Keauhou Resort – Kona,  “Big Island”  Hawaii

REH Capital Partners served as business advisors and transaction consultants to Bishop Holdings Corporation of Hawaii for the solicitation and negotiation of a master developer agreement for the remaining 1,700 acres of undeveloped resort real estate land holdings within the Keauhou Resort on the Kona Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.    

Paradise City at Hard Rock Park

Mixed Use Retail, Hotel, and Entertainment District, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Planned development of large scale hotel, timeshare, retail, and entertainment district adjacent to the newly opened Hard Rock Park theme park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  

REH served as hospitality and financial advisor for the lodging and timeshare components of Paradise City, a mixed-use, lifestyle entertainment, retail and lodging development in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  Services included advising on project plans, assessing financial merits, sourcing brands and capital, and sourcing project participants.

 Planned Uses Include:

• 250 unit full service hotel

• 150 unit select service hotel

• 200 vacation ownership units

• 500,000 SF Retail, Restaurant and Entertainment Facilities

• Various resort amenities

455-Room Five Star Resort Hotel, Wulingyuan World Heritage Site, Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, Peoples Republic of China

REH advised on brand, management and operational performance, and arranged offshore re-capitalization funding for the first ever five star hotel in the Zhangjiajie mountain resort destination, in the Hunan Province of Mainland China..

360-Room Five Star Hotel and Office Tower, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Peoples Republic of China

REH advised on design, market, brand affiliation, management and financial performance; and sourced venture funding for this high profile mixed use hotel and office project in Chengdu, Mainland China.

Jinke Creative-Innovation Office Park, Chengdu, People Republic of China.

REH assisted in planning and capital formation for the three phased, Jinke Creative-Innovation Office Park, a 9 building, mid-rise office park in the Western Region of the City of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Mainland China.

Sheraton Yankee Clipper & Sheraton Yankee Trader, Fort Lauderdale, FL

In what was one of Fort Lauderdale's largest ever hospitality transactions, REH Capital Partners served as advisors to the Gill family of Fort Lauderdale in arranging and facilitating a transaction with Starwood Capital for the JV sale, recapitalization, and repositioning of the famous Sheraton Yankee Clipper and Sheraton Yankee  Trader beachfront hotels in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, totaling some 950 hotel rooms. 

Included in the deal were the Nina Lee and Imperial apartment hotels located adjacent to the Yankee Clipper and two parking garages.  Plans are to reposition and redevelop these properties.

Office and Retail Portfolio, Broward and Palm Beach County, FL

Acting on behalf of a prominent California based family trust, REH acquired a small portfolio of shopping centers and office buildings totaling approximately 500,000 square feet from a German investment group. 

The portfolio consisted of the following properties:

• 1900 & 2000 Building Complex – Boca Raton, FL

• Penn Dutch Plaza – Margate, FL

• Plantation Marketplace, Plantation, FL

The total amount of the transaction was approximately $54,000,000.  UBS Real Estate Investments of New York provided non-recourse financing for the transaction. REH sourced the transaction and funding. 

Lake Cecile Resort – Disney Main Gate, Orlando Florida

REH Capital Partners, through an investment consortium, acquired, renovated and later sold the 144 unit Lake Cecile Suites and Resort located in Orlando, Florida in the heart of the Central Florida tourism corridor. 

REH acquired the resort at a deep discount from a troubled lender following a bankruptcy and foreclosure proceeding, renovated and re-branded the resort and implemented a turn-around strategy, and then sold the resort three years later for over double the purchase price of the property.

The 10-acre resort consists of one and two bedroom suites, all with full kitchens and most with log burning fireplaces, situated in a scenic setting along the shores of Lake Cecile.