Hotel near Fla. casino will elevate kosher service

A boutique hotel planned for 2022 near the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., will be the first to provide kosher accommodations year-round and not just on Jewish holidays, a developer says. Features of the 100-room Wyndham Dolce Kosher House Hotel will include a rooftop restaurant meeting Kashrut dietary rules and touchless elevators and room service. Both buyers and sellers of commercial real estate are seeing value in off-market transactions, such as Apple Hospitality REIT’s recent $126 million acquisition of a three-asset portfolio. There are good reasons for both sides of the transaction to consider off-market deals, but as Marc Imrem of Transwestern notes, finding opportunities can be a challenge. “This is where relationships and communication become valuable,” Imrem says.