PORTLAND, OR-Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has acquired the Hotel Modera for $47.5 million. The 174-room, urban, boutique, upper upscale, full service hotel is located in downtown Portland. The property will be managed by OLS Hotels and Resorts. As a part of this transaction, Pebblebrook is assuming a $23.7 million secured, non-recourse loan, with the balance of the purchase price being self-funded.

“We're thrilled to acquire the Hotel Modera in the west coast gateway city of Portland and expand our presence in the highly-desirable downtown Portland market,” said Jon Bortz, chairman and CEO of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. “This distinctive hotel benefits from its central downtown location, consistently high occupancy levels and strong positive cash flows. The hotel is located within one block of Portland Plaza, five blocks from both the Portland Art Museum and the Tom McCall Waterfront Park, and a half mile from Pebblebrook's Hotel Vintage Plaza Portland. The already healthy operating performance of the property, coupled with a strong rebound in demand fundamentals and the implementation of Pebblebrook's best practice and asset management initiatives, makes the Hotel Modera a great investment opportunity for our company.”

The 174-room Hotel Modera is well-located between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue on Clay Street, just steps from fine restaurants, art galleries, museums and nightlife venues. The hotel is also proximate to major area tenants, including US Bank, Deloitte, NRC, Wells Fargo, Intel, Nike, Providence Health Systems, Portland State University and other top-tier institutions. Downtown Portland is one of the most successfully integrated downtown districts in the country, with more than 10 million square feet of class A office space, over 3,500 condominium and residential units, accessible parks and outdoor venues, over 800 retail shops, two large urban malls and one of the best multimodal transportation networks in the nation. Portland is also home to the Oregon Convention Center, the largest convention center in the Pacific Northwest, which hosts over 650 events and more than 700,000 visitors annually.