Westbrook Partners defaults on loan tied to San Francisco Four Seasons

By Sarah Klearman and Alex Barreira – San Francisco Business Times | Mar 14, 2024 Updated Mar 14, 2024 5:50pm PDT This week Westbrook Partners was served a notice of default for a $72.5 million loan tied to 222 Sansome St., the home of the Four Seasons San Francisco at the Embarcadero. Westbrook, which acquired…

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Park Hyatt Los Angeles Unveils $14 Million Renovation Amid Sale Speculation

Sumitomo Realty & Development completes a $14 million renovation of the prestigious Park Hyatt Los Angeles, sparking market speculations and impacting the hospitality industry. Sakchi Khandelwal |  28 Feb 2024 14:29 EST Sumitomo Realty & Development has recently completed a lavish $14 million renovation of the Park Hyatt Los Angeles, a landmark hotel situated in…

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San Diego sets record on price paid last year for luxury resort. So why the grim news for hotel sales?

Similar to what’s happening in the housing market, high interest rates are depressing the volume of hotel sales, which in San Diego County recorded their second biggest decline in 15 years. BY LORI WEISBERG | FEB. 29, 2024 5:30 AM PT San Diego made history last year when the upscale Inn at Rancho Santa Fe sold for…

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Sonoma County hotel sale tops California list for 2023, but plans for new Wine Country rooms remain sluggish

CHERYL SARFATY | THE NORTH BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL | February 19, 2024, 11:58AM Where in California do you think the most expensive hotel sale took place last year? If you said Sonoma County, you would be correct. In September, the Farmhouse Inn, a 25-room luxury property in Forestville, sold for $32 million, commanding $1,280,000 per…

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Hotel Sales Sustained a Dismal 2023 BY BRYNN SHAFFER | FEBRUARY 19, 2024 California hotel sales plummeted last year, according to Atlas Hospitality Group, which recently released its 2023 end-of-year hotel sales survey. “The big jump-out is the dramatic or steep decline in number of transactions and dollar volume,” said Alan Reay, president of Atlas Hospitality Group,…

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Bullish Los Angeles beckons hotel investors

BY STEFANI C. O’CONNOR | FEBRUARY 13, 2024 Politics, economics, taxes, lending environment shape lodging landscape in the City of Angels. LOS ANGELES — As a city bullish on enhancing itself as a tourist mecca — ostensibly to ensure its lodging base flourishes—Los Angeles as a destination for hotel investors presents more as a mix of select…

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Hotel Sales Are Still Diving in California

Investors are not in a hospitable mood as trade value drops by 56%. By Jack Rogers | February 15, 2024 at 06:53 AM Investment sales in hotels plunged by more than 56% in California in 2023 as investors kept their powder dry waiting for better market conditions—the steepest cliff-dive for the hospitality sector in the Golden State since…

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Hotels On The Rebound, But Hospitality Property Sales Remain Grounded

Margaret Jackson | Mon, Feb 12, 2024, 9:43 AM PST Hotels may be performing better than they were during the pandemic, but that’s not propelling sales of hospitality properties any higher. Individual hotel sales in California plunged 45%, from 483 in 2022 to 265 in 2023, according to a CoStar report on Atlas Hospitality Group’s annual year-end…

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5 Things To Know for Feb. 6

Today’s Headlines: Eric Danziger Retires as CEO of Braintree Group; Weather Patterns Disrupt Travel Globally; California Hotel Sales Drop by 45%; Majority of Hotels Report Staffing Shortages; FIFA Reveals 2026 World Cup Locations By Dana Miller | Hotel News Now | February 6, 2024 | 7:29 AM 1. Eric Danziger Retires as CEO of Braintree Group…

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Hotel Deals Plummet in Northern and Southern California Amid Economic Uncertainty

By Delia Reynolds | 2024-02-06 Hotel deals implode in Bay Area and California as economy turns murky Acquisitions of hotels plunged by 48.3% in Northern California and by 60.2% in Southern California Statewide, hotel purchase activity plummeted 56.3% in 2023 in California. The decline in sales activity is a result of hotel buyers staying on…

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Atlas Hospitality Group’s Year-End Survey: Understanding the Decline in California Hotel Sales

By The Registry Staff The Atlas Hospitality Group’s Year-End 2023 California Sales Survey revealed a substantial downturn in hotel sales across the state, characterized by a 45 percent decline in individual sales — a figure only eclipsed by the recession year of 2009. Sales volume decreased by over 56 percent, marking the second steepest decline…

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Tom York on Business: San Diego Shines, Bucks Statewide Decline in Latest Hotel Sales Survey

The president of Orange County hotel broker Atlas Hospitality Group has some good news for San Diego’s all-important hospitality sector. He says that sales of hotels in San Diego were up nearly 28%, according to his Atlas annual 2023 Year-End California Hotel Sales Survey. “San Diego County stands out in our 2023 survey as it saw the highest increase…

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