Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the 821-room Hyatt Regency San Francisco to funds affiliated with Blackstone Real Estate for a gross sale price of $279 million, or approximately $340,000 per key.
The sale price represents a 21.4x multiple on hotel adjusted EBITDAre and a 3.5% cap rate on hotel net operating income for the trailing 12-month period ending May 31, 2026.
In anticipation of the sale, the Sunstone deployed nearly $70 million of the sale proceeds into the discounted repurchase of its common and preferred stock during 2026. As part of the accretive buyback activity, the company repurchased 4.4 million shares of its common stock at an average price of $9.24 per share, for an aggregate repurchase amount before expenses of $40.5 million, and 1.4 million combined shares of Series H and Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred stock at an average price of $20.37 per share, for an aggregate repurchase amount before expenses of $27.8 million.
The company is evaluating additional opportunities to deploy the remaining proceeds from the sale in a manner that will provide shareholders with the best risk-adjusted return. It expects the transaction to close in late July or early August and will provide additional details regarding the disposition, including the expected impact on the full-year outlook, as part of its upcoming quarterly earnings release in early August.
“We are pleased to announce the disposition of Hyatt Regency San Francisco and our ability to realize an attractive private market value for a lower-yielding asset,” said Bryan A. Giglia, CEO, Sunstone Hotel Investors. “To date, we have successfully redeployed nearly $70 million of the proceeds into the repurchase of our common and preferred stock, at discounts to net asset value and liquidation value. The sale is consistent with our strategy of more actively managing the portfolio to capitalize on higher private market values and recycle the proceeds into more accretive options on a risk-adjusted basis.”
He continued, “While we have already generated value by deploying a portion of the proceeds, the remaining liquidity increases our flexibility and facilitates our ability to reinvest in a manner that will provide our investors with superior returns and greater per-share NAV growth. The board and management remain committed to maximizing value for shareholders and pursuing any alternative that would reasonably be expected to result in value creation.”
Eastdil Secured marketed the hotel and served as exclusive broker for the sale. Additionally, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC continues to serve as financial advisor to the company.
