10.16.15

The Marcus Corporation Completes Sale of Hotel Phillips in Kansas City, Mo.

Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 16, 2015….. The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS) today announced it has completed the previously announced sale of the Hotel Phillips in Kansas City, Mo. to an affiliate of Chicago-based Arbor Lodging Partners. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The sale is consistent with the company’s overall corporate strategy of constantly evaluating all of its owned hotels to ensure it is maximizing shareholder value, while also focusing on growth through new management contracts. The Marcus Corporation successfully owned and managed the 217-room Hotel Phillips for the past 14 years.

Jameson and Company of Downers Grove, Ill., in cooperation with HotelBrokerOne, assisted The Marcus Corporation in the transaction.

About The Marcus Corporation
Celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2015, The Marcus Corporation is a leader in the lodging and entertainment industries, with significant company-owned real estate assets. The Marcus Corporation’s theatre division, Marcus Theatres®, currently owns or manages 675 screens at 54 locations in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and Ohio. Following the sale of the Hotel Phillips, the company’s lodging division, Marcus® Hotels & Resorts, owns and/or manages 19 hotels, resorts and other properties in 10 states. The company is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.marcuscorp.com.

About Arbor Lodging Partners
Arbor Lodging Partners is a Chicago-based national owner and operator of hotels. The company was founded in 2005 with the goal of uniting the best practices of enterprising hotel operators and sophisticated institutional investors to effectively underwrite and execute investments in the lodging space. Arbor Lodging Partners makes investments in hotels, acquires loans secured by hotels, and, through its affiliate NVN Hotels, manages operations for its own hotels and those owned by third-parties. To learn more about Arbor Lodging Partners visit http://www.arborlodging.com. To learn more about NVN Hotels, visit http://www.nvnhotels.com.

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