Hospitality

Cox Castle’s hospitality team is known for its vast experience and expertise in all aspects of the hospitality industry, including acquisitions and dispositions, negotiating and drafting franchise and hotel management agreements, development matters (including land use and entitlement issues), and financing. We also represent our clients in connection with the unique aspects of hotel operations, including licensing and permitting issues (including liquor license issues), labor and employment matters, and management agreement compliance and termination.

Our vast real estate experience equips us to handle all types of hotel and hospitality matters, including large, complex mixed-use projects with hotel components. Our focus on early planning and integration of various project elements helps to ensure maximum developer flexibility and contributes to the viability and success of the entire project.

Resort and Club

We have unique experience in the development, structure and operation of some of the most renowned golf course and resort projects in the country. This includes land use counseling, negotiating and drafting all construction related documents (including golf course design agreements), structuring membership programs, regulatory compliance and all operational matters.

Timeshares, Interval Ownership and Fractional Interests

We have been at the forefront of the vacation ownership industry since its inception, and we continue to develop innovative and effective legal structures for these exciting resort products. We have unparalleled experience in structuring not only classic timeshare products, but also right-to-use, multi-site vacation clubs, point-based systems and mixed-use projects with hotel, timeshare and golf components.

Representative Projects and Transactions

• Ace Hotel (DTLA)
• BIGHORN Golf Club
• Century Plaza Mixed-Use Project
• The Clift Royal Sonesta
• Hilton Santa Barbara Beach Hotel
• Intercontinental Century City
• JW Marriott San Francisco
• Ladera Golf Club
• Metropolis DTLA
• Newport Beach Marriott
• The Peninsula Beverly Hills
• Riviera Country Club
• Rosewood Miramar Beach          
• Santa Monica Proper Hotel
• SoHo House Holloway
• Sonesta LAX

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