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First La Quinta Inn Opens in New York

NEW YORK CITY-The 72-room limited-service airport hotel marks the chain's local debut. La Quinta scored the franchise deal after the building was sold in mid-construction for $7.2 million.

By John Howe | Updated on August 30, 2001

NEW YORK CITY-La Quinta Inns opened its first hotel in the New York metropolitan area last Saturday, a 72-room, newly constructed property in Jamaica, Queens.

The chain’s New York entry was anything but conventional. The property, located at 153-95 Rockaway Blvd., was slightly more than 75% built when local hotel developer Sam Chen and Hersha Hospitality of Cumberland, PA sold it to Long Island based-Airport SAI Hospitality for $7.2 million. La Quinta became involved shortly thereafter when the new owners decided to franchise the four-story hotel. Deirdre Murphy of the Wilder Group, Great Neck, NY, brokered the sale.

Airport SAI is paying a $45,000 pre-opening fee to operate the limited-service hotel under the La Quinta flag as well as a royalty of 4% to 4.5% of gross room revenue, plus 2.5% of gross room revenue to support national marketing efforts and another 2% to support reservation operations.

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