West Point Partners

Overview

West Point Partners is a partner-owned, boutique real estate merchant bank founded in 2009. The firm provides senior-level advisory services and invests on its own account, focusing on value-add hospitality opportunities. The founders bring deep experience in capital raising, M&A advisory, investing, and deal structuring, having held senior roles at large financial institutions such as Starwood Capital, Morgan Stanley, and Lehman Brothers. Their team has decades of experience investing, advising, and completing many of the largest transactions in real estate, with principals having completed more than $100 billion of transactions. The firm's investment strategy aims to minimize risk while achieving superior returns for partners, investors, and themselves. They invest in all asset classes, seeking strong cash-flowing properties with a value-add component. Utilizing an extensive network, they source off-market opportunities where they identify pricing discounts, market inefficiencies, and potential for value improvement through active asset management. West Point Partners collaborates with proven sponsors and operators who have specific market expertise and share their investment philosophy. In the hospitality sector, West Point Partners focuses on single assets, portfolios, and platforms, aiming to create value through active asset management to generate desirable returns. Their investment criteria include single assets and portfolios of select and full-service hotels and resorts, primarily in strong secondary and select primary markets. They target top-branded hotels such as Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, and IHG, with deal sizes of $20 million and above. Their brand relationships further enhance their investment opportunities in the hospitality industry.

Investment Focus

• Strong cash-flowing properties with value-add potential
• Off-market opportunities with pricing discounts or market inefficiencies
• Partnerships with proven sponsors and operators sharing investment philosophy
• Single assets, portfolios, or platforms in hospitality sector
• Properties in strong secondary and select primary markets
• Top-branded hotels (Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG)
• Deal sizes of $20 million and above

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