Four Seasons Resort and Residences sells for $121M

Vail’s Four Seasons Resort and Residences has traded hands for $121 million — just shy of $903,000 per hotel room.

A joint venture between New Yorkbased Extell Development Company and Chinese firm Parkland Holdings purchased the 134-key property from Barclays Capital in a deal arranged by CBRE Hotels.

The sales price — roughly $902,985 per key — is a record for a hotel/resort property in Colorado, according to a CBRE spokeswoman. The average sale price per room for hotels in the U.S. this year is $144,000.

The record price reflects both “the market’s stature and the product’s premium,” said Mark Darrington, senior vice president of CBRE Hotels.

Barclays had owned the resort since 2009, when it took control of the highprofile project from the original developer while it was still under construction.

“The Four Seasons’ world-class service, luxury finishes and robust amenity package position the hotel as a marquee and irreplaceable asset,” Darrington said in a statement.

The AAA Four Diamond hotel features 121 hotel guest rooms and 13 two-tofour bedroom condominiums that were initially envisioned as fractional units but are currently operating as hotel inventory. Amenities include a 14,935square-foot spa, more than 7,000 square feet of meeting and event space, Flame restaurant and The Remedy Bar. The resort also has ski valet facilities near the base of Vail’s Gondola One.

An active residential, commercial and hospitality developer, Extell is led by Gary Barnett, a well-known player in New York City luxury real estate. Among his New York credits are One57, a 90story glass residential tower that’s also home to the Park Hyatt, and the W Hotel in Times Square.

For Vail, the Four Seasons deal marks the second major resort transaction of the past 12 months.

In December, Los Angeles-based Laurus Corp. purchased the 292-room Vail Cascade Resort and Spa for approximately $90 million, almost immediately announcing plans for a $35 million renovation during the off-season.

On the hotel side, the Holiday Inn Vail also traded hands in January for $22.4 million. The new owner, a private East Coast investment group, is renovating and repositioning the hotel as a Double Tree, according to CBRE.

Nationwide, the average sales price in the luxury hotel market was $851,000 per room in 2015, according to data and analytics firm STR.