Niraj Bhavsar

Consulting Experience

Niraj Bhavsar, a Senior Project Manager with the HVS Houston office, graduated from the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston in May 2015. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management with Honors and a minor in Sales. Prior to joining HVS in 2018, Niraj worked in front-office operations at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in San Francisco, California, and the big island of Hawaii. His prior hospitality experience includes internships at PKF Consulting USA, W Hollywood, the St. Regis Houston, and the Omni Houston Hotel. Throughout his university career, Niraj was involved in multiple student organizations and completed a semester abroad in Hong Kong.

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HVS is the nation's leading consulting firm that is laser-focused on the hospitality sector. The firm provides expertise through every phase of ownership across a wide range of hospitality assets. We help clients succeed in the complex consulting arena, from feasibility studies to exit strategies and everything in between.

Education

BS – Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Houston

Other Specialized Training Classes Completed:
Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management Certificate – eCornell with Cornell
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice – 15 hours
Basic Appraisal Principles – 30 hours
Basic Appraisal Procedures – 30 hours
TX Trainee – 4 hours
General Appraiser Income Approach (Parts I and II) – 60 hours
General Appraiser Market Analysis and HBU – 30 hours
General Appraiser Site Valuation and Cost Approach – 30 hours
Real Estate Finance, Statistics, and Valuation Modeling – 15 hours
General Appraiser Report Writing and Case Studies – 30 hours
General Appraiser Sales Comparison Approach – 30 hours
Expert Witness for Commercial Appraisers – 15 hours
Commercial Appraisal Review – 15 hours

Employment History

2018 to present
HVS CONSULTING AND VALUATION SERVICES
Houston, Texas
 
January 2017  – September 2017
FAIRMONT ORCHID
Kohala Coast, Hawaii
 
2015 – January 2017
FAIRMONT SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco, California

Hotels Appraised

Sample List for Illustrative Purposes

ARIZONA 
Holiday Inn Casa Grande, Casa Grande
Four Points by Sheraton, Phoenix 
 
ARKANSAS 
Hampton by Hilton Arkadelphia, Arkadelphia
Proposed Courtyard Conway, Conway
  
CALIFORNIA 
Radisson Suites Buena Park, Buena Park
Proposed Tru Oxnard, Oxnard
  
FLORIDA 
Proposed 128-Room TownePlace Suites Hotel, Port Saint Lucie
  
GEORGIA 
Proposed Embassy Suites Halcyon Village, Alpharetta
Days Inn, Kingsland
Super 8, Kingsland
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Atlanta East Lithonia, Lithonia
Howard Johnson Inn Perry, Perry 
 
KANSAS 
Days Inn, Andover 
 
KENTUCKY 
Holiday Inn Express, Henderson 
 
MISSISSIPPI
Baymont Inn & Suites, Tupelo
  
OKLAHOMA 
Comfort Inn & Suites, Elk City
Proposed Hotel at The University of Oklahoma, Norman
Sheraton Oklahoma City Downtown Hotel, Oklahoma City
Holiday Inn Express & Suites, Pauls Valley
Motel 6, Shawnee
Hampton Inn & Suites, Tulsa
Home2 Suites by Hilton, Tulsa
 
PENNSYLVANIA 
Americas Best Value Inn, Erie
  
TENNESSEE 
La Quinta Inn & Suites, Cleveland 
 
TEXAS 
La Quinta Inn & Suites Burleson, Burleson
Proposed Comfort Inn & Suites at Dallas Executive Airport, Dallas
Proposed Hotel Fort Worth Museum District, Fort Worth
Fairfield by Marriott Gainesville Interstate 35, Gainesville
Comfort Inn Grapevine, Grapevine
Residence Inn by Marriott DFW Airport North Grapevine, Grapevine
Proposed Holiday Inn Express Haltom City, Haltom City
Home2 Suites by Hilton Irving DFW Airport North, Irving
Proposed Home2 Suites Lewisville, Lewisville
La Quinta Inns & Suites Monahans, Monahans
TownePlace Suites by Marriott Odessa, Odessa
Homewood Suites by Hilton Plano Richardson, Plano
Proposed Boutique Hotel Sapphire Bay, Rowlett
Best Western Plus Wylie Inn, Wylie

My Articles

HVS Market Pulse – South Dallas, Texas

Since early March of last year, hotels in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex have suffered varying degrees of demand loss in demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and while South Dallas’s economy was not immune to the impact of the pandemic, the logistics/distribution, manufacturing, and industrial industries have remained strong in this market.

• June 10, 2021 By Niraj Bhavsar , Kathleen D. Donahue

• Hotel Operations , Development & Construction , Economic Trends and Cycles , COVID-19 , Dallas , Texas , United States , North America