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Jon Bortz

💼 Executive, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
3 stories · First covered Mar 7, 2026 · Latest Mar 25
Jon Bortz Coverage
Pebblebrook Sold This 752-Key Westin for $96K Per Key. They Paid $208K in 2018.

Pebblebrook Sold This 752-Key Westin for $96K Per Key. They Paid $208K in 2018.

A 752-room Westin on Michigan Avenue just changed hands at 54% below what Pebblebrook paid eight years ago, and the trailing NOI implies a cap rate that tells you exactly what the buyer thinks about the work ahead.

Five Stories, One Thread. The Bid-Ask Spread Isn't Just in Transactions... It's Everywhere.

Five Stories, One Thread. The Bid-Ask Spread Isn't Just in Transactions... It's Everywhere.

European hotel deals hit €27 billion, Pebblebrook's CEO says U.S. buyers and sellers still can't agree on price, a cartel killing reshapes a Tuesday in Puerto Vallarta, and the Trump Organization bets a billion on Australia's Gold Coast. The common thread is one nobody's talking about.

The Hotel Industry's First Real Down Year Since COVID Hit Everyone Differently. That's the Point.

The Hotel Industry's First Real Down Year Since COVID Hit Everyone Differently. That's the Point.

2025 gave us the first full-year decline in occupancy and RevPAR since the pandemic... but the executives describing it as "uneven" are burying the real story. Some operators thrived. Some got crushed. And the difference wasn't luck.