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Waldorf Astoria New York — Hilton to Anbang

Waldorf Astoria New York · 1413 keys · Luxury

The New York Times / Hilton announcement, Oct 2014

Hilton sold the 1,413-key Waldorf Astoria New York to Anbang Insurance Group for $1.95 billion. Later conversion reduced hotel keys. PPK uses the 2014 room count. This is a trophy going-concern sale, not a rooms-only select-service comp.

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b2 / YVE Hotel Miami — Host Hotels acquisition

YVE Hotel Miami · 242 keys · Upscale

Host IR: $57.5 million for the 242-room fee-simple b2 miami downtown hotel. Later rebranded YVE.

Host Hotels & Resorts IR / PR Newswire, October 6, 2014 (closed August 2014)

Host announced it acquired the 242-room fee-simple b2 miami downtown hotel for $57.5 million. Subsequent Host materials date the close to August 2014 and the later YVE identity. Downtown Biscayne independent — not a South Beach luxury tape. Day-of-month not named in the release; Harbor uses the first of August rather than inventing a closing day.

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The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas — Deutsche Bank to Blackstone

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas · 3027 keys · Luxury

Hotel-casino going-concern. Not a rooms-only boutique tape.

The New York Times DealBook, May 2014

Blackstone agreed to buy The Cosmopolitan from Deutsche Bank for $1.73 billion. Hotel-casino. Use as a structure-aware Strip tape, not a 120-key independent comp. Later 2022 MGM consideration is a different capital stack.

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