RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (NYSE: APLE) (“Apple Hospitality” or the
“Company”) today announced that it has closed on the previously
announced acquisition of a 245-room Courtyard® by Marriott® in San
Diego, CA for a purchase price of $56 million, or approximately $229,000
per key.
“We are pleased to add the recently renovated Courtyard San Diego
Central to our portfolio of upscale hotels and increase our presence in
the dynamic San Diego market,” said Nelson Knight, Executive Vice
President and Chief Investment Officer for Apple Hospitality REIT. “San
Diego’s economy is diversified across numerous leisure and corporate
demand generators and we believe this hotel is well positioned for
future growth.”
In addition to popular leisure activities, the San Diego market provides
a wealth of diverse demand generators with an economy marked by a strong
military concentration, technology industries and innovative life
science research and healthcare organizations. The Courtyard® San Diego
Central, located at 8651 Spectrum Center Boulevard in San Diego, is
convenient to Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego State University, the
University of California San Diego, the San Diego Zoo, Marine Corps Air
Station Miramar, SeaWorld San Diego, the Gaslamp Quarter, downtown San
Diego and San Diego’s beaches. Hotel industry fundamentals have
continued to accelerate across the San Diego market and according to
data provided by Smith Travel Research (STR), RevPAR improved by 10.7
percent for the first six months of 2015 as compared to the same period
of 2014.
Following this acquisition, the Apple Hospitality portfolio includes 177
hotels, with approximately 22,750 guestrooms, geographically diversified
across 32 states.
About Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (NYSE: APLE) is a publicly traded real
estate investment trust (REIT) that owns one of the largest portfolios
of upscale, select service hotels in the United States. The Company’s
portfolio consists of 177 hotels, with approximately 22,750 guestrooms,
diversified across the Hilton® and Marriott® families of brands with
locations in urban, high-end suburban and developing markets across 32
states. For more information, please visit www.applehospitalityreit.com.
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different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or
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are not limited to, the ability of Apple Hospitality to effectively
acquire and dispose of properties; the ability of Apple Hospitality to
implement its operating strategy; changes in general political, economic
and competitive conditions and specific market conditions; adverse
changes in the real estate and real estate capital markets; financing
risks; the outcome of current and future litigation; regulatory
proceedings or inquiries; and changes in laws or regulations or
interpretations of current laws and regulations that impact Apple
Hospitality’s business, assets or classification as a real estate
investment trust. Although Apple Hospitality believes that the
assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained herein
are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate, and
therefore there can be no assurance that such statements included in
this press release will prove to be accurate. In light of the
significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements
included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be
regarded as a representation by Apple Hospitality or any other person
that the results or conditions described in such statements or the
objectives and plans of Apple Hospitality will be achieved. In addition,
Apple Hospitality’s qualification as a real estate investment trust
involves the application of highly technical and complex provisions of
the Internal Revenue Code. Readers should carefully review Apple
Hospitality’s financial statements and the notes thereto, as well as the
risk factors described in Apple Hospitality’s filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, in
the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the periods ended June 30, 2015. Any forward-looking
statement that Apple Hospitality makes speaks only as of the date of
this press release. Apple Hospitality undertakes no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or cautionary
factors, as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise,
except as required by law.
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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.
Kelly Clarke, Director of Investor
Services
804-727-6321
kclarke@applereit.com
Source: Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.