Article: Equity Inns Completes Purchase of Three Hotels.

GERMANTOWN, Tenn. -- Equity Inns, Inc. (NYSE: ENN), a hotel real estate investment trust (REIT), today announced that it has finalized its purchase of three hotels in two separate transactions. Equity Inns completed the purchase of two hotels in Jacksonville, Florida, including an 81-room Marriott Courtyard and a 78-suite Residence Inns by Marriott, for approximately $12.5 million. Separately, the Company closed on the acquisition of a 93-room Courtyard by Marriott in Bowling Green, Kentucky, for $6.9 million. Equity Inns expects both transactions to have a positive impact on its 2005 funds from operations.

As previously disclosed, the two properties in ...

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