Rick has closed in excess of $270 million in transactions during his career. He was formerly a managing director of Insignia/ESG Hotel Partners where he was a hotel specialist focusing on single asset and portfolio investment sales for properties located throughout North America. He has been actively engaged in the hospitality industry on a full time basis since 1991 when he joined Holiday Inn Worldwide as the Director of Franchise Sales and Development in the Midwest. In that position he was directly responsible for the brand growth of Holiday Inn Select, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express and

Rick George

Rick George comments, “Our team approach to the brokerage business will clearly differentiate us from the competition and allow us to maximize value for our clients. HREC Investment Advisors is highly focused as a group on successfully closing every engagement and putting the full resources of the firm behind each and every assignment.” Geoff Davis, President of HREC Investment Advisors said, “It was important to us to bring in a quality and experienced professional such as Rick as a partner in the brokerage and investment banking practice. Our approach is to have every senior level person in the firm involved in every transaction, thus providing a high degree of service and expertise to our clients.” Michael Cahill, president and founder of Hospitality Real Estate Counselors (“HREC”), states, “I have personally known Rick for over 20 years and am excited to see him become a partner in HREC Investment Advisors. He is one of the nation’s top hotel brokers and will be a valuable asset in expansion of our national investment banking practice”. 

HREC Investment Advisors is the real estate brokerage and investment banking arm of Hospitality Real Estate Counselors ("HREC"), one of the nation’s leading advisors to the lodging industry. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, HREC maintains an international practice specializing in hotel brokerage, debt financing, equity placements, consulting and asset management.

For additional information, visit HREC’s website at www.hrec.com.