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Boston: O'Connell Hospitality Group, LLC is very pleased
to announce that Matthew L. LaBarre, hospitality investment
veteran and Dartmouth College graduate has joined OHG as
Managing Director. Mr. LaBarre will spearhead the effort to
work closely with private equity groups and institutional
investors assisting with acquisitions and disposition of
both hard assets and debt.
“Matt is a young, intelligent and aggressive advisor. He is
positioned perfectly to assist our equity fund clients as we
move into the next upswing of the real estate cycle. “We are
ecstatic that Matt has joined OHG and has agreed to take a
leadership role within the company. He will expand our
presence in the capital markets and assist us as we continue
to grow our company;” said James O’Connell, Principal of
O’Connell Hospitality Group.
Mr. LaBarre brings to OHG extensive experience, primarily in
hotel/real estate finance and operations. He has operational
experience working for Marriott International and Ocean
Hospitality as well as analytical and transactional
experience after completing four years with Pinnacle Realty,
also of Boston. His experience includes effort to raise
equity for several hotel acquisitions exceeding $100 Million
and has acted in an advisory role to clients’ disposition
projects with single asset values that exceed $50Million.
O'Connell Hospitality Group, LLC specializes in the sales,
financing and project development of hotels, resorts and
mixed use projects across the United States. It serves as
advisor to private as well as publicly traded companies for
acquisitions and dispositions of hospitality assets. OHG’s
sister company, Collateral Strategies, Inc. provides
strategic planning and valuation support to lenders and
equity investors across the country. The two companies have
been involved with over $1 Billion of hotels projects across
the country in just the past twelve months and expect to
double that figurein 2010.
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