San Jose Signia by Hilton closes in on refi for $165M debt

Eagle Canyon Capital looks for fresh capital after selling hotel tower for student housing Aug 1, 2024, 6:02 PM | By TRD Staff The ownership group of a prominent hotel in downtown San Jose claims to be close to a refinance of its $165 million debt package even as the holder of a $29 mezzanine…

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California Hotel Development Struggles in Current Lending Environment

July, 30 2024 | Excerpt from CoStar Twenty-two hotels opened in California during the first half of the year, according to a midyear survey, highlighting the ongoing challenges hotel developers face across the U.S. and in California in particular. Atlas Hospitality Group’s California Hotel Development Survey Mid-Year 2024 reports that the 22 openings were an…

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Report: California’s Hotel Industry Shows Decrease in Rooms, New Hotels

July 30, 2024 | By Lilly Riddle The first half of 2024 presented a nuanced landscape for hotel development in California, according to a recent report from Atlas Hospitality Group. A 10 percent increase in new hotel openings compared to the same period in 2023 indicated continued growth, but this was counterbalanced by a 15 percent…

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California Hotel Development Struggles in Current Lending Environment

22 Hotels Opened in State During First Half of Year By Bryan Wroten | Hotel News Now | July 29, 2024 | 5:49 AM Twenty-two hotels opened in California during the first half of the year, according to a midyear survey, highlighting the ongoing challenges hotel developers face across the U.S. and in California in particular.…

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San Diego records biggest hotel sale so far this year: $165M

The golf course-adjacent resort commanded a purchase that is among the highest in the Western U.S. in 2024. By LORI WEISBERG | The San Diego Union-Tribune UPDATED: July 24, 2024 at 4:07 p.m. In what is the single biggest hotel sale so far this year, the 394-room Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines resort has been acquired for $165…

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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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