{"id":1004239280,"date":"2018-07-02T05:27:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T13:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004239280"},"modified":"2022-12-09T02:36:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T10:36:15","slug":"small-is-getting-bigger-in-latest-marcus-millichap-hospitality-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/small-is-getting-bigger-in-latest-marcus-millichap-hospitality-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Smaller Hospitality Markets Loom Large: Marcus &amp; Millichap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Scott Baltic, Contributing Editor <\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004239301\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/07\/Peter-Nichols.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004239301\" data-attachment-id=\"1004239301\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/small-is-getting-bigger-in-latest-marcus-millichap-hospitality-report\/peter-nichols\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/07\/Peter-Nichols.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Peter Nichols\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Peter Nichols, vice president &#038; national director | National Hospitality Group, Marcus &#038; Millichap&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Peter Nichols, vice president &#038; national director | National Hospitality Group, Marcus &#038; Millichap&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/07\/Peter-Nichols.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004239301 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/07\/Peter-Nichols.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Nichols, vice president &amp; national director | National Hospitality Group, Marcus &amp; Millichap\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/07\/Peter-Nichols.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/07\/Peter-Nichols.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/07\/Peter-Nichols.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004239301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Nichols, vice president &amp; national director | National Hospitality Group, Marcus &amp; Millichap<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Smaller markets and smaller properties comprise one of the themes of the new 2Q 2018 National Hospitality Report from Marcus &amp; Millichap, as the acquisition market for hotels in secondary and tertiary metros revs up.<\/p>\n<p>Resorts also get called out for extra attention, as do some specific cities and metro areas, though it might have been difficult to single out only a smallish group, as the national hospitality scene continues to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>Nationwide average occupancy hit a 30-year high in March, and the hospitality industry\u2019s boom is expected to continue, with steady employment growth and solid consumer confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Investor demand for hotels in smaller markets has been rising, according to the report. \u201c<em>Transaction velocity rose roughly 2 percent nationwide as demand picked up for properties in many of the nation\u2019s smaller markets.<\/em>\u201d Buyers in the $1 million to $10 million price range reportedly are \u201c<em>particularly active.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Continuing the theme of strong smaller markets, the report\u2019s list of the top 10 MSAs by hotel guestrooms under way as a percentage of current inventory is Nashville; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Denver; Savannah, Ga.; Lexington, Ky.; North Port\u2013Sarasota, Fla.; Greenville, S.C.; Seattle-Tacoma; Fresno, Calif.; and San Jose. Just those markets represent 186,300 guestrooms in the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>Resort hotels registered the largest revenue growth, a 5.3 percent increase in RevPAR, to $122.91. That was driven by ADR growth of 3.3 percent, plus occupancy that had jumped 130 basis points, to 69.9 percent, during the prior 12-month period. In the first quarter, resort occupancy climbed still a bit higher, to 70.2 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The giant hotel parent companies dominate the incoming supply. Between them, Marriott and Hilton encompass more than half (58.9 percent) of all guestrooms under construction.<\/p>\n<h2>Notable cities and metros<\/h2>\n<p>With more than 5,200 hotel guestrooms underway, or 12 percent of current inventory, Nashville has seen occupancy fall by 60 basis points. One of the city\u2019s newest properties is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/cambria-hotel-nashville-opens-doors\/\">235-key Cambria Hotel Nashville<\/a>, which opened in January in the SoBro district.<\/p>\n<p>Metro Atlanta has seen consistent revenue growth above the national average, engendering substantial buyer interest.<\/p>\n<p>In Florida, the report noted, record tourism has helped to boost occupancy in multiple metro areas. Of these, Orlando experienced a 420-basis point increase, to 80 percent, over the past four quarters.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/hospitality-gains-momentum-in-2018\/\">M&amp;M hospitality report<\/a> pointed out that \u201c<em>Several Florida markets and Houston posted strong gains in RevPAR as evacuees filled rooms after the brunt of hurricanes Harvey and Maria destroyed many homes and left others without power.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Marcus &amp; Millichap<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Details on hot trends emerge from the firm\u2019s second-quarter national study, including investor interest in second- and third-tier markets.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":882,"featured_media":1004239301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21808,21751,23891,21742],"tags":[32805,34836,33877,39322,33032],"class_list":["post-1004239280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-hotel","category-national","category-latest","tag-hilton","tag-marcus-millichap","tag-marriott","tag-peter-nichols","tag-revpar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Smaller Hospitality Markets Loom Large: Marcus &amp; 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