This is what happens when you invest in a dream not just a blueprint.
This is what happens when your building materials are vision, courage,
and imagination.
Preserving the integrity of an idea does not merely take money. It takes courage.
As an investor, developer and partner, Geolo has built a multi-billion-dollar, global portfolio of premier hospitality and multi-family real estate and brands. By leveraging our collective years of experience in the real estate development industry, we successfully guide our partners and clients through complex adaptive reuse projects, historical restorations and ground-up development.
Our diverse portfolio includes complicated adaptive re-use projects, historical restorations and ground-up development. Our strategic advantage: an extensive and proprietary knowledge base, uniquely combined with a depth and breadth of industry-rich experience that is simply unequaled.
Following the divestiture of its Operating Division to Hyatt in 2018, Geolo has expanded its role as a Capital Partner and Investor to rapidly growing businesses in the real estate and technology space. Since that time, its strategic guidance and financial infusions have led to the growth and success of high-profile concerns across a wide array of industries, while providing substantial credibilty in the eyes of senior lenders. Currently, Geolo’s portfolio includes consumer-facing lifestyle brands, hospitality ventures and real estate investments ranging from multi-family projects and adaptive re-use of existing structures to construction from the ground up.
| Investment Vehicle | Mezzanine and Preferred Equity |
| Investment Size | $10mm - $30mm |
| Geography | United States |
| Asset Profile | Hospitality, Multifamily, Mixed-Use Hospitality / Multifamily |
| Loan Term | 2- 5 years |
| Loan to Value/Loan to Cost | Max 75% LTV/C (no cash-out refinancing) |
| Rate | Floating Rate Loans Priced Commensurate with Risk |
| Sponsor | Experienced Sponsorship with Sufficient Liquidity / Net Worth |
Building a whole greater than the sum of its parts
Beginning in 2010, Geolo led a series of acquisitions and mergers between four carefully chosen, highly unique hotel management companies.
Repositioning an Outdated Resort
When Geolo invested in the 500-acre Carmel Valley Ranch (The Ranch) property in 2009, the property was losing millions of dollars every year.
Adaptive Reuse of a Historic Landmark
In 2013, Geolo led the acquisition of the historic Chicago Athletic Association (CAA) building.
