The eight freehold properties total 2,308 rooms in Venice, Paris, Milan, Rome, Warsaw, Nuremberg and Brussels, located adjacent to key demand generators, either in metropolitan city centres, high-growth commercial corridors or leisure destinations. Assembled between 2006 and 2011, the Portfolio has a profitable trading profile and strong cashflow.
The Portfolio comprises the following assets:
• The Pullman, Paris Bercy
• The Westin Europa and Regina, Venice
• The Westin Palace, Milan
• The Sheraton, Rome
• The Sheraton, Warsaw
• Le Méridien Grand Hotel, Nuremberg
• The Marriot Executive Apartments, Brussels
• Renaissance Hotel, Brussels
The assets have benefited from substantial investment in recent years, and significant opportunities remain for the JV to create further value through the implementation of targeted asset management initiatives.
Trish Barrigan, Benson Elliot Senior Partner, said:
“This is a significant transaction for Benson Elliot, concluded with trusted partners like Algonquin, who we worked closely with on our Novotel Edinburgh Park investment. The portfolio is of exceptionally high quality, with opportunities to grow income and value in a sector attracting increasing attention from investors.”
Robert Bloom, Senior Principal at Walton Street, said:
“This Portfolio represents a high-quality collection of full-service branded assets that is being acquired at both an attractive yield and significant discount to replacement cost, at what we believe is an opportunistic point in the investment cycle. We are excited about this transaction and look forward to working with our JV partners, Benson Elliot and Algonquin, to maximize value.”
Jean-Philippe Chomette, CEO at Algonquin, said:
“We are very pleased to be associated in this acquisition with two major international investment partners, such as Benson Elliot and Walton Street. The inherent quality of each asset in this portfolio, their prime locations and the first class operators of these hotels will help us further optimize their value through material refurbishment programs and enhanced operational efficiencies.”
The JV was advised on the transaction by Paul Hastings and Deloitte.
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For further information:
Benson Elliot
Trish Barrigan, Senior Partner
Matilda Lane
+44 (0) 20 7808 8900
Matilda.lane@bensonelliot.com
Walton Street
Robert Bloom, Senior Principal
+1 312 915 2803
BloomR@waltonst.com
FTI Consulting
Dido Laurimore / Claire Turvey
+44 (0) 20 3727 1000
Dido.laurimore@fticonsulting.com
Claire.turvey@fticonsulting.com