Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) is pleased to announce that four industry veterans Adam Etra, Mark Schoenholtz, Miles Spencer and Lawrence Wolfe have joined NKF to lead NKF Lodging Capital Markets as Vice Chairman and Co-Heads. Each brings with them a diverse range of industry experience in all types of lodging and leisure transactions, including property and portfolio sales, joint venture transactions and debt placement.
Each broker joins NKF from Eastdil Secured where they helped oversee the industry leading practice and had unprecedented success, completing over $250 billion of lodging transactions. "We plan to build on the decades of success we have had together and focus on delivering superior service and unparalleled results for our clients," said Wolfe. Added Spencer, "The culture within our organization will focus on collaboration, cooperation and the sharing of information to ensure that our clients remain our top priority."
"We will continue to utilize our unique combination of capital markets knowledge and in-depth understanding of lodging fundamentals to deliver best-in-class results for our clients," said Etra. "Moreover, we will be able to take advantage of the countless services and resources that BGC and NKF have to offer to provide unique insights, solutions and access to capital providers."
"We are especially excited about the firm's global footprint and the ability to access emerging sources of international capital," said Schoenholtz.
Etra, Schoenholtz, Spencer and Wolfe, bring to the firm nearly 100 years of combined experience and expertise with a broad range of clients, including REITs, private equity firms, hedge funds, high net worth investors and sovereign wealth funds.
In addition to these industry veterans, the following individuals have also joined NKF Lodging Capital Markets: Michele Mahl, Managing Director, Nicholas Pappas, Director, and Jessica Shevins, Associate Director.
"We're thrilled to add more top tier talent to our strong roster of Capital Markets professionals. Our goal is to provide expert counsel to clients in all asset classes," said NKF CEO Barry Gosin. "Their depth of market experience is unparalleled and offers tremendous expertise to our clients. Hiring industry veterans to lead this group will continue to propel NKF forward with this growing practice. Bringing on the best veterans of lodging capital markets experts fills a void."
The group has handled countless noteworthy transactions, including some of the largest hotel sales nationwide. Recent transactions include the Waldorf Astoria New York, W Lexington New York, Ritz Carlton and JW Marriott Grande Lakes Resort in Orlando, Four Seasons Miami, Boston Park Plaza, Kiawah Resort, Four Seasons Austin, Hilton Washington D.C., W Atlanta Downtown and numerous select service portfolio transactions.
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