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https://therealdeal.com/la/2020/12/14/sunstone-sells-502-key-renaissance-hotel-near-lax/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=LA%20Daily%20%7C%2012.15.2020&utm_term=Los%20Angeles%20Daily $93M deal among largest during pandemic Los Angeles / TRD Staff December 14, 2020 10:55 AM Sunstone Hotel Investors sold a 502-room property outside Los Angeles International Airport for $92.5 million, making it one of the largest pandemic-era deals of its kind. The buyer of the Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel at 9620 Airport Boulevard was not disclosed, according to the Los Angeles Business Journal. The property was renovated in 2018. In late October, the tony Viceroy L’Ermitage in Beverly Hills sold for $100 million. L.A. hotels and properties nationwide have been decimated by the coronavirus. Across, the U.S., hotel property owners this year have sold at big discounts. In 2019, the Renaissance hotel generated revenue of $32 million, with an average room rate of $147. Atlas Hospitality Group president Alan Reay called the deal “a good price for the seller,” given how hard the LAX hotel market has been hit, with business and leisure travel all but nonexistent. Marriot International CEO Arne Sorenson said last month that he expects it will take “a vaccine or two” to revive the hospitality sector. He expressed concern that the economy is becoming less connected as the pandemic lingers. The LAX market was seeing steady hotel development before the pandemic….

https://labusinessjournal.com/news/2020/dec/07/los-angeles-extended-stay-properties-filling-up/ By Hannah Madans Monday, December 7, 2020 It’s no secret that the hospitality industry has been hit hard by Covid-19, which has forced many hotels to temporarily close and others to permanently shutter. But one type of hospitality property is faring better than others: extended stay hotels and residences. “We’re seeing the hotels that are limited service, which would include extended stay to some degree, are doing pretty well,” said Jay Maddox, principal of capital markets at Avison Young Inc. Occupancy levels were 72% at extended stay properties in the second quarter, according to Alan Reay, president of Atlas Hospitality Group. At traditional hotels, meanwhile, the rate was 42% during that period. Reay said extended stay properties have delivered for owners because they provide fewer services, which keeps operating expenses low. And they’re popular with guests because they tend to have fewer people coming into their rooms, which is preferable during a pandemic. The average length of stay at CGI Strategies’ properties is six to seven months but can range anywhere from 30 days to one year, according to Gidi Cohen, CGI’s founder. Newmark Group Inc.’s Bryan Younge said extended stay hotels are picking up new customers who are staying…

https://www.sdtranscript.com/common/login/?source=news&sourceid=989613 By Thor Kamban Biberman – San Diego Daily Transcript Thursday, November 12, 2020 While thousands of hotel rooms are in the works in San Diego County, it doesn’t mean they will all decide to open, according to a recent report by the Atlas Hospitality Group. “Many hotels will be delaying their openings,” Atlas Hospitality Group president Alan Reay said, adding that luxury hotels will be the most affected. Reay knows of two Anaheim hotels — a 600-room Westin and a 400-room JW Marriott — that while complete, have decided to keep their doors shuttered. “There are probably a half a dozen projects that are in trouble out there,” he said. New projects continue to be constructed here, however. SD Malkin Properties is developing a four-star-plus resort in Oceanside that will consist of the Mission Pacific Hotel, a 226-room full service hotel, and the Seabird Resort, a 158-room boutique hotel. The hotels will contain multiple restaurants and bars as well as more than 22,000 square feet of interior meeting and function space. The Seabird Resort will integrate the historic Graves House, an iconic local attraction that appeared in the movie Top Gun. Both hotels are expected to open in the…

