Riley has orchestrated more than $200 million in propertyfinancings and transactions. His most recent effort was thecompany's $80 million sale of two Marriott Residence Inns inBurbank and Oceanside, CA. In both cases, R.D. Olson Developmentnotes, it held the properties for less than a year after openingand achieved internal rates of returns in excess of 30%.

Riley's career includes more than 20 years of experience ininvestment real estate before he joined R.D. Olson. His role asvice president of finance extends from the initial acquisitionthrough the financing phase, then the operation and ultimate saleof the property. Riley also, he negotiates the managementagreements with various hotel brands.

Robert Olson, CEO of R.D. Olson, credits Riley with beinginstrumental in the Irvine-based firm's recent surge in hotelopenings. A venture that Riley began working on nearly four yearsago has recently come to fruition: the July opening of the $70million Renaissance ClubSport by Marriott in Aliso Viejo, CA.