Hotels and Hospitality

The hospitality industry’s intricate legal environment has found a specialized advocate in David Helbraun, whose unconventional journey from teenage bartender to founding chairman of t...

New York City’s property tax system, in place since 1981, faces mounting pressure for reform as litigation and legislative proposals advance. The combination of court challenges, governmen...

The real estate development industry has undergone significant changes over the past four decades, from the rapid growth of suburban retail in the 1980s to the rise of urban adaptive reuse a...

The office development industry is confronting a new reality in the wake of COVID-19, according to Spencer Levine, president of RAL Companies. With remote work now a viable option for many e...

Miami’s commercial real estate market is facing a severe supply constraint that has dramatically reduced the availability of off-market deals, according to veteran broker Irene Dakota. Whe...

Established hotel owners are increasingly lending money to other hotel owners and operators, stepping into a role traditionally filled by banks and debt funds. As credit tightens and acquisi...

The idea that regional banks have pulled back entirely from commercial real estate lending oversimplifies the reality, according to Stephen Haase, Director of Capital Markets at Greysteel. W...

Across the hospitality sector, fewer hotel deals are getting done, and the reason is largely practical rather than macroeconomic. As the cost of bringing properties up to current brand stand...

A massive reclassification of bank loans mandated by federal regulators in 2024 has revealed a $1.5 trillion exposure that may represent one of the financial system’s most significant ...

The hospitality sector is navigating a challenging financing landscape as property owners face stricter brand standards and rising renovation costs. Although lending conditions have improved...

The Caribbean real estate market operates on fundamentally different financing principles than North American markets, creating both significant barriers to entry and extraordinary opportuni...

The hotel financing market faces an unexpected risk in 2026 that could undermine any benefits from Federal Reserve rate cuts: the possibility that political influence over monetary policy co...

The hotel financing landscape has quietly split into two distinct markets, with regional banks retreating from larger deals and debt funds aggressively filling the void, according to a capit...

Tax strategy is playing a more prominent role in real estate investment as market conditions shift and tax regulations change. Brian Kiczula, a cost segregation specialist and owner of CostS...

The Washington, DC commercial real estate market is often associated with its proximity to federal agencies and Fortune 500 headquarters. For The Ellitan Group, however, success comes from b...