CDOR News and Press, Condor Hospitality Trust Inc. From 07/20/20

Merger activity increased last week with three new deals announced and one deal closing. The biggest highlight for last week was the acquisition of Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM) by Analog Devices (ADI) in an all-stock deal for $21 billion, which is the largest deal so far this year. The...

Merger activity increased last week with two new deals announced and one deal closing. After receiving necessary approvals, Caesars Entertainment Corporation (CZR) and Standard Diversified (SDI) are on track to closing their deals in the near future. For a brief moment of time, on March 18, ...

REIT Rankings: Hotels (Hoya Capital Real Estate, Co-Produced with Brad Thomas ) Hotel REIT Sector Overview "No vacancy" has become "no occupancy" for Hotel REITs in 2020, which have been hit harder than any property sector during the coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic l...

Merger activity remained steady last week with one new deal announced, six deals closing and one deal called off. The month of June ended with six active deals being completed and another deal terminated, resulting in a total of five deals terminated in a single month. June was also the most...

Merger activity decreased last week with two new deals announced, and one deal closing. One of the two new deals announced last week was on our list of potential deals and the other one was a "going private" transaction. According to Reuters, Australian antitrust regulators expressed conc...

After just one new deal announced in the prior four weeks, merger activity increased last week with three new deals announced, three deals closing, and one suitor attempting to walk away from a deal. Simon Property Group ( SPG ) attempted to walk away from its acquisition of Taubman Centers ...

Merger activity increased last week with one new deal announced, three deals closing and two deals called off. While two terminated deals in one week is a lot, the news was not all bad as one of those terminations was because the company received a better offer. Just when we thought the bidd...

Merger activity ground to a halt last week with no new deals announced, three deals closing and one deal called off. This is the third week in the month of May with no new deals announced. There were however, two potential deals announced last week. The COVID-19 pandemic caused another deal ...

Looking at lodging-specific REITs, I wouldn’t blame you if the Eagles’ “Hotel California” comes to mind. Do you feel as if, as the song goes, you’ve been “on a dark, desert highway” since late February? Are you seeing shimmering lights in ...

Merger activity remained stuck in neutral last week with no new deals announced and no deals closing. We did have one deal enter into litigation, and arbitrageurs are watching it closely to see if the courts can force the acquiring company to close the deal on the original terms. There were ...