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US Hotel Active Lenders: $20 Million Secured for Charleston Element Construction

Hotel Part of $750 Million Project Near Harvard; Residence Inn in Mesa Gets $19 Million Bridge; and More
Arriba Capital provided $20 million in construction financing for the Element by Westin in Charleston, South Carolina. (Aribba Capital)
Arriba Capital provided $20 million in construction financing for the Element by Westin in Charleston, South Carolina. (Aribba Capital)

This roundup features the latest financing of U.S. hotel industry deals and projects.

Element by Westin

Lender: Hall Structured Finance, brokered by Arriba Capital
Borrower: Contender Development
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Value: $20 million
Date of Loan: June 21
Takeaway: The construction loan was Arriba's second in a two-week period. The other was a $16.6 million loan for a Hyatt Place in rural Tennessee. The Element, located near the Charleston International Airport, is slated to open in 2025.

Sheraton Tampa Brandon Hotel

Lender: Ready Capital, brokered by JLL Capital Markets
Borrower: Linchris Hotel Corporation
Location: Tampa, Florida
Value: $20 million
Date of Loan: June 21
Takeaway: The 266-room hotel is located nine miles east of downtown Tampa.

Residence Inn by Marriott Phoenix Mesa East

Lender: Hall Structured Finance
Borrower: Khangura Development
Location: Mesa, Arizona
Value: $19.1 million
Date of Loan: June 22
Takeaway: The bridge loan is among an $800 million pool HSF is slated to close in both hotels and multifamily in 2023.

The Sandbar Hotel, Trademark Collection by Wyndham

Lender: HarborOne Bank, brokered by JLL Capital Markets
Borrower: Linchris Hotel Corporation
Location: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Value: $7.59 million
Date of Loan: June 29
Takeaway: The loan is the first mortgage refinancing for the 121-room beachfront hotel.

An Unnamed Hotel Near Harvard University

Lender: Otera Capital, brokered by JLL Capital Markets
Borrower: Tishman Speyer
Location: Allston, Massachusetts
Value: $750 million — including other real estate
Date of Loan: June 22
Takeaway: The hotel will be part of the Enterprise Research campus, a 900,000-square-foot, mixed-use development located near Harvard. The loan represents one of the largest constructions loans closed in 2023.

AC Hotel by Marriott

Lender: Brokered by JLL Capital Markets
Borrower: Welcome Group Inc.
Location: Pasadena, California
Value: $36.8 Million
Date of Loan: May 23
Takeaway: The three-year construction loan comes with two one-year extensions. The 194-room hotel is slated to open in 2025.

Soho Beach House

Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citi Real Estate Funding Inc., brokered by Walker & Dunlop
Borrower: Beach House Owner, LLC, a subsidiary of Soho House & Co.
Location: Miami Beach, Florida
Value: $140 million
Date of Loan: May 22
Takeaway: The 10-year, fixed-rate, interest-only loan will repay existing debt, repatriate equity and cover financing and closing costs.

(Corrected on July 6 to specify the lender and broker on the Element by Westin in Charleston, South Carolina.)

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