A Strategic Approach to Hospitality
Portman’s hospitality team brings decades of experience across hotel investment, acquisition, development, repositioning, and asset management. Building on the firm’s extensive track record of developing and operating hospitality assets, the team delivers an integrated approach that aligns investment objectives, operational performance, and long-term value creation.
From market analysis and feasibility studies to site selection, entitlements, design, construction, and ongoing operations, Portman provides comprehensive expertise throughout the hospitality lifecycle. This disciplined and collaborative approach enables the firm to successfully execute complex hospitality projects while creating lasting value for investors, operators, and guests.
Portman Hospitality Platform Today
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Assets Under Management$1.5B
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Hotels8
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Keys4.1K
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Markets5
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Brands3
A Legacy of Hospitality Development
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Hotel Capital Deployed$5B+
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Hotels Developed / Acquired24
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Keys Developed16K
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Keys Acquired1.5K
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US Markets9
Investment Strategy
Top 30 US MSAs including gateway cities, convention markets, and select high-barrier resort destinations
Ground-up development and value-add acquisitions
Sponsor equity, joint venture partnerships, programmatic capital relationships, and public-private development structures
Medium to long-term holds, with active asset management focused on NOI growth, brand and operator optimization, and disciplined capital allocation
Established partnerships with Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Kimpton, InterContinental, and other premier hospitality brands
Kaunteya Chitnis, Managing Director
“Hospitality is in Portman’s DNA, and our platform is built to invest, develop, and operate across the full hotel cycle. Our partners benefit from a platform that combines disciplined underwriting with the design and operating instincts that have defined Portman for nearly seventy years.”
