HOLLYWOOD, FLA. — JLL has arranged the sale of Diplomat Beach Resort, a 1,000-room hotel located in the South Florida community of Hollywood. Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM) sold the beachfront property for $835 million, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Diplomat Beach Resort is a twin-spired, 33-story hotel that sits on a 10-acre site. The property houses 200,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a 14,000-square-foot spa, eight restaurants and bars and multiple pools and cascading waterfalls. Guests also have access to kayak, paddleboard and jet ski rental services.
The buyer, a joint venture between Credit Suisse Asset Management and Honolulu-based Trinity Fund Advisors, has entered into an agreement with Hilton Hotels & Resorts to operate the hotel under the chain’s Curio Collection by Hilton family of brands. According to the brokerage team, the deal marks the third-largest single-asset hotel sale in U.S. history by price.
Diplomat Beach Resort underwent a $90 million capital improvement program in 2018. The Journal reports that the new ownership plans to make additional renovations and improvements to enhance the guest experience.
Jeffrey Davis, Gregory Rumpel, Kevin Davis and Gilda Perez-Alvarado of JLL brokered the deal on behalf of the seller. The team noted that demand within the U.S. hospitality sector, particularly with regard to upscale hotels, rose steadily toward pre-pandemic levels in 2022, and expectations of an equally strong 2023 served as driving factors in the timing of the deal.
— Taylor Williams