JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group has advised on the sale of the Prince Smart Inn Osaka Yodoyabashi to a special purpose vehicle established by CREAL.
Prince Smart Inn Osaka Yodoyabashi is a 312-room accommodation-focused hotel in Osaka, Japan, under Seibu Prince Hotels & Resorts. The property is about a one minute walk from Yodoyabashi Station on the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line, providing excellent connectivity to Osaka’s key business and commercial districts, The property is designed to cater to the digital-native traveler, offering a fully integrated, smartphone-based guest experience from reservation through to checkout.
“This transaction highlights the depth of investor appetite for high-quality hotel assets in Osaka’s core business districts,” said James Yukio Abe, managing director, investment sales Japan, JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group. “In addition to its prime Yodoyabashi location, the asset benefits from a differentiated operati
