About
Professional Summary
Rich Lillis is a leading expert providing strategic advisory services to clients on hotel and resort investment sales and financing in Florida, Eastern United States and the Caribbean. In his role as Director of Colliers Hotels USA, Rich leads a nationwide team of lodging specialists, leveraging unique industry insights and sharing best practices to deliver great results for clients. In the dynamic hotel investment market, Rich and his team provide valuable solutions to hotel owners and investors, developers, land owners, regional lenders and special servicers.
As a frequent speaker at national hotel investment conferences ALIS, NYU and NABHOOD, Rich offers a unique perspective from his deep experience and diverse lodging background.
Prior experience includes Miami practice leader at Horwath HTL, asset management at Ocwen Financial Corporation and hotel management positions at New Castle, Doral, Marriott International and Plaza Hotel. Rich earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics from State University in New York and is a Florida licensed real estate broker. Rich and his wife Maureen reside in Boca Raton, Florida.
Colliers is global leader in lodging investment services with 150 dedicated hotel professionals in the USA, Canada, EMEA and APAC providing transaction, financing, consulting and valuation services.
Accomplishments
Rich has extensive transaction and advisory experience with a wide variety of hotels and resorts. A sample of completed transactions is listed below:
- Residence Inn Cape Canaveral, Florida
- Sea Crest Beach Hotel, North Falmouth, Massachusetts
- Hampton Inn & Homewood Suites, Woburn, Massachusetts dual-brand development
- Quality Inn & Suites, Cocoa Beach, Florida
- DoubleTree Hotel, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
- Stay Inn Hotel & IHOP Restaurant, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Hampton Inn & Suites, Destin-Sandestin, Florida
- Beachview Club Hotel, Jekyll Island, Georgia (2013 and 2017)
- Wyndham Riverwalk Hotel, Jacksonville, Florida
- Waterfront Hotel Development Site, Pompano Beach, Florida
- Cocoa Beach Oceanside Inn, Florida
- Bridgeside Hotel Development Site, Charleston, South Carolina
- Camden Resort, Lake Ozarks, Missouri
- Old Kinderhook Resort, Camdenton, Missouri
- Hampton Inn & Suites Newtown, Yardley, Pennsylvania
- Hilton Garden Inn, Tampa, Florida
- Comfort Inn, Plant City, Florida
- Holiday Inn Express, Jacksonville, Florida
- Inn on the Beach, Daytona Beach, Florida
- Country Inn & Suites, Omaha, Nebraska
- Guesthouse Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee
- Boise Hotel & Conference Center, Boise, Idaho
- Canoa Coral by Hilton, Bayahibe, Dominican Republic
- Guavaberry Golf and Country Club, Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic
- Hamaca Coral by Hilton, Boca Chica, Dominican Republic
- Marien Coral by Hilton, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
- Resort Development Site, Rodney Bay, St. Lucia West Indies
Education
- BS in Economics with honors, State University of New York
- Licensed Florida real estate broker
Memberships & Involvements
ULI - Florida Hospitality & Leisure Product Council
Clients
- LNR Partners
- Hudson Advisors - Lone Star Funds
- Delaware North Corporation
- Eightfold Capital
- Ocean Partners
- Rio Partners
- Valley View Bank
- Pacifica Companies
- Marx Realty
- Benenson Capital Partners
- Taurus Investment
- Torchlight Investors
- Madison Properties LLC
Services
My Team
My Team
As a Senior Client Services Coordinator, I partner with commercial real estate brokers in the production of high quality marketing materials to market their property listings. With more than six years of experience in client services and project management, my skills include property research and information management through online systems such as CoStar, Loopnet, Sharepoint and Real Capital Markets.
Prior to joining Colliers, I served as a lead project coordinator at FedEx Office. Ranking as one of the top project coordinators in my district of over 30 stores, I consistently achieved record-high customer satisfaction rankings, improvement to the front-line customer service and turnaround of underperforming metrics. As a leader of my team, I handled multifaceted projects and national accounts assigned by the Center Manager and District Manager. I quickly became a trusted supervisor by the team and known for my “can-do” attitude, flexibility and high-quality work. I also served as an administrative support professional offering versatile planning and problem solving skills.