National + Office | September 17, 2018

JLL Makes Leadership Changes to Hotels Group

JLL named Gilda Perez-Alvarado CEO of the firm’s Americas Hotels & Hospitality Group. Senior Managing Directors Jeffrey Davis and John Strauss have also been promoted to co-lead Americas Hotel Capital Markets.

NY-based Perez-Alvarado will lead investment sales, debt and equity placement, strategic advisory and asset management. She will also maintain leadership of the Global Hotel Desk, which focuses on facilitating cross-border transactions, and will continue global advisory work for JLL’s Capital Markets.

Perez-Alvarado brings 16 years of hotel industry experience, including 14 years with JLL. She most recently served as a Managing Director focused on full-service global investment sales, and managed high-profile transactions

Davis and Strauss will be responsible for overseeing investment sales and debt and equity placement across the Americas. Davis is based in New York, and leads full-service investment sales in the Mid-Atlantic region. Strauss is based in Los Angeles, and leads full-service investment sales in the Western half of the U.S., including Hawaii.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Content and Public Relations for Connect Commercial Real Estate. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 30 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect’s client content operations and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from content strategy, message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. In his most recent corporate communications roles, he led a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, played a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and was responsible for directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest, the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. In addition to his vast commercial real estate experience, Dennis has worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of residential projects such as Disney’s Celebration in Florida, Ritter Ranch in Palmdale California (7,200 homes, 22,000 acres), WaterColor in Florida and PremierGarage in Phoenix. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, BoyScouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and Thunderbirds Charities.

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