Scott Walsh has been appointed Executive Vice President (EVP) of Asset, Design & Development at AKA Hotels + Hotel Residences
AKA Hotels + Hotel Residences, the longtime pioneer in luxury long-stay residences and creator of the World's Most Livable Hotels®, announces the appointment of Scott Walsh, Executive Vice President of Asset, Design & Development. Walsh's appointment comes at a pivotal point for AKA, as the brand executes its strategic growth plan introducing new properties and undertaking new projects. Walsh will oversee the renovation and transformation plans for existing AKA properties, as well as managing new ground-up developments involving construction, financing and lender relations.
An accomplished real estate and development executive with more than two decades of experience, Walsh will be responsible for sourcing new projects, participating in raising capital, as well as developing strategic business models for new and existing property assets. Walsh will oversee the projects from inception to completion, ensuring they are on time, on budget and aligned with AKA's business objectives. Walsh will be based in New York City, working alongside Larry Korman, CEO of AKA and the greater leadership team.
Prior to joining AKA, Scott served as a Project Director at Lendlease, an international construction and real estate company, where he spent the last seven years overseeing a $1.8 billion portfolio of New York based residential development projects, including 277 Fifth Avenue, 100 Claremont Avenue and 1 Java Street. Walsh's previous roles were at Forest City Ratner Companies, TF Cornerstone/Rockrose Development Corporation and Anderson. He has garnered more than 20 years of industry experience with a stellar proven track record as a successful real estate and development executive leader.
Walsh earned his Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and his Master of Science in Real Estate Finance and Investment from New York University. Walsh was a member of the Real Estate Board of New York and served as a senior member on the city's Rent Guidelines Board. In his spare time, Walsh's most cherished personal achievement has been the restoration of a 200+ year old farm in the Hudson Valley. Walsh is a Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener and an active member of the Urban Land Institute, Long Island City waterfront community, The Isamu Noguchi Museum and The Trevor Project.
