News for the Property Industry

MEDIA RELEASE 26th September 2002

2002 Australia & New Zealand Hotel Investment Conference - Sales Summary

There was no more appropriate venue for the annual hotel industry conference than the recently sold ANA Hotel in Sydney. All Nippon Airways had only just finalised the sale of the prominent hotel to GIC Real Estate for the largest amount ever paid for an Australian hotel. (GIC RE also purchased the Westin Hotel earlier this year and is the owner of other Sydney property assets such as the 175 Liverpool Street office tower, and a majority share in the landmark Queen Victoria Building).

Industry heavyweights turned out in numbers and many also participated in the numerous debates and discussions chaired during the course of the day-long get together.

The ANA provided the perfect introduction to the subject of recent sales and Sonnenblick-Goldman Company compiled an extensive list of the most prominent transactions from Australia and New Zealand. Important post September 11 US hotel sales were also tabled and analysed.

As noted earlier, the two largest Australia/New Zealand sales during the 2001/2002 financial year were the ANA Harbour Grand and the Westin Hotel, both in Sydney. The ANA Harbour Grand in the Rocks sold for $207 million and the Westin Hotel in Sydney's former GPO sold for $170 million. When analysed on a per room basis, the Westin Hotel achieved a substantially higher price of $409,000 compared to $368,000 for the ANA.

The next highest was the Hotel du Vin in New Zealand which was sold for $9 million, representing $199,000 per room.

In the US, the largest sale since September 11 has been the Boston Marriott which sold for $214 million, while the highest sale per room is the Hotel Delmonico in New York which sold for $756,000 per room.

 

Australia New Zealand Hotel Sales 2001/2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sale Price

Rate per Room

 

 

 

 

(Million $AUS)

(Thousand $AUS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Westin Hotel Sydney

 

 

 

170

409

ANA Harbour Grand Sydney

 

 

 

207

368

Hotel du Vin Auckland

 

 

 

9

199

Parkroyal St Kilda Rd Melbourne

 

 

 

38

171

Hyatt Regency Sanctuary Cove

 

 

 

35

142

Terrace Hotel Perth

 

 

 

14

112

Holiday Inn St Kilda Rd Melbourne

 

 

 

23

98

Courtyard by Marriott Palm Cove

 

 

 

16

85

Country Comfort Lennons Brisbane

 

 

 

10

64

Hotel Sales for Residential Conversion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Savoy Sydney

 

 

 

23

308

Landmark Parkroyal Hotel Sydney

 

 

 

92

195

The Rex Hotel Sydney

 

 

 

43

169

Cambridge Park Inn Sydney

 

 

 

23

134

Oxford Koala Inn Sydney

 

 

 

40

114

Sebel Hotel Parramatta

 

 

 

18

103

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Sales Over $20m Since September 11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sale Price

Rate per Room

 

 

 

 

(Million $US)

(Thousand $US)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotel Delmonico New York

 

 

 

115

756

Laguna Beach Colony

 

 

 

190

731

La Costa Resort California

 

 

 

120

250

Algonquin Hotel New York

 

 

 

42

239

Ambassador

 

 

 

100

200

San Francisco Courtyard

 

 

 

77

190

Bridgewater Marriott New Jersey

 

 

 

66

190

Boston Marriott

 

 

 

214

188

Ritz Carlton Mirage Palm Springs

 

 

 

41

172

Marriott Vail Resort Colorado

 

 

 

50

166

Oakland Courtyard

 

 

 

21

132

Baltimore Courtyard

 

 

 

26

127

Wyndam Myrtle Beach

 

 

 

35

92

Hilton Inn Tampa

 

 

 

21

86

NB - Sales compiled by Sonnenblick-Goldman Company


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