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By Gail Kalinoski<\/em><\/p>\n

\"21c<\/a>

Lobby of 21c Museum Hotel in Oklahoma City<\/p><\/div>\n

Paris-based AccorHotels continues making investments in the luxury and lifestyle hospitality sector by agreeing to acquire 85 percent of 21c Museum Hotels, its second U.S. deal in a month.<\/p>\n

The purchase price for the majority stake is $39 million, excluding potential earn out. No real estate is included in the deal, which is expected to close by the third quarter.<\/p>\n

21c Museum Hotels, founded in 2006 in Louisville, Ky., by philanthropists and contemporary art collectors Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, has combined art museums, boutique hotels and chef-driven restaurants into eight U.S. hotels with three more in development in Chicago, Miami and Des Moines, Iowa. In addition to the flagship on West Main Street in Louisvlle, 21c Museum Hotels are located in Cincinnati; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Bentonville, Ark.; Durham, N.C.;<\/a> Kansas City, Mo.; Lexington, Ky.; and Nashville, Tenn.<\/p>\n

The hotels will be part of the MGallery collection, but their names won\u2019t change and President & CEO Craig Greenberg will continue to run 21c from the corporate headquarters in Louisville. The husband and wife team of Brown and Wilson will retain a 15 percent stake and remain closely involved by providing creative guidance of the art, design and hospitality concept. It will be MGallery\u2019s brand introduction into the North American market.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are delighted to welcome 21c Museum Hotels as part of the AccorHotels family of brands, hence strengthening the group\u2019s footprint in North America in a very unique and promising niche. Together we have a tremendous opportunity to grow the 21c brand as well as introduce MGallery into the North American market, building both brand equities and further expanding the full range of unparalleled experiences for our guests,\u201d<\/em> Kevin Frid, chief operating officer, North & Central America, AccorHotels, said in a prepared statement. \u201cThis strategic acquisition marks a new step in AccorHotel\u2019s strategy of being the leading player in the luxury and lifestyle segment in North America.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Wilson, in prepared remarks, described AccorHotels as the perfect partner and a catalyst for the 21c\u2019s continued growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are confident that the unique spirit of 21c will not only be preserved, but flourish within the MGallery collection of boutique hotels,\u201d<\/em> Wilson said. \u201c21c will continue to bring the work of today\u2019s most dynamic and engaging contemporary artists to the public, and this partnership will be a tremendous boost for 21c\u2019s continued development in North America and abroad.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

AccorHotels making deals<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The 21c deal comes within weeks of a letter of intent signed in early July by AccorHotels and sbe Entertainment Group for AccorHotels to pay $319 million for a 50 percent interest<\/a> in the Los Angeles-luxury hospitality company. The transaction would include a $125 million purchase of 50 percent of sbe\u2019s common equity, effectively creating a partnership with Sam Nazarian, sbe founder & CEO. Nazarian would continue to run sbe once the deal closes. The partnership would allow AccorHotels to continue its U.S. expansion, while giving sbe a platform to grow domestically and abroad.<\/p>\n

sbe\u2019s portfolio includes the Mondrian Los Angeles, Delano South Beach in Miami and Mondrian Park Avenue in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

An investor and operator, AccorHotels is a global travel and lifestyle group that offers guests experiences in more than 4,300 hotels, resorts and residences, as well as in more than 10,000 private homes. It operates in 100 countries and has hotel brands in the luxury, mid-scale, boutique, economy and regional segments. MGallery is among its luxury brands that include Raffles, Sofitel Legend and Fairmont. Popular mid-scale and boutique brands include Novotel and Adagio.<\/p>\n

In May, the company and Chilean group Algeciras signed an agreement to acquire the property company owning Atton Hoteles\u2019 11 assets<\/a> in Chile, Peru, Colombia and Florida, in a joint venture giving AccorHotels a 20 percent ownership interest. The Atton brands will eventually be rebranded to Pullman, Novotel, MGallery and Mecure properties.<\/p>\n

That deal came just weeks after AccorHotels has entered into an agreement to acquire Switzerland\u2019s M\u00f6venpick Hotels & Resorts for $560 million<\/a>. AccorHotels is purchasing the international upscale hotel management company from M\u00f6venpick Holding and Kingdom Holding in an all-cash transaction. M\u00f6venpick manages 84 hotel properties encompassing more than 20,000 guestrooms across 27 countries.<\/p>\n

AccorHotels\u2019 investment activity and expansion push comes at a time when hotel occupancy, which was at a more than 30-year record high at the end of 2017, is expected to continue to be strong as guestroom demand outpaces supply, according to Marcus & Millichap\u2019s 2018 Hospitality Investment Forecast. This year, the annual U.S. occupancy rate is forecast to rise 30 basis points to 66.3 percent. Overall supply is projected to increase 2.0 percent, with most of the additions coming in the upscale and upper mid-scale segments, particularly in New York City, Nashville, Tenn., and Dallas\/Fort Worth. The improving economy is also expected to increase business and leisure travel, with Millennials in particular looking for unique and experience-oriented hotel stays.<\/p>\n

Image courtesy of AccorHotels<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Paris-based hospitality investor and operator, which has made several deals to expand its brands in the U.S. and abroad in recent months, will bring its MGallery brand to North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1068,"featured_media":1004246927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21743,21808,21751,16,21783,23891,21742],"tags":[41453,34321,34836,40179,33021,40907],"class_list":["post-1004246912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deals","category-featured","category-hotel","category-international","category-investment","category-national","category-latest","tag-21c-museum-hotels","tag-accorhotels","tag-marcus-millichap","tag-movenpick-hotels-resorts","tag-sam-nazarian","tag-sbe-entertainment-group"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAccorHotels to Buy Majority Stake in 21c Museum Hotels - 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