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VICI Properties, Inc. has provided a loan for up to $287.9 million to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. to develop a Great Wolf Lodge resort in Mashantucket, CT.

VICI Properties’ $288M Loan Gets Construction Howling at Great Wolf Lodge in Mashantucket

VICI Properties, Inc., an experiential real estate investment trust, has agreed to provide a construction loan for up to $287.9 million to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. to develop a Great Wolf Lodge resort located in Mashantucket, CT.

This transaction represents VICI Properties, Inc.’s fourth loan investment with Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. for a total capital commitment of $553.4 million.

The 549-room park venue will sit adjacent to the Foxwoods Resort Casino. Construction begun on February 1; guests are expected by mid-2025.

The resort, which is being built as part of a partnership agreement with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, will be situated on 13-acres and feature a 91,000 square-foot indoor water park and a 61,000-square-foot family entertainment center.

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc., in conjunction with shareholders Blackstone and Centerbridge Partners, will be making a $25,000 donation to the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center to assist in sharing the history, stories and traditions of the Mashantucket Pequot culture.

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Lisa McDuffie arrives at ConnectCRE via REALTOR® world, where she served for nearly two decades as communications director for one of the nation’s largest REALTOR® organizations. She supported two membership-elected presidents who were commercial real estate practitioners, and managed the communications initiatives of the organization’s commercial special interest group. When not following the latest commercial real estate news, Lisa is zeroed in on her charismatic off-the-track thoroughbred as she makes the transition from an utterly failed racehorse to a lovely show hunter.

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