Westshore Hampton sells ... again

TAMPA — For the second time in two years, the Hampton Inn in Tampa's Westshore District has changed hands, but this time at a 24% discount.

EH Tampa Westshore LLC, a company affiliated with Dallas-based Encore Enterprises, closed on the 133-room hotel at 4817 W. Laurel St., Thursday for $12 million. That's less than the $15.8 million Leeward Strategic Properties purchased the hotel for in April 2013.

Encore, which describes itself on its website as a diversified commercial real estate investment firm, bought the property through an $11 million mortgage with General Electric Capital Corp., according to Hillsborough County property records.