Raul Duarte

Consulting Experience

Raul Duarte, a Senior Vice President with HVS Mexico City, has been consulting in the hospitality industry for over twenty years. He began as an analyst at Grupo Inmobiliario Inova and remained part of the platform through subsequent phases as Insignia/ESG and following the company's acquisition by CB Richard Ellis.

During his career in the real estate industry, Raul has undertaken varied engagements throughout Mexico. He has prepared analyses and designed financial models for complex, multi-component and multi-phase transactions and development programs. He has completed market and feasibility studies for office, industrial, retail, hotel, and residential projects. He has lent varied and active support in distressed debt and asset valuation and acquisition programs. He has also participated in marketing of investment programs, with a particular focus on the housing sector.

While with CB Richard Ellis, Raul formed and was Associate Director of Multi-Housing Services, a division designed to satisfy the real estate requirements of housing development groups. As part of this initiative, he completed transactions with a collective value of US$60 million.

Employment History

2007 – Present
HVS CONSULTING AND VALUATION SERVICES
Mexico City, Mexico

2003 – 2006
CB RICHARD ELLIS
Mexico City, Mexico

Education

INSTITUTO POLITEECNICO NACIONAL
Bachelor of Arts – Business Administration

Clients

Accor Hoteleria Mexico
Arturo C. Garcia Rosa
C&C Capital
Caixanova Miami Agency
Canyon Equity LLC
Caribe Hospitality
Gatehouse Capital
Gazit Consultants
GICSA
GIM Desarrollos
Goodman Real Estate, Inc.
Grupo Cuestamoras
Hodges Ward Elliott
Inmobiliaria Comercial de Puebla
InterIsland
Leisure Partners
Naranza Capital Partners
O&A Real Estate Development Partners, S. de R.L. de C.V.
Orb
OUEST Developments
Prime Group
Promotora Maroma 2005, S.A. C.V.
RBS Global Banking & Markets
Rio y Montaña
SDS Investments
Servicios Aeroportuarios del Centro Norte, SA de CV
The Situs Companies
Textron Financial
Trisula Group
Waldemar Franco

Hotels Appraised

NEW MEXICO
Proposed Hotel, Santa Fe


INTERNATIONAL

Regional Hotel Investment and Investment Program, Select Latin American Countries


ARGENTINA
Hilton Asuncion Project


COSTA RICA
Proposed Hotel & Mixed-Use Development, San Jose


MEXICO
Akumal Land Holdings, Akumal
Bacalar Land Parcels, Bacalar
Proposed Bacalar Hotel, Bacalar
Cabo de Cortes Fairmont/Raffles Development, Cabo san Lucas
Proposed Master-Planned Development (2), Campeche
Cancun Market Research, Cancun
Selected Resort Residential Destinations, Cancun/Riviera Maya
Hacienda La Gavia Development, Estado de Mexico
Proposed Mixed-Use Development, Guadalajara
Proposed Hotel Project, Hermosillo
Proposed Hotel & Residential Development, Ixtapa de la Sal
Proposed Urban Master-Planned Project, Mexico City
Sofitel, Mexico City
Proposed Hotel & Condo, Monterrey
Proposed Hotel Project, Monterrey
Proposed Resort, Playa del Carmen
Proposed Hampton Inn & Suites, Puebla
Proposed Punta Monterrey Resort, Punta Monterrey
Proposed Grand Hyatt, Riviera Maya
El Dorado Ranch, San Felipe
The Residences Mixed-Use Project, Tijuana
Mayazama Master-Planned Development, Tulum
Rodavento Hotel, Valle de Bravo
Proposed Fractional, Zihuatanejo

My Articles

HVS Report: Foreign Direct Investment, Commercial Real Estate, and Hotel Development in Mexico City

Mexico City is one of the most densely populated and developed urban areas in the world. How will rising foreign direct investment amplify the dynamics of the city’s office and lodging markets in the wake of the recent recession?

• February 23, 2011 By Luigi Major, MAI , Raul Duarte , Richard J. Katzman

• Valuations & Market Studies , Economic Trends and Cycles , North America , Mexico