HEI Hotels & Resorts is one of the nation’s leading privately held hotel investment and third-party management companies. Founded in 1985 by Gary and Steve Mendell, and Stephen Rushmore, HEI owns and/or manages over 100 luxury, upper-upscale, and upscale independent and branded hotels and resorts across all top urban, suburban and resort markets in the United States. HEI's branding partners include Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Choice, and Wyndham. HEI’s capital partners include Angelo Gordon, Apollo, Barings, Cerberus, Crescent, Davidson Kempner, Fortress, Noble, Prospect Ridge, Rockbridge, Rockpoint, Starwood Capital, Walton Street, Westbrook, and Wheelock.

Cherner Capital (previously Cherner Automotive Group and Cherner Development Group) is a fourth-generation real estate focused family office and investment manager based in Washington, D.C. and New York City. Founded in 1930, Cherner places equity and debt investments in real estate and non-real estate assets and businesses to optimize value and investment returns across the risk-reward spectrum. The company analyzes investment opportunities with a long-term time horizon to execute on its strategy of creating lasting value for generations.