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Michael Hardisty, is a multi-disciplined 35-year veteran of the hospitality resort and real estate industry. He has extensive experience in unit and multi-unit marketing, operations, development, renovation, and restoration, as well as reorganization and repositioning activities. As Executive Vice President of Lowe Enterprises, Michael was responsible for Lowe Destination Development’s resort and condominium hotel development program comprised of five active resort projects totaling in excess of one billion dollars. These projects included Terranea Resort, The Village at Wild Dunes, The Stowe Mountain Lodge, The Resort at Squaw Creek, and The Lodge at Suncadia. With Destination Hotels and Resorts (a wholly owned subsidiary of Lowe Enterprises) Hardisty served as Vice President and Managing Director (CEO) of the Hotel Del Coronado as well as overseeing a number of other properties including L’Auberge Del Mar Resort and The Argent Hotel. Prior to Lowe Enterprises Hardisty served as Senior Vice President of Tishman Hotel Corporation where he was responsible for operations and marketing of luxury hotel and resort properties and his experience was relied upon for development, advisory services, and acquisition/disposition activities. Prior to Tishman, Michael was Vice President of Interstate Hotels Corporation and spent seventeen years with AIRCOA eventually holding the position of Senior Vice President of Development. He holds a BA from Rollin College; holds a California Real Estate Broker License and is a Certified Hotel Administrator.


Phil Baxter, is a 25-year veteran of the Hospitality Industry. Baxter is utilizing his significant workout experience to provide Asset Management, Interim Management, Advisory, and Marketing for Owners, Special Servicers and Lenders. His background includes multi-property operations oversight, asset management for large institutional owners, and significant acquisition and development experience. A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, he received his B.S. from The School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University and his M.B.A with a concentration in Marketing from The A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University. Mr. Baxter spent 14 years with Tishman Hotel Corporation. In his 14 years with Tishman, Baxter served in a variety of real estate roles, being intimately involved in over $500 million of hotel transactions. As regional operations executive and as asset manager, a selection of his assignments include : The Ritz-Carlton Kapalua, the Westin Rio Mar Beach Resort, The Hay-Adams, The Ritz-Carlton Mauna Lani (now the Fairmont Orchid), the Hyatt St. John (now the Westin St. John), the Four Points by Sheraton LAX, the Marriott Warner Center, the Grand Palazzo (now The Ritz-Carlton St. Thomas), the Eldorado Hotel, and the Renaissance Vinoy.
 
 
Experiential Property Listing

Walt Disney World Swan Walt Disney World Dolphin South Seas Resort
Caneel Bay Little Dix Bay Parc Fifty Five
Hilton Walt Disney World *Sir Francis Drake Sheraton, Hampton Virginia
*Marriott Northwest Atlanta *Marriott Dayton Beach Hilton, Tampa
*Renaissance Vinoy Hyatt Aventine, La Jolla *Hyatt, St. John
Westin Rio Mar Beach Resort SilverRock LaSolana Resort Double Tree, Cononut Grove
*Ritz-Carlton Huntington *Ritz-Carlton Mauna Lani *Ritz-Carlton Kapalua
Radisson Plaza, Alexandria *Hilton, Melbourne, FL *Sheraton, Ft. Myers
*Sheraton, New Orleans Sheraton World Resort, Orlando Brown Palace Hotel
The Eldorado, Santa Fe Marriott Warner Center Clarion Hotel, New Orleans
Hay-Adams Hotel *Tuscon Nat. Golf and Conf. Cent. *Holiday Inn North, Dallas
Grand Teton Lodge Company Naples Bath & Tennis Club Pine Lake Trout Club
*Sheraton, Tempe *Radisson Suites, O’Hare Sheraton University, Durham
Sheraton Hotel, Towson, MD Sheraton Hopkins, Cleveland Sheraton Buffalo
Sheraton Meridian, IN Sheraton Orlando North Sheraton Lakeside, Orlando
The Hotel Del Coronado The Argent The Village at Wild Dunes Resort

*Lender Controlled “REO”
 
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