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Jon Bortz

Jon E. Bortz is chairman and chief executive officer of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, the lodging REIT he formed in 2009. His career has combined hotel investment banking, development, asset management and public-company leadership. Before Pebblebrook, he founded LaSalle Hotel Properties and led JLL’s Hotel Investment Group. Pebblebrook’s current leadership profile identifies him as chairman and CEO; it does not list a president title. Pebblebrook executive team · Board biography

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Known For

  • Launching Pebblebrook as a public “blind pool” hotel REIT in 2009, then acquiring and renovating upper-upscale, full-service hotels in major urban markets.
  • Founding LaSalle Hotel Properties in 1998 and serving as its president, CEO and, from 2001, chair until retiring in 2009.
  • Building hotel investment expertise at JLL, where he founded the Hotel Investment Group in 1994 and oversaw hotel investment and development activities. Nareit reported in 2013 that he had overseen more than $4 billion of lodging-related transactions; this historical industry estimate is not presented as a current figure. Pebblebrook board biography · Nareit profile

Career

Bortz joined JLL in 1981, later founding its Hotel Investment Group and overseeing hotel investment and development. He then formed LaSalle Hotel Properties in April 1998, serving as its founder, president, CEO and trustee, and became its board chair in 2001. After retiring from LaSalle in September 2009, he formed Pebblebrook. Since its formation in October 2009, he has served as Pebblebrook’s chairman and CEO. The company’s current board biography cites his experience in hotel asset management and development as central to his role. Pebblebrook executive team · Board biography · Nareit profile

Related Pages

  • Investor People Hub
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  • Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
  • Hospitality and Lodging
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