VM Hotel Acquisition Corp. (VMH) announced that its proposed qualifying acquisition of a USD 411 million portfolio of five premier hotels, consisting of 2,079 keys in four cities and two countries, to create an initial cross-border North American portfolio of high-quality hotel properties. Following the Qualifying Acquisition, VMH will be a publicly-traded real estate operating company (REOC), allowing investors to participate in a long-term real estate strategy of acquiring and growing a portfolio of high quality, iconic and well-located upper- upscale and luxury North American hotel and resort properties at a discount to their stabilized values and replacement costs.

The USD 411 million purchase price is expected to be funded through a combination of approximately USD 260 million of mortgage financing and USD 20 million raised through the issuance of VMH shares to a vendor, with the remaining portion funded through cash on hand and the PIPE Investment.