Hotel Development Process – Part 3: It’s All About the Benjamins
In the first two posts of this series, we reviewed the key aspects of location and brand selection. We now turn to how to finance a hotel development. Financing Once a site has been [...]
Hotel Development Process – Part 2: Brands, Brands, and More Brands!
In the first post of this series, we reviewed selecting the ideal location for your hotel. We now turn to identifying the appropriate brand. Although operating as an independent hotel is an option (more [...]
Hotel Development Process – Part 1: So You Want to Develop a Hotel
The hotel development process is different from developing other types of asset classes because hotels are operating businesses and as such, a sophisticated operator can be required to maximize performance and asset value. This [...]
The ABCs of the Hotel Sector (Part II)
Understanding Underlying Synergies is Key to the Evolving Hotel-Retail Real Estate Relationship As with Part I, this article is based on a recent interview with Marc Potash of the San Diego-based hotel management company Sea [...]
The ABCs of the Hotel Sector (Part I)
What Retail Real Estate Should Know About This Emerging Space Use As retail real estate locates closer to and/or incorporates other property types, the shopping center industry is carefully considering the synergies between retail [...]