US: Resort and extended-stay hospitality firm AKA has appointed Scott Walsh as its government vice chairman of asset, design and improvement.
Walsh will oversee the renovation and transformation plans for current AKA properties, in addition to sourcing new tasks and managing ground-up developments involving building, financing and lender relations.
He joins AKA with greater than 20 years of expertise having most lately held the place of mission director at Lendlease, a global building and actual property firm. Right here, he spent the previous seven years overseeing a $1.8 billion portfolio of New York-based residential tasks.
Different corporations Walsh has beforehand labored with embrace Forest Metropolis Ratner Corporations, TF Cornerstone/Rockrose Improvement Company and Anderson.
“Becoming a member of AKA is an thrilling new chapter, permitting me to fuse my experience in ultra-luxury condos and multifamily housing with a hospitality-focused imaginative and prescient at a personal firm,” stated Walsh.
“With an unwavering dedication to distinctive design, crafting a complicated residential expertise, and curating vibrant placemaking inside iconic gateway cities, AKA resonates with my skilled ethos. I’ve at all times admired Larry Korman’s method to hospitality and design, and AKA’s core ideas will foster the expansion of my profession in parallel with the corporate’s personal journey.”
Larry Korman, CEO of AKA, added: “As AKA thoughtfully expands its portfolio throughout the nation, Scott’s specialised experience and achievements in actual property and building align with the model’s imaginative and prescient. Scott might be important in additional fostering our strategic improvement and progress, particularly as we proceed to evolve with new choices.”
Walsh might be primarily based in New York Metropolis, working alongside Korman and the larger management staff.
