Virginia-based group acquires Plaza Hotel in Longmont

LONGMONT — A Virginia-based hotel management group has acquired the 210-room Best Western Plus Plaza Hotel and a restaurant space that for the past four years has been leased to Smokin’ Dave’s Bar-B-Q and Taphouse in Longmont from Pratt Management Co.

Chester, Va.-based Shamin Hotels purchased the hotel and restaurant for $11.5 million in a deal finalized last Wednesday, said Sunil Patel, Shamin’s area manager. Patel told BizWest Monday that the company plans to renovate the hotel and conference center. Shamin will manage the 36,000-square-foot Plaza Convention Center for Chernoff Boulder Properties, which purchased the convention center…