July 29, 2015
Contributed Art/hotelpalomar-philadelphia.com
The Hotel Palomar in Center City has 230 rooms.
Florida hotel firm Xenia Hotels & Resorts announced Tuesday that it has purchased the 230-room Hotel Palomar in Center City.
The luxury hotel, located in a 1929 Art Deco-style building near Rittenhouse Square, will continue to be managed by Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants.
Xenia acquired Palomar and two other Kimpton-managed hotels in Portland, Oregon, and Santa Barbara, California, for a combined $245 million.
The Florida-based company said it was interested in the Palomar based on strong demand in the city. In June, Philadelphia hotels reached record-high occupancy rates and prices.
“Lodging demand in Philadelphia is strong and diverse, being driven by corporate, leisure and convention business, backed by the recently completed $800 million expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Center and substantial office space development in close proximity to the hotel,” the company said in a press release.
