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Austin hotel market

2 stories · First covered Mar 21, 2026 · Latest 1h ago
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Hyatt Bought South Congress Hotel Four Months Ago. Now Everyone Who Works There Is Losing Their Job.

Hyatt Bought South Congress Hotel Four Months Ago. Now Everyone Who Works There Is Losing Their Job.

Hyatt is gutting an 83-room Austin boutique it acquired in December, closing for a year-long renovation and terminating nearly every employee. The part nobody's talking about is what this tells you about how major brands treat the humans inside the buildings they buy.

Chatham's Capital Recycling Math Is the Sharpest Play in Lodging REITs Right Now

Chatham's Capital Recycling Math Is the Sharpest Play in Lodging REITs Right Now

Chatham sold hotels averaging 25 years old at 27% EBITDA margins and bought hotels averaging 10 years old at 42% margins. The per-key math on that swap tells you everything about where this REIT is headed.