What It Costs to Build a Feeling
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. 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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Owners Ferial Sadeghian and Jayson Seidman share lessons on boutique hotel development: protect atmosphere budgets, break apart per-key metrics, and expect F&B to outweigh rooms revenue.
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