Monday, October 7, 2013

HFF closes sale of Waldorf Astoria Naples and Naples Grande Golf Course in Naples, FL


Waldorf Astoria Naples, Naples, FL


TAMPA, FL – HFF announced today that it has closed the sale of the Waldorf Astoria Naples, a 474-room luxury resort, and the 18-hole Naples Grande Golf Course in Naples, Florida. 

               HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, an affiliate of Blackstone.  An affiliate of Northwood Investors purchased the hotel and the golf course.  Northwood will continue to operate the hotel with a Waldorf Astoria brand affiliation.

               Originally known as the Registry Resort, Blackstone acquired the property as part of its 2004 acquisition of Wayne Huizenga’s Boca Resorts Inc., which also included the legendary Boca Raton Resort and the Edgewater Beach Resort, among other assets.

The resort has 474 guestrooms including 29 gulf view suites and 50 bungalow suites plus more than 100,000 square feet of meeting and event space. 

Max Comess
Every room features a private, angled balcony with direct views of the Gulf.  Guests of the hotel have access to six on-site restaurants and bars, three heated outdoor pools with a 100-foot waterslide, a full-service luxury spa, 8,000-square-foot fitness center, business center and an award-winning tennis facility. 

The property is surrounded by 20 acres of a protected mangrove estuary intertwined with a system of bridges and elevated walking paths that afford access to three miles of beachfront on the Gulf of Mexico. 

The property is also immediately proximate to the renowned Waterside Shoppes, Southwest Florida’s most luxurious shopping mall.

Paul Hsu
The Naples Grande Golf Course is a highly-acclaimed, Rees Jones-designed private course located minutes from the hotel.  The 18-hole, par 72 course features 6,955 yards set among a lush landscape of native Florida pine hammocks, live oak, grand cypress trees, and brilliant water features.

  Originally completed in 2000, the course has been named one of North America’s “Top 100 Resort Courses” by Golfweek Magazine and named one of the “Top 50 Courses in Florida” with a 4.5 out of 5 star ranking by Golf Magazine.

               The HFF investment sales team representing the seller was led by senior managing director and head of HFF’s Hotel Group, Daniel C. Peek, directors Max Comess and Paul Hsu, and senior hospitality analysts Alexandra Lalos and Cyrus Vazifdar. 

Alexandra Lalos
               “The market for Florida oceanfront resorts is not only back, it’s thriving at a level that we have not seen since 2006 or 2007,” noted Peek.  “The story is not just about Miami anymore— investors and lenders are competing to enter all of the resort markets across the state.”

               Florida welcomed a record number of visitors during the second quarter, according to the most recent estimates released by Visit Florida, the state’s official tourism marketing corporation.  

From April through June this year, 23.4 million people visited the state, an increase of 2.6 percent over the same period in 2012.  The numbers include 19.7 million domestic visitors (+1.6% over 2012), 2.7 million overseas visitors (+9.3%) and 1 million Canadian arrivals (+4.9%). 

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Kristen M. Murphy
Associate Director
HFF | One Post Office Square, Suite 3500 | Boston, MA 02109
Main: 617-338-0990 | Direct: 617-848-1572 | Cell: 617-543-4873 | www.hfflp.com

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