Hyatt announces sale and franchising of three Chicago Area Hotels to area property partners and Aimbridge Hospitality (United States)
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Hyatt announces sale and franchising of three Chicago Area Hotels to area property partners and Aimbridge Hospitality (United States)
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Category: North America & West Indies / Carribean islands - United States - Industry economy
- Group or hotel buyout
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2010-12-02
Hyatt Lisle, Hyatt Deerfield, and Hyatt Rosemont to remain Hyatt-branded hotels
Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today that a Hyatt affiliate sold three Chicago area hotel properties to a joint venture of AREA Property Partners and Aimbridge Hospitality and entered into long-term hotel franchise agreements with the buyers for each of the three hotels, Hyatt Lisle, Hyatt Deerfield, and Hyatt Rosemont. The combined sale price of the three properties was $51 million, and the AREA/Aimbridge joint venture plans to invest $13.5 million in capital improvements at the three properties.
“The sale of these three properties supports our strategy of recycling capital in order to expand the presence of Hyatt hotels in markets in which we are not represented or are under represented,“ said Stephen Haggerty, Hyatt’s global head of real estate and development. “We are delighted to expand our relationships with AREA and Aimbridge through their purchase and management of these properties, which will continue to be Hyatt-branded.”
Hyatt recently announced that it will introduce Hyatt Regency Tulsa on January 1, 2011, following the hotel’s conversion to Hyatt Regency from the Crowne Plaza brand and the completion of a long-term franchise agreement with Aimbridge. Affiliates of AREA Property Partners are the majority owner of a joint venture that owns Hyatt Regency New Orleans as well as Hyatt Regency Rochester and Hyatt Regency Tampa.
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