SC Capital Partners buys hotel in Kagoshima, Japan

SC Capital Partners has acquired a hotel in Kagoshima, Japan through its Japan Hospitality Fund I.

Located in central Kagoshima, the 165-room hotel will undergo a comprehensive rebranding strategy, operational enhancements, refurbishment and asset enhancement initiatives.

As part of its repositioning strategy, the hotel will be rebranded as an Oriental Express hotel, a brand under affiliated entity Hotel Management Japan, which is set to take on the hotel’s operations.

In 2023, it formed a consortium with a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Goldman Sachs Asset Management to acquire a portfolio of 27 resort hotels in Japan for $900 million