Hotel Financial Strategies Announces $400mil in Conversions
JANUARY 10, 2007.
GRAND SIERRA RESORT
The $300,000,000 Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, is the largest condo-hotel conversion in the United States. 825 rooms of the 1995 room/27-story tower are being converted into luxury hotel condominiums. This initial phase will also include a renovation of all of the public areas, the casino, the 27-story hotel tower, and exterior amenities. Future plans include the development of the nation's largest water park and several condominium towers. One of the unusual aspects was that we did a bond offering rather than a conventional mortgage.
PHOENIX INNS
We also acted as the financial advisor on the acquisition and financing of the 11 property Phoenix Inn portfolio located in the Pacific Northwest. The Phoenix Inns are a series of limited service all-suite hotels totaling 1057 rooms.
HFS is one of the nation's premier financial firms exclusively focused on the hospitality industry. This year we will fund approximately $1 Billion in capital for a wide variety of projects throughout North America.
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