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HALIFAX, March 20, 2017 /CNW/ – Holloway Lodging Corporation (TSX: HLC, HLC.DB, HLC.DB.A) (“Holloway”) is pleased to announce that it has sold the Travelodge® hotel located in Belleville, ON.
The sale price for the hotel was $7.0 million representing a cap rate of approximately 4.2% (after adding back to net operating income certain one-time severance and restructuring expenses incurred in 2016). The gain or loss on the sale of this property is expected to be nominal as the sale price, net of anticipated disposition costs, was approximately the same as the net book value of the property. Holloway will use the sale proceeds to repay the mortgage on the property and will hold the remaining sale proceeds as cash on hand.
ABOUT HOLLOWAY LODGING CORPORATION
Holloway is a real estate corporation focused on acquiring, owning and operating select and limited service lodging properties and a small complement of full service hotels primarily in secondary, tertiary and suburban markets. Holloway owns 33 hotels with 3,754 rooms. Holloway’s shares and debentures trade on the TSX under the symbols HLC, HLC.DB and HLC.DB.A.
This press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking information may relate to Holloway’s future outlook and anticipated events or results and may include statements regarding Holloway’s future financial position, business strategy, financial results, plans and objectives. In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by terms such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “expect”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “intend”, “estimate”, “predict”, “potential”, “continue” or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Forward-looking information is subject to certain factors, including risks and uncertainties, that could cause actual results to differ materially from what Holloway currently expects and there can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate. Some of these risks and uncertainties are described under “Risk Factors” in Holloway’s annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2016 which is available on Holloway’s profile on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. Holloway does not intend to update or revise any such forward-looking information should its assumptions and estimates change.
SOURCE Holloway Lodging Corporation
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