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Raj Chandnani has over 30 years of hospitality real estate experience, focused on sourcing investments, portfolio transitions, joint venture structuring , conceptualization, competitive positioning, branding strategies and development.

He has cultivated an exceptional network of owners, investors and developers. He stays abreast of consumer trends, is passionate about innovations in the industry, and has honed an encyclopedic knowledge of luxury and lifestyle developments around the world. He is comfortable at synthesizing sometimes disparate perspectives, and then transforming ideas into initiatives that can operationalized and monetized.

Chandnani was previously the global chief development officer at WATG, an international design firm focused on luxury and lifestyle hospitality developments around the globe. He also worked at CBRE Hotels and PKF Consulting.

Mr. Chandnani is Co-Chair of the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s Hospitality Investment Roundtable, a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board at Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration, Trustee of the American Hotel & Lodging Association Foundation, and a member of the Collins College of Hospitality Management Board of Advisors at California Polytechnic University, Pomona. He has also taught classes on strategic planning, real estate finance, hotel development, tourism and design at Harvard University, Cornell University, NYU, USC, UCLA and Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne.

Selective Deal Experience

• Apollo – Owners Representative for Mixed-Use Development, Programming, Operator Selection
• Luxury Resort, Maui, Hawaii – Acquisition Due Diligence, Underwriting
• Luxury Hotel, Beverly Hills, California - Acquisition Due Diligence, Capital Planning
• Luxury Boutique Hotel, Santa Barbara, California - Acquisition Due Diligence, Underwriting
• Private Island Resort, British Virgin Islands – Asset Management, Development Strategy, Recapitalization
• Ultra Luxury Resort, Napa, California – Programming, Development Strategy
• Pendry Natirar, Somerset County, New Jersey - Hotel Management Agreement Negotiation;
  Ground Lease Negotiation
• Proposed Luxury Resort, Monterey, California - Operator Selection and Entitlements
• Proposed Luxury Hotel, Jackson Hole, Wyoming - Operator Selection and Entitlements
• Proposed Wilderness Retreat, Zion National Park, Utah - Operator Selection and Competitive Positioning
• Proposed Lifestyle Resort, Huntington Beach, California - Operator Selection and Entitlements
• Four Seasons Residences Las Vegas, Henderson, Nevada - Competitive Positioning and Benchmarking
• L’Ermitage Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, California - Repositioning Strategy (Deflagging) and Entitlements
• Burton House, Beverly Hills, California - Repositioning Strategy (Deflagging)
• Park Hyatt Aviara, Carlsbad, California - Repositioning Strategy, New Miraval Resort Spa Deal Structuring
• Four Seasons Orlando, Orlando, Florida - Disposition Strategy / Execution
• Ritz-Carlton Bacara. Santa Barbara, California - Repositioning Strategy / Execution
• Four Seasons Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California USA - Renovation Capital Planning
• Montage Los Cabos, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico - Visioning and Conceptual Programming
• Four Seasons Wailea, Maui, Hawaii USA - Renovation Capital Planning
• Peninsula Papagayo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica - Real Estate Benchmarking and Financial Modeling
• The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida - Residential Real Estate Strategy