Melody Investment Advisors, an alternative asset manager focused on communications infrastructure, and Pebblebrook Hotel Trust announced an investment by Melody of cell-site installations with regards to 14 rooftop wireless assets at 11 of Pebblebrook’s hotels and resorts. In addition to Melody’s investment, Melody and Pebblebrook have also established a strategic marketing and revenue-sharing agreement covering the same 11 Pebblebrook properties.
“This arrangement positions us to generate additional revenue growth from a key, but underdeveloped, asset class that we have in our urban and resort lifestyle hotel portfolio: our rooftops,” said Max Leinweber and Jen Yager, vice presidents of investments at Pebblebrook. “Many of the rooftops within our 53-hotel portfolio are located in high-density metropolitan areas throughout the country. We can now provide the wireless communications industry a seamless and efficient process for anchoring their networks in high-value