Las Vegas/Henderson in Henderson. Opened in 2014, the four-story, 97-room Courtyard by Marriott Lehi at Thanksgiving Point features an indoor swimming pool, hot tub, fitness center, business center and bistro. The four-story, 94-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott Thanksgiving Point, which opened in 2008, offers a complimentary breakfast, indoor pool, hot tub, fitness center, business center, meeting rooms, guest laundry and an outdoor barbecue area. Renovated in 2020, the three-story, 139-key Hilton Garden Inn Las Vegas/Henderson features an outdoor pool, business center, fitness center, meeting rooms and the Garden Grille & Bar.
PITTSBURGH — JLL has negotiated the sale of a 125-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites hotel in Pittsburgh. The six-story hotel sits on a 1.7-acre site on the city’s south side and offers an indoor pool, fitness center, business center and 600 square feet of meeting and event space. Ketan Patel and Phil White of JLL represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. The sales price was also not disclosed.
RANCHO SANTA FE, CALIF. — Steve Hermann Hotels has sold The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe, an 85-room luxury boutique resort in Rancho Santa Fe, a northern suburb of San Diego. An institutional investment fund purchased the asset for $100 million. The resort is currently undergoing a comprehensive renovation and should be fully operational by the end of this year. Sonnenblick-Eichner Company represented the seller.
MINNEAPOLIS — CBRE has arranged the $225 million sale of the office component of RBC Gateway Tower, a newly constructed mixed-use development located at 250 Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis. The portion acquired by San Francisco-based Spear Street Capital includes 525,000 square feet of office space, a ground-floor office lobby and 296 below-grade parking spaces. Ryan Watts, Tom Holtz, Brandon McMenomy, Steven Ward, Greg Greene and Harrison Wagenseil of CBRE represented the seller, United Properties, in the transaction. The office portion of the property was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to six tenants including RBC Capital Markets, United Properties and Pohlad Cos. The 1.2 million-square-foot tower also includes the 222-room Four Seasons Hotel Minneapolis — Minnesota’s first five-star hotel, according to CBRE — and 34 luxury Four Seasons Private Residences on the uppermost floors. Three restaurants are also on-site, including a full-service restaurant and bar, Mara, and Socca Café. “RBC Gateway Tower is a crown jewel in the Gateway District, with unmatched location and amenities,” says Watts of CBRE. “Premier properties like this offer exceptional workspaces that cater to the needs of modern employees, making them highly desirable as companies adapt to new workplace trends.” Minneapolis-based United Properties …
