June 5, 2006 - Tandy O. Lofland, president of the Intergroup
Companies, announced the recent completion of his firm�s latest assignment
� arranging equity and management for the 159-unit Sheraton prototype to
be developed at a prime location in south Jacksonville, FL. To be
owned and developed by a venture including Deerfield Hospitality Properties,
LLC and Driftwood Hospitality Management, the 5-story hotel will be among
the first of a new generation of Sheratons with newly designed rooms, commercial
areas, and technologies.
Features will include a Shula�s 347 steakhouse and three thousand square
feet of flexible meeting space.
Along with the hotel�s many corporate and institutional demand generators,
the Sheraton will be the closest full-service hotel to the Mayo Clinic
and the rapidly expanding University of North Florida.
Since
1980 Intergroup has developed or participated in hospitality and commercial
properties in the U.S., Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe, with
an emphasis on full-service, first-class and luxury hotels, resorts, and
mixed-use developments involving such hotel brands as Four Seasons, Hilton,
Sheraton, Hyatt, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Radisson, Homewood Suites,
and Hampton Inn.
Intergroup�s properties and projects number almost 100 with a total
value of well over $1 billion. |