The top hotel owners ranking is based on number of rooms owned as of Dec. 31, 2015. NREI solicited responses through a survey posted online and circulated via email. In addition, information for some firms was tabulated through reviewing...
A new trend in the hospitality sector, dual-branding, is drawing strong industry interest, with developers and operators trying to double up offerings at a single property...
The ongoing capital investment needs of hotels are typically greater than those of other real estate asset classes. Hotels are made up of a large number of depreciable components that wear out with guest use, become obsolete or require updating to...
Jonathan Gray and Blackstone’s real estate division are certainly keeping busy in 2015, purchasing entire property portfolios with the same ease ordinary people pick up take-out. Their latest investment in commercial real estate involves...
The top 25 hotel markets in the U.S. had an average occupancy growth of 5 percent in 2014, as the industry proved it is just about fully recovered from the devastating impact of the recession. U.S. cities with improving job and housing markets are...
Abandoned buildings can be strange, romantic, mysterious, creepy and even dangerous, or all of those things at once. So, perhaps not surprisingly, visiting them has become something of a cult sport. But to anyone in the commercial real estate...