Westin Hotel Gets $20M Makeover

HOSPITALITY: Recent Hotel Renos Reflect ‘Strong Market’ BY RAY HUARD | JULY 15, 2024 SAN DIEGO – The Westin San Diego Bayview has completed a $20 million renovation that general manager Peter Engard said is meant to provide “an unparalleled experience” that reflects the hotel’s location in Emerald Plaza that lights up the San Diego…

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Why San Francisco’s recovery is tied to its struggling hotel industry

By Kevin V. Nguyen Published Jul. 09, 2024 • 6:00am The historic Huntington Hotel at the top of Nob Hill celebrated its 100th birthday while its doors were shuttered in 2022. But unlike other major hotels in San Francisco, the 12-story, 135-room luxury property never managed to re-open under the previous owners once the pandemic ended.  Instead,…

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Little Italy hotel changes hands for more than $61M

The change in ownership comes just five years after the 16-story property opened in downtown San Diego By LORI WEISBERG | The San Diego Union-Tribune PUBLISHED: July 9, 2024 at 10:09 a.m. | UPDATED: July 9, 2024 at 11:05 a.m. Nearly five years after the gleaming 16-story Carte hotel opened in Little Italy, it has been sold to a global…

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Petco Park-adjacent hotel gets a new baseball-themed look

The Omni San Diego is close to completing its largest renovation ever that will include two new venues for dining and drinking By LORI WEISBERG | The San Diego Union-Tribune PUBLISHED: June 28, 2024 at 5:30 a.m. | UPDATED: June 28, 2024 at 5:31 a.m. The 32-story Omni hotel next door to Petco Park is nearing the end of a…

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A new hotel rising soon in San Diego’s Mission Valley

The Marriott property is one of only two hotel projects in the county to break ground this year By LORI WEISBERG | The San Diego Union-Tribune PUBLISHED: June 27, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. | UPDATED: June 27, 2024 at 10:47 a.m. A new seven-story hotel that will include a number of extended-stay guestrooms will soon be rising in Mission Valley…

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Tarsadia Investments refinances Anaheim Marriott with $125M loan

Bank of America provides fresh debt on 1,030-key hotel JUN 25, 2024, 2:30 PM – By Isabella Farr Tarsadia Investments, run by Orange County hotelier Tushar Patel, has refinanced its 1,030-key Anaheim Marriott hotel.  The firm scored a $125 million loan from Bank of America on the hotel, located at 700 West Convention Way, adjacent to…

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Former Ace Hotel in downtown L.A. reopens as ‘Airbnb on steroids’

By Roger Vincent Staff Writer  June 21, 2024 1:42 PM PT The former Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, which helped lead an economic revival on a historic stretch of Broadway a decade ago, has reopened as a minimal-service operation akin to Airbnb, following a strategy that has become increasingly common for struggling hotels in recent years.…

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Resort at Pelican Hill switching to Marriott management, St. Regis brand

Marriott International will begin day-to-day management on July 1 By JONATHAN LANSNER | jlansner@scng.com | Orange County Register PUBLISHED: May 24, 2024 at 9:15 a.m. | UPDATED: May 24, 2024 at 1:09 p.m. The Irvine Co. will turn over day-to-day management of its Resort at Pelican Hill to Marriott International, with the luxury hotel eventually joining the St. Regis brand. The Newport…

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Manhattan Beach Hotel Sells for $68M

HANNAH WELK | MARCH 22, 2024 The Residence Inn in Manhattan Beach has sold for $68 million. Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. represented the seller, Washington Holdings, in the offloading of the 176-room property. Land and Houses USA Inc. purchased the asset. Twenty Four Seven Hotels will manage the property. “The addition of Residence Inn by Marriott Manhattan Beach to our portfolio…

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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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