LOS ANGELES — Shamina Investments has received an $11.2 million loan to acquire and renovate the 53-room Claremont Hotel Westwood in Los Angeles. The hotel is located at 1044 Tiverton Ave. in Westwood Village.
The Claremont Hotel was built in 1939. The hotel will re-open the hotel in February 2018 as the Palihotel Westwood under the Paligroup hotel flag. Paligroup currently manages and operates four daily and extended-stay boutique properties in the Los Angeles area.
The five-year, non-recourse loan was priced at a spread over the 30-day LIBOR. It includes structure for reserves to cover renovation costs, debt service and operating deficits prior to stabilization, according to Thorofare’s Felix Gutnikov, who originated the financing. The New York City office of Mission Capital Advisors LLC arranged the loan. The seller was a local family.