https://www.sdtranscript.com/common/login/?sourceid=989654&source=news By Thor Kamban Biberman – San Diego Daily Transcript Thursday, November 12, 2020 Pfizer may have found at least one vaccine for the coronavirus, but a hospitality executive said COVID-19’s damage to the hotel industry will last for years to come. Within about eight months, the hotel market went from being awash with capital to one where the traditional sources have dried up, which means many planned hotels won’t get started. “We’re seeing a record number of projects that have either been deferred or abandoned,” Atlas Hospitality Group president Alan Reay said. “People are trying to pivot to another product type such as apartments or condos.” He said even if most people are vaccinated next year, it will be 2023 or 2024 before the hotel industry will stabilize. “And it will be 2026 or 2027 before a significant amount construction picks up,” Reay added. “It’s been so devastating to people’s minds who may be wondering what’s going to happen in the next pandemic.” For now, at least, luxury hotels appear to be hurting the most, according to Reay. “Who wants to stay in a 600-room hotel when you only are allowed (except for families) one person per elevator?” he…

https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/business/2020/11/10/eagle-four-partners-newport-beach-marriott BY JOSEPH PIMENTEL NEWPORT BEACH PUBLISHED 9:06 PM ET NOV. 09, 2020 NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — For years, Eagle Four Partners CEO and partner Kory Kramer would drive by the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa and thought how much he’d like to own it one day. That day came last week. That day came last week. The 532-room Newport Beach Marriott & Spa sells for $200 million A joint venture of Eagle Four Partners and Lyon Living bought the luxury hotel from Host Hotels and Resorts The sale comes amid the coronavirus pandemic and Newport Beach hotels struggling with low 40% occupancy rate The JV plans to renovate the hotel, including adding more public space, overhauling the guest rooms, and more Despite the global coronavirus pandemic and its effect on the hotel industry, a joint venture between Eagle Four Partners and Lyon Living acquired the 532-room Newport Beach Marriott at 900 Newport Center Drive from Host Hotels and Resorts in an off-market, $200 million deal. “I looked at this hotel every day,” Eagle Four CEO and Partner Kory Kramer said to Spectrum News 1. “I always thought it would be a great opportunity to own. Of course, the seller…

https://www.connect.media/newport-beach-marriott-sold-for-216m-californias-largest-this-year/ November 9, 2020 Newport Beach-based Eagle Four Partners, LLC and Lyon Living acquired the 532-guestroom Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa in Newport Center from Host Hotels reportedly for $216 million. Atlas Hospitality Group reports it is California’s largest hotel transaction so far this year. A comprehensive renovation of both public space and guestrooms including exterior enhancements are planned for the 10-acre property at 900 Newport Center Dr. Eagle Four Partners’ Kory Kramer says, “As local owners and operators, we are thrilled to be acquiring the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa and adding it to our portfolio of iconic hospitality and lifestyle residential assets. Being an integral part of the community fabric of Newport Beach, we are dedicated to a transformative renovation in 2021 bringing the hotel to a new level of guest experience and service befitting its location in the heart of Newport Beach.” CBRE Hotels’ Robert J. Webster, Michael DiPrima and Diana Simpson advised seller. The CBRE Hotels Debt & Structured Finance team of Mark K. Owens and Bill Grice secured $170 million in acquisition and renovation financing for the buyer. atlashospitalitygroup hospitalityindustry hotelnews

https://product.costar.com/home/news/393384948 A $216 Million Purchase Is Among Rare Large Deals in Pandemic-Wracked Year By Lou Hirsh CoStar News November 5, 2020 | 3:27 P.M. Host Hotels & Resorts sold its 532-room Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa in California’s coastal Orange County for $216 million, the state’s biggest hotel deal by total price of 2020 that analysts say could have been higher if the pandemic wasn’t hammering the hospitality industry. Host Hotels, among the nation’s largest hotel-focused real estate investment trusts, confirmed the off-market sale of the property at 900 Newport Center Drive in a statement on its quarterly financial results. The company capitalized on “opportunistic sales at attractive prices that enhance our liquidity and reduce our near-term capital spending requirements,” CEO James Risoleo told investors in a statement, noting the sale took place after the end of the Bethesda, Maryland-based company’s third quarter ended Sept. 30. The deal is California’s biggest hotel transaction by total price this year, topping January’s $117.5 million sale of the 355-room Hilton San Jose, according to brokerage and research firm Atlas Hospitality Group. Even at the high price, the deal reflects how the struggles of the hospitality industry in the pandemic have dramatically decreased hotel sales…

