Hospitality

WASHINGTON, D.C. — JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group has negotiated the sale of Mandarin Oriental, Washington D.C., a luxury hotel in the city’s southwest district that spans nine stories and 373 rooms. The sales price was not disclosed. The buyer, London-based private equity real estate manager Henderson Park, has rebranded the hotel as Salamander Washington D.C. under the management of Middleburg, Va.-based Salamander Hotels & Resorts. Gilda Perez-Alvarado, Jeffrey Davis and Stephany Chen of JLL represented the seller, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group International Ltd., in the transaction. Mark Fisher of JLL arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing on behalf of Henderson Park. Built in 2004 and recently renovated, the hotel overlooks the Tidal Basin and the Washington Channel. Nearby attractions include the National Mall, Washington Monument, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Thomas Jefferson Memorial and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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BILOXI, MISS. — Mumford Co. has brokered the sale of a Red Roof Inn & Suites hotel in Biloxi. Steve Kirby, Burton Brooks, Ed James and Gaurang Patel of Mumford’s Atlanta, Newport News and Dallas offices represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer, hospitality investment firm Maha Lakshmi Corp., purchased the hotel for an undisclosed price. Located off I-10 at 14201 Cook Road, the hotel features complimentary coffee and breakfast in the lobby, and rooms come with complimentary Wi-Fi, flat screen TVs, microwaves, work desks and mini-refrigerators.

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DALLAS — Dallas-based hospitality development and investment firm NewcrestImage has acquired a national portfolio of 45 hotels totaling approximately 3,300 rooms. The properties are located in 11 states and are primarily operated under various brands within the Marriott and Hilton family of concepts, though the portfolio also includes two Choice-branded hotels and one Radisson-branded hotels. The seller was an undisclosed private investment firm. The sales price was also not disclosed.

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DALLAS — Locally based hospitality developer Sam Moon Group is underway on construction of a 267-room hotel in the Dallas Arts District that will operate under the JW Marriott brand. The 23-story hotel will be located at 800 N. Harwood St. and will house three food-and-beverage concepts, as well as a cocktail lounge, meeting and conference areas, a fitness center and a ballroom. Guests will also have access to a sky lobby on the 11th floor. HKS Inc. served as the project architect, with DPR Construction as the general contractor. Completion is slated for next spring. The hotel will be the first in Dallas to operate under the JW Marriott brand.

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CHICAGO — Mag Mile Capital has arranged a $63 million CMBS loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of nine hotels in the Gulf Coast region of Alabama and Florida. The borrower is A&R Hospitality, an institutional hospitality owner and developer based in Gulf Shores, Ala. The direct lender was not disclosed. The 10-year loan features cash-out proceeds, a loan-to-value ratio of 60 percent, 30-year amortization schedule and four years of interest-only payments. The assets include five hotels in Gulf Shores: Beachside Resort Hotel, Motel 6, Quality Inn, Red Roof Inn and Staybridge Suites. The other four assets include Fairfield Inn & Suites in Orange Beach, Ala.; Home2 Suites in Daphne, Ala.; Home2 Suites in Mobile, Ala.; and Red Roof Inn in Pensacola, Fla.

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MELBOURNE, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Hotel Melby, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, a new 180-room located at 801 E. Strawbridge Ave. in downtown Melbourne, a city on Florida’s Space Coast. An entity doing business as Nella Invest LLC purchased the property for $59 million, or $327,778 per room. Christian Charre, Paul Weimer, Jennifer Jin and Andrew Pastorino of CBRE represented the seller, a joint venture between Opterra Capital, Willow Street Capital, Duke Hospitality and LCP Group, in the transaction. Opened in April 2021, the 11-story hotel features a 360-degree-view rooftop restaurant and bar, coffee bistro, fitness center, more than 12,000 square feet of flexible meeting space and a parking garage. The design team for Hotel Melby included Welbro Construction, ODA Architecture and EoA Group.

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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — JLL has brokered the sale of a 102-room Marriott-breanded hotel in Portsmouth, located in the southern coastal part of the Granite State. The Fairfield Inn Portsmouth Seacoast underwent a renovation in 2015-2016 and offers a business center, fitness center, outdoor pool and a sundry store. Alan Suzuki, Matthew Enright, Emily Zhang and Miranda Guajardo of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between funds managed by Contrarian Capital Management and Waramaug Hospitality, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.

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SHENANDOAH, TEXAS — Dallas-based private lender HALL Structured Finance (HSF) has provided a $15.3 million construction loan for a new Hampton Inn & Suites hotel in Shenandoah, about 40 miles north of Houston. The five-story, 106-room hotel will house a fitness center, lobby workstation, outdoor pool, dining area with a full bar and more than 1,000 square feet of meeting and event space. The borrower, Texas-based hospitality developer K&K Hotel Group, expects to complete construction in late 2023. Matt Mitchell of HSF originated the financing.

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WOBURN, MASS. — JLL has brokered the sale of the 126-room Fairfield Inn Boston Woburn/Burlington hotel, located north of the state capital. The property underwent a renovation in 2015-2016 and offers a business center, fitness center, outdoor pool and a sundry store. Alan Suzuki, Matthew Enright, Emily Zhang and Miranda Guajardo of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between funds managed by Contrarian Capital Management and Waramaug Hospitality, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has completed the sale of Hotel Spero, located at 405 Taylor St. in San Francisco. An undisclosed third party acquired the asset for $71 million. The hotel features 236 guest rooms. Proceeds of the sale will be used for general corporate purposes and reducing Pebblebrook’s outstanding debt associated with recent hotel acquisitions.

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