---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-327827"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APLE"
cik: "0001418121"
company_name: "Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-12-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:24:13.784345+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Apple Hospitality REIT acquires Motto by Hilton Nashville Downtown for $98.2M

## Summary
- Acquired 260-room Motto by Hilton Nashville Downtown for $98.2M ($378K per key), newly constructed.
- Acquisition secured via fixed-price take-out contract ahead of development at attractive per-key price.
- Nashville CBD/Downtown submarket RevPAR $211 (TTM Oct 2025), ~110% above industry average.
- Portfolio expands to 217 hotels (29,580 rooms) across 37 states + DC.
- Motto brand complements existing rooms-focused portfolio; located near Broadway and major venues.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-327827
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APLE
- cik: 0001418121
- company_name: Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-12-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418121/000119312525327827/0001193125-25-327827-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418121/000119312525327827/aple-20251219.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-327827
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-327827.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-327827.txt

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