OUR TEAM
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MANAGING PARTNERMatthew Sparks has over 30 years experience in the hospitality sector across multiple investment disciplines. Prior to starting Front Range Investors, Sparks was the EVP and Chief Development Officer at Hilton Grand Vacations where he led the company’s real estate platform including the acquisition of Diamond Resorts International for US$1.4B. He also managed multiple workouts of new construction projects during pandemic. As the EVP and Chief Investment Officer at Park Hotels & Resorts, Sparks led the acquisition of Chesapeake Lodging Trust for $2.5B and oversaw the disposition of non-core assets totaling over $1.6B in the U.S., Europe, South America & Africa. Prior to Park, in his role as SVP of Luxury & Corporate Development, Sparks led the $1.95B sale of the Waldorf Astoria New York & subsequent acquisition of six hotels in a 1031 exchange.
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CHAIRMANBernard Siegel has over 30 years of travel & leisure investment experience. As a partner at KSL Capital Partners, he led $3B of investments in hospitality-focused real estate and operating companies across 4 funds and was a member of the company’s Investment Committee from 2006 to 2019. He served as a board member at Under Canvas Inc. and Davidson Hotels & Resorts. Prior to that he was an EVP at Destinations Hotels where he raised a $250M hospitality-focused fund and invested over $500M in US hotels. Early in his career, he founded the Hospitality Division at Secured Capital and was a market maker in secondary mortgages secured by non-performing and sub-performing hotels and other CRE asset classes.