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INDIANAPOLIS — Summit Hotel Properties Inc. (NYSE: INN) has closed on the purchase of four Midwest hotels for $153 million from affiliates of White Lodging Corp. The acquisition features a four-hotel portfolio with a combined total of 786 guestrooms. The properties include the 135-guestroom Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott and the 198-guestroom SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Louisville, Ky.; the 156-guestroom SpringHill Suites by Marriott and the 297-guestroom Courtyard by Marriott in Indianapolis. The Austin, Texas-based REIT funded the acquisition through a combination of bridge financing and borrowings under its senior secured revolving credit facility.