Anglo Irish Bank provided the financing, with a $157.7-millionposition in the deal and a $55-million subordinate position sold toApollo Real Estate Finance Corp. and a $150-million senior positionto CIBC.

Ben Singer, senior vice president with Jones Lang LaSalle,arranged the financing for Thor. "We took this property out to abroad, yet targeted group of lenders that we knew offered certaintyof closing," Singer says in a statement.

Thor purchased the 23-story hotel in August 2005 from HiltonHotels Corp. for $215.4 million. Thor has already started therenovation program, which includes a lobby redevelopment,consolidating three restaurants into one.

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