Wednesday, November 3, 2010

16-Hotel Portfolio Sold for $291M

Apple Real Estate Investment Trust Companies (Apple REIT) has closed a deal to purchase 16 Marriott and Hilton affiliated hotels in seven states for $291.5 million according to a CoStar report. The seller, White Lodging Services Corporation, will continue to oversee the properties under long-term management agreements. The hotels included in the Apple REIT/White Lodging transaction are the SpringHill Suites in Fishers, Indiana and Salt Lake City, Utah as well as the Residence Inns in Mishawaka, Indiana; Phoenix, Arizona; and Mettawa, Illinois. The Courtyard by Marriott properties that are included are located in Phoenix and Chandler, Arizona and in Austin, Texas. Also part of the transaction are Hilton Garden Inn hotels in Mettawa, Warrenville and Schaumburg, Illinois; Austin, Texas; and Novi, Michigan. Apple REIT will also acquire Fairfield Inn and Suites in Austin, Texas and Chandler, Arizona and one Embassy Suites hotel in Tampa/Brandon, Florida.

"The transaction with Apple REIT, one of our industry's most professional and prolific owners of premium branded hotels, provides White Lodging with additional capital to continue executing our strategic growth plan at a time when many of our competitors are merely trying to stay afloat," said Deno Yiankes, president and CEO of investments and development at White Lodging.

For more news and information visit Blumberg Capital Partners.

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