Hospitality

ATLANTA — Peachtree Hotel Group has purchased the Canopy Atlanta Midtown, a 176-room hotel that opened in December 2018. A joint venture between Greystar, Concord Hospitality and Whitman Pearson sold the hotel to Peachtree Hotel Group for an undisclosed price. Lou Plasencia, Robert Wiemer, Nick Plasencia and Chris Plasencia of The Plasencia Group represented the seller in the transaction. The hotel opened at the same time as the adjacent Ascent Midtown Apartments, which was also developed by Greystar. Canopy Atlanta Midtown features an onsite restaurant, fitness center, business center and meeting rooms.

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NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has arranged $754 million in financing for Aman New York, a luxury hotel and condo development in Midtown Manhattan. Aman New York occupies the top 20 floors of the 100-year-old Crown Building at the corner of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue, across the street from Trump Tower. OKO Group was the developer. The 95,000-square-foot residential portion includes 22 units, while the 117,000-square-foot hotel section contains 83 guest rooms and suites. The rooms are among New York’s largest, and the hotel is the only one in New York to offer working fireplaces in each room. The lower floors of the building remain retail space. The hotel portion is scheduled to open on Tuesday, Aug. 2. Reservations will be available beginning Monday, July 25. The development is Aman’s first U.S. urban residence project and provides special features for owners such as private entrances, plus access to three dining venues, a jazz club, wine room and 25,000-square-foot Aman Spa. Nearly all of the condos are pre-sold, with one of the units selling for $55 million, marking one of the priciest residential transactions in New York so far this year. Originally built in 1921, the Crown …

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LAS VEGAS — Shopoff Realty Investments and Contour, in partnership with Dream Hotel Group, have broken ground on Dream Las Vegas, a 20-story lifestyle hotel and casino at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip. Designed by DLR Group within interiors by AvroKo, Rockwell Group and DLR Interior, the $550 million development will feature 531 guest rooms, seven experiential dining and nightlife venues, 12,000 square feet of meeting and event space and a 20,000-square-foot casino. Additional amenities will include a third-level resort pool and day club, two bar and lounge concepts on the gaming floor, a lobby bar, craft coffee café and gelateria on the street level, as well as a sporting club, boutique nightclub, signature restaurant and 24-hour diner on the third floor. The hotel portion’s event and meeting space will include a 5,000-square-foot ballroom, 90-seat live entertainment theatre, a fitness center by TechnoGym and onsite parking. Peninsula Pacific Entertainment will operate the casino and gaming components of the property. The property, located at 5051 S. Las Vegas Blvd., is slated for completion in late 2024. McCarthy Building Cos. is the design-build contractor for the project.

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JONESBORO, ARK. — Mumford Co. has brokered the sale of a 98-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Jonesboro. An entity doing business as McCain Lodging Jonesboro LLC purchased the hotel from Hunt Properties of Jonesboro LLC. The sales price was not disclosed, but Mumford Co. says the hotel sold for full list price. Steve Kirby, Ed James and George Arvantis of Mumford Co. represented the seller in the transaction, and Arvantis procured the buyer. Built in 2018, the four-story Courtyard by Marriott features meeting space, laundry services, a convenience store, restaurant and a fitness center, according to the property website.

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PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA. — New Jersey-based Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $22 million loan for the acquisition of a Doubletree Suites hotel in Plymouth Meeting, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. The borrower, Kingsbury Hospitality REIT, plans to renovate the property and rebrand it as an Embassy Suites. An undisclosed balance sheet lender provided the loan. Kingsbury has tapped Newport Hospitality Group to manage the asset.

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LINCOLN AND TIVERTON, R.I. — Bally’s Corp. (NYSE: BALY) has agreed to sell two of its casino resorts in Rhode Island to an affiliate of Gaming & Leisure Properties Inc. (NASDAQ: GLPI) for $1 billion. The properties in question are Bally’s Twin River Lincoln Casino Resort in Lincoln and Bally’s Tiverton Casino & Resort in Tiverton. A timeline for the closing of the sale-leaseback deal was not disclosed. Under the terms of the agreement, Rhode Island-based Bally’s will continue to operate the gaming operations and will pay a $9 million transaction fee at closing. GLP Capital, the acquiring entity of the Pennsylvania-based REIT, has agreed to pre-fund a deposit of up to $200 million that will be credited or repaid either at closing or on Dec. 31, 2023, whichever comes first. Ballly’s Twin River Lincoln features 136 hotel rooms and suites and a total of 162,000 square feet of gaming space, including 4,100 slot machines, 125 table games and a sportsbook. In addition, the resort houses four restaurants, three food courts, nine bars, three live entertainment venues, two VIP lounges and a retail store. Bally’s Tiverton comprises an 83-room hotel and 33,600 square feet of gaming space with 1,000 slot …

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Days Inn Baltimore

BALTIMORE — Mag Mile Capital has arranged an $8.6 million acquisition loan for a 250-room Days Inn hotel located at 100 Hopkins Place in downtown Baltimore. The three-year, non-recourse, cash-out bridge loan was underwritten with an 8 percent interest rate with two-one year extension options. The borrower and direct lender were not disclosed. Situated near Baltimore’s Inner Harbor district and Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the Days Inn hotel features a 24-hour reception desk, bar and restaurant, business center, café, banquet facilities, fitness center, meeting room, onsite parking, a sundries market and an outdoor swimming pool.

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SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Locally based hospitality investment firm NewcrestImage has purchased the 175-room Cambria Hotel Southlake DFW. The property was built in 2016 and is located roughly six miles from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Amenities include an outdoor pool and game area, fitness center, business center, convenience market, lounge and a fine dining restaurant. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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NEWPORT, R.I. — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) has acquired Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina, a 10-acre waterside resort located on Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, for $174 million. The 257-room hotel is located on Goat Island in Newport and features unobstructed views of Newport Harbor and the Newport Bridge.  The hotel grounds include a historic lighthouse; 3,000-square-foot spa; coffee shop; 3,200-square-foot waterside pavilion; resort-style swimming pool with cabanas; indoor pool; fitness center; seasonal ice-skating rink; 80,000 square feet of flexible indoor and outdoor event space; and several waterside restaurants, including Showfish Newport and The Pineapple Club. The property also features a 22-slip full-service marina, which was not included in the sale, but will be available for PEB to purchase in 2027.   The new ownership is evaluating a number of capital expenditures at the resort, which could include full renovations to guest rooms; upgrades to the lobby; updated landscaping; refurbishment of the property’s restaurants and bars; the addition of a new market; relocating and updating the spa; and updates to the hotel’s grand ballroom, south lawn and outdoor pavilion spaces.  “Gurney’s Newport is the only resort-style property in Newport, drawing strong demand from New York, Boston and Providence,” says …

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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Hunter Hotel Advisors has brokered the sale of Delta Hotel by Marriott Virginia Beach Bayfront Suite, a 295-room hotel located on the north shore of Virginia Beach. The beachfront hotel was renovated in 2020 and features three food and beverage options, including Tin Cup Kitchen + Oyster Bar, as well as a fitness center and outdoor pool. Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners sold Delta Hotel to a joint venture between BlackPearl Capital and an affiliate of Paceline Equity Partners for an undisclosed price. Trey Scott and Spencer Davidson of Hunter Hotel Advisors represented the seller in the transaction.

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