Investor to loan firm $3.4M to buy historic St. James Hotel

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April 9, 2019

A real estate investor says it is loaning a hotel operator $3.4 million to buy a historic hotel in Selma.

American South Real Estate Fund said Monday that it has closed a loan with Rhaglan Hospitality to fund the purchase of the St. James Hotel. Birmingham-based Rhaglan plans to operate the hotel as part of Hilton’s Tapestry Collection.

Rhaglan says the now-shuttered St. James, owned by the city of Selma, is the last surviving antebellum riverfront hotel in the Southeast.

The hotel reopened in 1997, but it has been a financial drain on city government.

A series of other purchase offers have fallen through.

The company plans to hire 40 employees. Local leaders hope the reopening will boost tourism.

Rhaglan previously redeveloped the Redmont Hotel in downtown Birmingham.

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