Hospitality

BALTIMORE — A group led by Byrnes & Associates Inc. has purchased Hotel RL Baltimore Inner Harbor located at 207 E. Redwood St. in downtown Baltimore. The locally based investment firm will lead the $18.5 million redevelopment strategy that will convert the 10-story hotel into a 130-unit apartment building. The units will comprise studios, “junior one-bedroom” and one-bedroom apartments spanning 400 to 800 square feet with modern furnishings. Byrnes & Associates expects to redevelop the building, which was first developed as an office building, and lease the units in 18 months. The development team includes Brad Byrnes and Kemp Byrnes of Byrnes & Associates; investors Jay Litke and Moe Krohn of Kove Group LLC who will be the general contractors performing all construction activities; and investor/asset manager Brendan Ferrara of Carm Capital LLC. Byrnes & Associates previously purchased and redeveloped the adjacent 225 and 233 E. Redwood St. buildings, which comprise a total of 90,000 square feet of office and retail space, including the reopening and rebranding of the historic Werner’s Diner & Pub.

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TULSA, OKLA. — Miami-based hospitality brokerage firm Park-Equities has negotiated the sale of a 96-room hotel in Tulsa. The property originally opened as a Residence Inn and was operated under the Motel 6 brand at the time of sale. SL Capital purchased the property from an undisclosed seller. Park-Equities brokered the deal in conjunction with Jennifer Stein Real Estate.

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CLAYTON, GA. — Ridgeline Investment Partners has broken ground on Bridge Creek Inn, a 45-room boutique hotel in Clayton. Situated on the corner of South Main Street and Derrick Street, the property will feature a coffee bar, restaurant and bar, as well as indoor and outdoor event venues. The project is a redevelopment of The Clayton Hotel, originally built at the site in the 1950s. The opening is scheduled for September of this year. The Indigo Road Hospitality Group has been tapped to manage the property on behalf of Ridgeline. 

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NEW YORK CITY — Long Island-based investment firm Bayrock Capital has acquired a 381-room Holiday Inn hotel located in the Long Island City area of Queens for $76.5 million. The 114,000-square-foot hotel, which is located at 37-10 10th St., opened in 2022 and offers a business center, fitness center and a convenience mart. Jake Blatter of KFIR Capital represented Bayrock Capital in the off-market transaction. The seller was New York-based owner-operator McSam Hotel Group.

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MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the $15 million sale of Greenview Hotel, a 45-room boutique hotel located at 1671 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. Natalie Castillo and Austin LaPoten of CBRE Hotels represented the seller, an entity doing business as Greenview Hotel LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor with other South Florida hotels in its portfolio.

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ATLANTA — Hunter Hotel Advisors, a national hospitality brokerage firm based in Atlanta, has arranged the sale of four hotels in Alabama totaling 361 rooms. The assets include Home2 Suites Madison Huntsville Airport, Hilton Garden Inn Madison, Home2 Suites Decatur Ingalls Harbor and Home2 Suites Opelika Auburn. Tim Osborne and Trey Scott of Hunter represented the seller, an undisclosed institutional investment firm, in the sale. The portfolio’s buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.

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PASADENA, CALIF. — JLL has arranged $36.8 million in construction financing for a 194-room AC Hotel by Marriott development in Pasadena.  The six-story hotel will be situated in the Playhouse District. It will feature a rooftop lounge, Peloton fitness room, event space and AC Lounge.  JLL’s Marc Schillinger and Matt Stewart represented the developer, Welcome Group Inc., to secure the three-year loan with two one-year extension options.

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BURNSVILLE, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $8.6 million sale of the Best Western Premier Nicollet Inn, a 131-room hotel in the Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville. Located at 14201 Nicollet Ave., the property features a full-service restaurant. With an occupancy rate of 42.3 percent and an average daily rate of $119.62, the hotel’s revenue per available room was $50.60 as of year-end 2022. Jake Erickson, Joseph Ferguson, Jared Plamann and Jon Ruzicka of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The team also secured and represented the buyer, a fund manager.

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BELLEVUE, WASH. — InterContinental Hotels & Resorts is set to open its first hotel in the Pacific Northwest in October.  The InterContinental Bellevue at The Avenue will feature two towers housing 365 luxury condominiums, a 208-room InterContinental Hotel, 85,000 square feet of high-end retail space and celebrity chef-led dining. It is located on the corner of NE 8th Street and Bellevue Way.  Fortress Development owns InterContinental Hotels & Resorts.

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WHEAT RIDGE, COLO. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of the 100-room Best Interstate Inn Wheat Ridge in Wheat Ridge. A private investor acquired the hotel for $5.5 million.  The asset is located at 4735 Kipling St. The acquisition provides the buyer with a multifamily conversion opportunity.  Christy McDougall of Marcus & Millichap represented both the buyer and seller, a limited liability company.

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