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HOUSTON, Texas—JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group announced that it has completed the sale of the Moran Hotel CITYCENTRE, a 244-room lifestyle hotel positioned within Houston’s 47-acre CITYCENTRE mixed-use district.
JLL represented the seller, Midway, in the transaction. MetroNational acquired the asset in a joint venture.
Property Details
The Moran Hotel occupies a prominent location in CITYCENTRE, Houston’s mixed-use neighborhood developed by Midway. The walkable, amenitized environment includes more than 400,000 square feet of retail, over 1,500 multifamily units, a 140,000-square-foot fitness facility, and nearly 1.5 million square feet of Class A office space.
The hotel provides an extensive range of amenities, including a comprehensive food and beverage program with five outlets, approximately 15,750 combined square feet of meeting space, an outdoor pool overlooking the CITYCENTRE Green, and a fitness center. The property opened in 2009 as Hotel Sorella before rebranding as the Moran in 2020.
Most recently, the hotel completed a multimillion-dollar renovation in 2024, which included upgrades to guestrooms, food and beverage outlets, and common areas. The hotel opens directly to the CITYCENTRE Green gathering space, which hosts live music and generates activated pedestrian flow to the hotel’s ground-floor retail and food and beverage offerings.
In addition to the 244-room inventory, the offering included 22 condominium units located on Floors 11-12 and 14,645 square feet of ground-floor retail fully leased to Daily Gather and Yard House. Food and beverage outlets include Café Moran, The Allegory Bar, and The Board Room, a grab-and-go concept, which opened in the summer of 2025.
Statements From Leadership
The JLL Investment Sales and Advisory team was led by Senior Managing Directors Colby Mueck and Ryan West and Directors Greyson Fewin and Robby Westerfield.
“We are pleased to have facilitated this transaction in Houston’s thriving CITYCENTRE district,” Fewin said. “The property’s recent renovation and strategic position within this dynamic live-work-play destination made it an attractive acquisition for MetroNational.”
Westerfield added, “This sale underscores the strength of West Houston’s lodging market and the appeal of lifestyle hotels in well-amenitized, walkable environments. The Moran Hotel offers significant upside potential in a submarket that continues to outperform.”
