October 15, 2014 - MONTERREY, Mexico - Deutsche Bank México, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, División Fiduciaria F/1616 o Fibra Inn (BMV: FINN13) (“Fibra Inn” or “the Company”), a Mexican real estate investment trust specializing in the hotel industry serving the business traveler, today announced that it concluded the construction of 50 rooms in the Camino Real Guanajuato Hotel and 104 rooms at the Marriott Puebla Hotel, which comprised the expansion projects at these properties.
In the Camino Real Guanajuato Hotel, the investment that had been allocated to this project was Ps. 48.7 million. The project had a one-year duration and it began to generate room revenue beginning August 27. It is expected that the addition of these rooms will contribute to the NOI increase of the hotel and the Company expects a stabilized cap rate of 9.2%. This property has a total of 155 rooms.
In the Marriott Puebla Hotel, a Ps. 94.5 million investment was allocated to this project. This project had a 13-month duration and it began to generate room revenue beginning September 29. Additionally, the Executive Lounge and Gym spaces were expanded and the sales offices were relocated, which allowed for an improved Business Center. The addition of rooms is estimated to contribute to the NOI increase of the hotel with an expected stabilized cap rate of 10.1%. This property has 296 rooms.
Currently, Fibra Inn has a total of 5,530 rooms, of which 886 are in acquisition agreement processes and 645 are under construction. The portfolio has 33 properties that include 3 developments.
To date, the construction of 540 rooms of the three developments continues as well as the 105 rooms in the Holiday Inn Tampico Altamira Hotel. These 105 rooms are expected to generate revenues for the second quarter of 2015.
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