Blackstone Real Estate to Acquire Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor from Allegiant Travel Company for $200 Million
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Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT) has announced the sale of its Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor to Blackstone Real Estate (NYSE: BX) for $200 million. The transaction involves a newly-built resort featuring 785 rooms across 22 waterfront acres on Florida's Gulf Coast.
The resort includes extensive amenities such as multiple dining venues, two pools, a spa, fitness center, rooftop adult pool and bar, a championship golf course, and over 60,000 square feet of indoor meeting space. Allegiant plans to use the proceeds to repay debt and strengthen its balance sheet. The deal is expected to close in Q3 2025, subject to customary conditions.
Positive
- Sale price of $200 million provides significant capital for debt reduction
- Strategic focus on core airline business through asset divestiture
- Balance sheet improvement through debt repayment
- Clean exit from non-core hospitality business
Negative
- Loss of potential revenue stream from hospitality operations
- Exit from diversification strategy into hospitality sector
News Market Reaction – ALGT
On the day this news was published, ALGT declined 8.09%, reflecting a notable negative market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
With 785 rooms spanning 22 waterfront acres on the Gulf Coast of
Scott Trebilco, Senior Managing Director at Blackstone Real Estate, said: "The acquisition of this brand new, highly-amenitized resort demonstrates our strong conviction in hospitality and travel and the continued growth in group-oriented destinations. Allegiant has built a fantastic property and we look forward to bringing our extensive experience with large scale resorts to Sunseeker."
"Blackstone's extensive hospitality holdings and their execution capabilities make them the ideal counterparty for this transaction and also to help realize the full potential of Sunseeker Resort," said Gregory C. Anderson, CEO at Allegiant Travel Company. "Furthermore, it supports Allegiant's strategy centered around the airline and we plan to use the proceeds from the sale to repay debt and strengthen our balance sheet."
Barclays served as financial advisor to Allegiant on this transaction.
The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2025, subject to satisfying customary conditions.
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