https://crenews.com/2020/11/05/host-hotels-sells-newport-beach-calif-marriott-for-216mln/ November 5, 2020 Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report Eagle Four Partners has paid $216 million, or $406,105/room, for the 532-room Marriott hotel in Newport Beach, Calif. The Newport Beach investment company bought the property from Host Hotels & Resorts Inc., a Bethesda, Md., REIT that had owned it since 1988. The off-market deal, which closed on Monday, is the largest hotel transaction in California since the coronavirus pandemic began in March, according to Alan Reay, president of Atlas Hospitality Group, an Irvine, Calif., hotel-investment sales and research firm. James Risoleo, Host’s chief executive and president, told analysts on a conference call today that the sales price resulted in a 6.8 percent capitalization rate, based on the net operating income the hotel generated last year. “This was an opportunistic sale at (pre-Covid-19) pricing to a buyer that has strategic reasons to own the asset,” Risoleo said. The hotel, at 900 Newport Center Drive, is across from the Newport Beach Country Club, which Eagle Four also owns. The company’s other holdings include the Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach as well as four other hotels in Orange County: the Pasea Hotel & Spa in Huntington Beach, Calif.; the DoubleTree in…

https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2020-11-05/newport-beach-marriott-hotel-spa-sells-for-216-million-to-eagle-four-partners-and-lyon-living By LILLY NGUYENSTAFF WRITER  NOV. 5, 2020 5:54 PM Host Hotels and Resorts announced Wednesday it sold the 532-room Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa for $216 million. The hotel, which is on Newport Center Drive, was purchased by Lyon Living, a property management company in Newport, and Eagle Four Partners, a private equity firm based in Newport Beach that owns the Pasea Hotel and Spa in Huntington Beach, the Balboa Bay Resort and the Newport Beach Country Club in Newport Beach. Host Hotels and Resorts said in a news release that the sale was made “subsequent” to the end of the third quarter of this year. “As local owners and operators, we are thrilled to be acquiring the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Spa and adding it to our portfolio of iconic hospitality and lifestyle residential assets,” Kory Kramer, a partner at Eagle Four Partners, said in a statement. “Being an integral part of the community fabric of Newport Beach, we are dedicated to a transformative renovation in 2021 bringing the hotel to a new level of guest experience and service befitting its location in the heart of Newport Beach,” Kramer said. Peter Zak, president and partner of Lyon Living…

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/11/04/newport-beach-marriott-hotel-sells-for-216-million/ It’s California’s priciest hotel sale so far in 2020. By JONATHAN LANSNER | jlansner@scng.com | Orange County Register PUBLISHED: November 4, 2020 at 6:21 p.m. | UPDATED: November 5, 2020 at 9:54 a.m. The 532-room Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa has been sold for $216 million. Host Hotels and Resorts announced the sale — California’s priciest so far in 2020, according to Atlas Hospitality Group — on Wednesday, Nov. 4. The buyer was Eagle Four Partners, hotel investors from Newport Beach who control local properties such as Balboa Bay Resort, Paséa Hotel & Spa in Huntington Beach as well as the Newport Beach Country Club. The sale comes as COVID-19 hammers the tourism business, making property transactions a challenge. Atlas said in 2020’s first half there were 18% fewer sales in Orange County vs. 2019, and the median price per room was down 19%. The Newport Beach Marriott is located on a bluff overlooking the Pacific at the Fashion Island shopper center. Opened in 1975, it had a major renovation in 2005. Host documents show the Newport Marriott had an average room rate of $203 last year when it was 79% full and made the owners $15 million off of $54 million in revenues. The…