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Evens Charles likes to compare his career to the game of Monopoly. “I’m trading in houses for hotels,” the Washington, D.C., native says. Charles didn’t set out to own hotels when he began his career in real estate. In fact, he was focused on the residential housing market at the time. “About 11 or 12 years ago I started investing in residential real estate in Philadelphia, and slowly began to convert into more commercial properties,”

As the industry continues to see signs of economic recovery, companies like Gansevoort Hotel Group are revamping their growth and expansion plans. Michael Achenbaum, president and CEO of Gansevoort Hotel Group, says his company is working on several deals to add hotels to its portfolio, which currently consists of three properties: Gansevoort Meatpacking NYC, Gansevoort Park Avenue, and Gansevoort Turks + Caicos. Gansevoort’s vision is to leverage established infrastructure, scalable operations, and flexible business models

Resorts all over the world are carefully designed and constructed to impress and delight guests from the moment they step into the lobby. Restaurants and bars are no exception, as resorts are dramatically changing and upgrading the interiors and exteriors of their dining options to ensure they represent an attractive and central focal point within the property, and not just a ho-hum place to grab a snack or a beverage. James Geier is president and

In his 2011 State of the Union address, President Obama presented his vision for improving energy efficiencies in commercial buildings by launching the Better Buildings Initiative. This initiative challenges chief executive officers, university presidents, state and local government leaders, and others to make a public commitment to improve the energy efficiencies in their buildings by systematically upgrading their facilities. The challenge’s overall goal is to make buildings 20 percent more energy efficient by 2020. The