Business View Magazine | November 2019

301 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2019 NorthPointe Hospitality Management, LLC is a recognized leader in the management and development of hotels and resorts. The company delivers exceptional returns on investments by deploying cutting-edge techniques in financial management, guest services, quality assurance, and human resources. From beachfront builds to historic renovations, NorthPointe Hospitality’s expanding portfolio includes the Hilton Garden Inn in Albany, GA; the Partridge Inn in Augusta, GA (Curio Collection by Hilton); the Holiday Inn Resort on Jekyll Island, GA; the Hotel Indigo Mount Pleasant in Charleston, S.C; the Holiday Inn Express in Charleston; the Crowne Plaza in North Augusta GA; the Crowne Plaza Riverside Village at Hammond’s Ferry in North Augusta; and the Beach House Restaurant and the boutique Beachview Club Hotel on Jekyll Island. The company’s dynamic leadership team includes Greg Winey, President of NorthPointe Hospitality (NPHM); Rick Patton, Manager of Rio Partners (RIO); and Simon Foster, Managing Principal of Construction and Management Services (CMS). Together, the trio creates a fully integrated partnership covering all aspects of development and construction, including financing, design, build, and management. The team’s unique combination of experience allows for a deep understanding of investor, financier, guest, operator, legal, asset manager, and loan servicer expectations. Additionally, they have successfully partnered with municipalities to secure development incentives such as tax-abatements, low interest financing, land leases, utility infrastructure, parking decks, and remediation. ...... For more information, please visit our website www.northph.com development project in the arts vein. “We have an existing performing arts center operated by the Aurora Theatre,” he notes. “The current facility houses a 225-seat theater and a black box theater selling 80,000 tickets annually. We are expanding right next to that with a 500-seat, grand theater with a full-height loft and cabaret theater. So this time next year, we will have four theaters operating on the historic square in the downtown area, all managed and operated by the Aurora Theatre – the second largest professional acting company in Georgia. That project is under construction and we hope to have it open by the end of 2020.” City Council recently completed a total rewrite of the zoning ordinance to allow for dense development. “Our former ordinance code was very suburban in nature,” says Warbington. “Not walkable, not connectible, and we’re still in the process of updating it further. What we’re seeing as a trend is that retiring baby boomers are grabbing up everything before the Millennials can get there. LAWRENCEV I LLE , GEORGI A Groundbreaking of the Performing Arts Center NorthPointe Hospitality Management