Five factors that can kill good deals

You’ve done everything right. You have a cash-flowing hotel in a high-demand market, good operating history, a desirable flag and quality sponsor. You’re on top of property improvements, RevPAR is on point and you began your search for financing well before your mortgage matures. Somehow, you still haven’t found the right financing. What could you be missing?

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Iowa City project worth ‘hundreds of millions’ announced

Des Moines development firm Blackbird Investments plans to build an office, hotel and housing development on the north side of Iowa City, a project one company official said would be worth “hundreds of millions of dollars.” The project named Forest View would sit on about 55 acres in area known as “the Peninsula” sandwiched between Interstate 80 and the Iowa River, just west of North Dubuque Street.

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Finance Q&A with Rushi Shah

Q. I’m rebranding my hotel to a new flag. What are my financing options?

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