Equity Inns (NYSE:ENN)
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Equity Inns, Inc. (NYSE: ENN), the third largest hotel
real estate investment trust (REIT), today announced the completion of
the purchase of three hotels, previously announced on July 27, 2006.
The three hotels have a combined 378 rooms and were purchased for
approximately $69,000 per key. Two of the hotels are SpringHill Suites
by Marriott located in the Texas markets of San Antonio and Houston,
while the third is a Fairfield Inn & Suites located in Atlanta
(Vinings) directly across from Home Depot's world headquarters.
In separate transactions, Equity Inns, sold two 20 year-old
Hampton Inn properties. The Company sold its 132-room Hampton Inn
Denver (Aurora), Colorado for $3.8 million, which equates to an
average cap rate of approximately 2.9% based upon trailing twelve
months net operating income. This property will be removed from the
Hampton system. The other hotel sold by the Company is a 122-room
property located in North Little Rock, Arkansas and was sold for a
total price of $4.4 million or a cap rate of approximately 7.7% based
upon the property's trailing twelve months net operating income.
The sale of both of these properties is consistent with Equity
Inns' continued focus on upgrading the Company's portfolio with newer,
higher growth potential assets while disposing of non-core, older
hotels.
The Company also sold a 3.5 acre land tract that it owned in the
Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, Utah for $2.0 million. The Company
originally bought the land in 1999 for the purpose of developing a 200
room Marriott Hotel. Due to market and economic feasibility issues in
the area, the Company opted to sell the land rather than pursue its
development.
About Equity Inns
Equity Inns, Inc. is a self-advised REIT that focuses on the
upscale extended stay, all-suite and midscale limited-service segments
of the hotel industry. The Company, which ranks as the third largest
hotel REIT based on number of hotels, currently owns 127 hotels with
15,215 rooms located in 35 states. For more information about Equity
Inns, visit the Company's Web site at www.equityinns.com.