HVS Expands Capital Markets Team, adding Daniel MacDonnell as Managing Director in Los Angeles

HVS welcomes Daniel MacDonnell as Managing Director, Capital Markets. In this role, he will focus on providing a full suite of debt/equity financing and investment sale advisory solutions for HVS hospitality real estate investment clients nationally and in key international markets.
LOS ANGELES, CA, July 8, 2021HVS welcomes Daniel MacDonnell as Managing Director, Capital Markets. In this role, he will focus on providing a full suite of debt/equity financing and investment sale advisory solutions for HVS hospitality real estate investment clients nationally and in key international markets.
 
Over the past 15 years, he has been the lead real estate investment banker in over 50 transactions valued in excess of $5 billion, involving a myriad of successful debt financings, investment sales, private placements, joint ventures, discretionary funds, and M&A assignments in the hospitality and gaming sectors.  

 
Stephen Rushmore Jr., HVS CEO, commented, “I am delighted to have Dan join the firm. As the transaction market becomes more active, we are excited to expand and strengthen our Capital Markets capabilities. In addition to his all-encompassing experience and understanding of the nuances of hospitality financing and investment sales, Dan brings extensive client relationships.   As the largest hotel appraisal firm in the world, HVS has deep relationships with owners and lenders in the industry. Whether clients are building, buying, selling or refinancing a hotel, our team can offer solutions not easily achievable elsewhere.”
 
Prior to joining HVS, Daniel was a Senior Managing Director and Securities Principal at Cushman & Wakefield’s Global Hospitality Group, where he focused on expanding the Hospitality Group’s investment sales, debt, equity and structured finance business including programmatic joint ventures and investment funds. Earlier, he was a Director in the Real Estate Investment Banking Division of Bank of America Securities and a member of Lehman Brothers Investment Banking Group.
 
He is also a frequent moderator and panelist at conferences and webinars on the topics of hospitality finance/sales and strategic capital raises and structures that include commingled funds, joint ventures, and entity-level capital raises.
 
Daniel holds a bachelor's degree from Williams College and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is a CFA and member of New York Society of Certified Financial Analysts, is a former member of the Policy Advisory board of the Fisher School of Real Estate & Urban Economics, a registered California Real Estate Broker and member of the NASD as a Securities Principal.
 
About HVS
HVS is the world’s leading consulting and valuation services organization focused on the hotel, restaurant, shared ownership, gaming, and leisure industries. Established in 1980, the company performs more than 4,500 assignments per year for virtually every major industry participant. HVS principals are regarded as the leading professionals in their respective regions of the globe. Through a worldwide network of 50 offices staffed by more than 250 experienced industry professionals, HVS provides an unparalleled range of complementary services for the hospitality industry. For further information regarding our expertise and specifics about our services, please visit www.hvs.com.
 
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