Emil Iskandar

Experience

As the leader of the HVS Capital Markets team, Emil provides debt and equity solutions for hospitality real estate investment clients. He works with a wide range of investors, from large multinational institutions to family offices, to assist them in meeting their financing needs. Emil provides origination, structuring, and placement of debt and equity capital solutions across all facets of commercial, multifamily, lodging, and leisure properties.

In today’s highly fluid real estate capital market environment that is affected by constantly changing capital flows and underwriting parameters, Emil leverages his extensive experience and understanding of hospitality financing on behalf of clients. Working in a collaborative way throughout each step of the financing process, he provides clients alternative options and delivers the optimal debt and equity capital solutions that fit their specific needs. To date, Emil has completed over $1 billion of transactions that include senior debt, bridge loans, mezzanine, construction loans, preferred equity, joint venture equity, and loan restructuring.

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Education

Mr. Iskandar holds a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from Parahyangan University (Indonesia) and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Denver. He has completed post-graduate courses in real estate development and finance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

State Certification

California Real Estate Broker, License #01974770

My Articles

Alternative Financing to Help Close Hotel Deals

Obtaining leverage through debt financing is key to achieving the desired equity return on a hotel acquisition. The reduced availability and prevailing high cost of traditional loans are forcing buyers to be creative and consider alternative strategies to seize an acquisition opportunity. This article presents a few of these alternatives.

• June 11, 2024 By Emil Iskandar

• Hotel Investments & Ownership , Lending , Travel & Tourism , Brokerage & Transactions , Economic Trends and Cycles , Los Angeles , California , United States , North America

How Financing Costs Are Impacting Transactions

Commercial real estate financing, particularly related to the hospitality industry, has been in a state of flux as the pendulum of the economy swings towards a correction. This article describes the state of the current hotel lending environment in the U.S.

• January 9, 2023 By Emil Iskandar , Bradley Hoban

• Brokerage & Transactions , Economic Trends and Cycles , COVID-19 , United States , North America

Why is hotel lending stuck in neutral?

Vaccine rollouts, an increase in local and regional non-air travel trends and higher transaction volumes are all positive news supporting an elevated degree of confidence for a market rebound. Multiple announcements made by large investment funds committing to substantial capital injections into the hospitality lending space will also provide a boost.

• May 11, 2021 By Emil Iskandar

• Lending , Brokerage & Transactions , Economic Trends and Cycles , Hotels - Distressed , COVID-19 , United States , North America