SAN FRANCISCO-LaSalle Hotel Properties, Bethesda, Md., has acquired the Serrano Hotel at 405 Taylor Street in the city's Theater Disttrict. The purchase price was $71.5 million, and the company funded the transaction with borrowings from its senior unsecured credit facility.

The 236-room, full-service Serrano Hotel is located three blocks from Union Square and within a few blocks of the Moscone Convention Center. The hotel is surrounded by numerous amenities, including restaurants, retail offerings and vibrant nightlife. The Financial District, Chinatown, Grace Cathedral, Nob Hill and Sony Metreon are all within walking distance of the property. The property is also proximate to the emerging corporate demand driven by technology-related tenants in the South of Market (“SoMa”) and Mid-Market areas.

The Serrano Hotel's 236-rooms include 19 suites which average 500 square-feet. The property also features Jasper's Corner Tap & Kitchen, which opened in 2011 and has been extremely well-received by visitors and locals. The asset includes 2,553 square-feet of meeting space in five flexible meeting and banquet rooms. Built in 1928, the building was closed in 1998 and completely renovated. It reopened as the Serrano Hotel in 1999.