AHLA Foundation Names Jagruti Panwala as 2026 Peggy Berg Castell Award Recipient

Why this matters

Hospitality has separated by chain scale and demand segment, with luxury and resort outperforming and select-service holding pricing power on a leaner cost base. New construction starts remain at multi-decade lows, which has supported in-place RevPAR and made conversions of soft-branded flags an increasingly active part of transaction velocity. Phoenix is at the front of the Sun Belt multifamily rent-growth recovery and continues to absorb large-format industrial along the I-10 corridor. For sponsors with operational expertise, the sector continues to offer one of the more compelling income-plus-appreciation profiles available across CRE.

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On the RET wire

• The 29th Phoenix story tracked on the wire in August 2026. All Phoenix coverage →
• Disclosed hospitality deal value tracked in August 2026: $10.5B across 11 reported transactions. All Hospitality coverage →
• 7 stories mentioning AHLA on the wire in the past 90 days. AHLA coverage →

Computed from Real Estate Trail’s own tracked coverage

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