CHICAGO, IL – Witness Investment and Hotel Equities have launched a hospitality real estate investment platform, called Jali. The platform aims to provide individual investors with access to development, acquisition and value-add investment opportunities within the sector.
The first-of-its-kind investment platform enables high-net worth and accredited investors access to hospitality deals that have been selected by a team of multi-generational hoteliers.
As a joint effort between Witness Investment and Hotel Equities, the Jali platform was also developed in partnership with Marshall Clark, the founder of Capstacked, who previously led the development of the high-net worth investor recruitment platforms at both Crowdstreet and Cadre.
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Witness Investment principals Sagar Patel and Aakash Patel conceptualized the new platform with the goal to generate lasting wealth for families. The multi-generational hoteliers hold extensive hotel investment and operational experience. Hotel Equities founder Fred Cerrone and CEO Brad Rahinsky have also joined the platform's team.
"As we were discussing the formation of this platform, a big emphasis early on was to provide more than a transactional platform for our community of investors," states Patel.
"Education is a core foundation of what we are trying to build," Patel adds. "Whether it is specifics on the meaning of hotel investment acronyms, current headwinds and their impact on hotel operations or planning considerations when building a real estate portfolio, we want to provide a forum for investors to learn and evolve their strategy and investment acumen as they build an investment portfolio for themselves and their families."
Rahinsky believes that this is an ideal time to launch the platform, while cap rates in the hospitality asset class are at historic lows.
"Whether we are dealing with stabilized assets or institutional grade developments, hospitality CRE allows for predictable yields throughout the asset's life cycle," says Rahinsky.
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