Downtown Oakland Moxy hotel completes construction, preps opening

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/03/31/downtown-oakland-moxy-hotel-complete-construct-open-real-estate-covid/ Opportunity zone tax breaks bolster Oakland hotel’s development By GEORGE AVALOS | gavalos@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: March 31, 2021 at 12:09 p.m. | UPDATED: April 1, 2021 at 4:39 p.m. OAKLAND — Downtown Oakland’s bustling Uptown District is about to get a new Moxy Hotel, a welcome change of pace to a dismal year of coronavirus-linked business…

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Interest Grows in Converting Hotels to Other Uses

Multifamily, Senior Living, Student Housing Among More Popular Conversions https://www.costar.com/article/577844466?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hospitality_prospect&utm_content=p1 By Bryan Wroten Hotel News Now Mar 24, 2021 | 1:09 P.M. Both private and government buyers are finding real estate conversion opportunities with U.S. hotel owners who are reevaluating the highest and best use of their properties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Buyers and other…

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Real estate: Bankrupt Bay Area hotels are slated for auction

Court sets May schedule for sale of 15 hotels, including two in Bay Area https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/25/real-estate-bankrupt-bay-area-hotel-auction-covid-queen-mary/ By GEORGE AVALOS | gavalos@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: March 25, 2021 at 6:20 a.m. | UPDATED: March 25, 2021 at 10:14 a.m. SAN JOSE — A bankrupt hotel chain has won court approval for the sale of more than a dozen U.S. hotels,…

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Fairmont San Jose owners target quick end to bankruptcy

Fairmont was nearly empty during worst of the coronavirus outbreak: court papers https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/24/fairmont-san-jose-hotel-owner-swift-bankruptcy-case-real-estate-covid/ By GEORGE AVALOS | gavalos@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: March 24, 2021 at 5:45 a.m. | UPDATED: March 24, 2021 at 2:36 p.m. SAN JOSE — The Fairmont San Jose owners have sketched out a swift endgame for the iconic hotel’s bankruptcy case in the first version…

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Local Hotel Market Recovering

https://www.sdbj.com/news/2021/mar/10/local-hotel-market-recovering/ By Ray Huard Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Investors are starting to take a renewed interest in San Diego County hotels with industry experts predicting that 2021 will be a year of strong recovery. “There’s definitely been a change in how buyers look at hotels and I would say the one word that sums it up…

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It’s official: Lafayette hotel sold for $25.8M

https://www.pacificsandiego.com/latest/story/2021-03-18/its-official-lafayette-hotel-sold-for-25-8m Prolific restaurant group known for Little Italy dining venues is the buyer of the historic El Cajon Boulevard property By LORI WEISBERG SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE MARCH 18, 2021 7:29 PM PT The historic Lafayette hotel, a North Park landmark that dates to the 1940s, has been sold to a local restaurant group for $25.8 million. The…

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Restaurant Operator Makes First Hotel Foray With a Former Magnet for Celebrities in San Diego

CH Projects Plans New Food, Beverage Options for Historic Lafayette Hotel https://product.costar.com/home/news/shared/1867548097?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=personalized&utm_content=p6 By Lou Hirsh CoStar News March 19, 2021 | 3:28 P.M. The historic Lafayette Hotel in San Diego, which attracted stars such as Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn during its heyday in the 1940s and ’50s, has been sold to a restaurant operator that is…

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Real estate: Bay Area hotels in bankruptcy go on auction block

Local hotels being auctioned off are part of $470 million sales package https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/11/real-estate-bay-area-hotels-bankruptcy-auction-block-covid-travel/ By GEORGE AVALOS | gavalos@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: March 11, 2021 at 5:45 a.m. | UPDATED: March 11, 2021 at 4:25 p.m. SAN JOSE — Two hotels in the Bay Area, one in the South Bay and the other on the Peninsula, are part of a…

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Bankrupt Fairmont hotel can help spur downtown San Jose rebound, following reorganization

Fairmont San Jose owners seek favorable financing, improved management, new brand through bankruptcy https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/08/bankrupt-fairmont-hotel-spur-downtown-san-jose-rebound-covid-tourism/ By GEORGE AVALOS | gavalos@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: March 8, 2021 at 9:26 a.m. | UPDATED: March 9, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. SAN JOSE — Once it emerges from bankruptcy, downtown San Jose’s iconic Fairmont Hotel could help fuel a rebound in the city’s urban…

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Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose files for bankruptcy

Upscale, iconic Fairmont in downtown San Jose closes doors — but will reopen within a few months https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/03/05/fairmont-hotel-downtown-san-jose-bankruptcy-covid-real-estate/ By GEORGE AVALOS | gavalos@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: March 5, 2021 at 4:18 p.m. | UPDATED: March 8, 2021 at 5:50 a.m. SAN JOSE — The Fairmont Hotel, a landmark in downtown San Jose, filed for bankruptcy on Friday…

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Project Homekey Makes up Most of California’s Hotel Sales

https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/san-fernando-valley-ventura/business/2021/02/22/project-homekey-makes-up-most-of-california-s-hotel-sales BY JOSEPH PIMENTEL ORANGE COUNTY PUBLISHED 8:00 AM ET FEB. 23, 2021 IRVINE, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Project Homekey accounted for $890 million of hotel sales in California last year, reviving what would have been a paltry year in terms of hotel transactions in the state. While sales of hotels across the nation sagged due to…

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Hotel Bankruptcies On The Rise As Lenders Lose Patience With Recovery

https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/hotel/hotel-bankruptcies-becoming-more-frequent-as-lenders-lose-patience-with-recovery-107807 February 18, 2021 Jon Banister, Bisnow Washington, D.C. The past year has been a historically harmful time for the hotel industry as the coronavirus pandemic pushed demand off a cliff, and it has yet to climb back up. This fall wasn’t accompanied by an avalanche of hotel bankruptcies, as lenders provided enough forbearance to keep hotel owners…

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