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What We Do

Formed in 2021 by industry veterans Jonathon Vopinek and Todd Ratliff, Lionshead was created to leverage the founders’ collective 40+ years of hospitality experience and connections to originate and capitalize on attractive real estate investment opportunities within the hotel sector.

We are not a fund. We raise capital at the deal level -- affording our investors the opportunity to be selective about the assets they invest in and the frequency with which they do so. Our primary objective is to provide predictable cash flow distributions and long-term asset value appreciation to those we invite to invest alongside us. In pursuit of that objective, we place capital in institutional-quality hotel investments through both the acquisition of existing properties and ground-up development.

Our investments are designed to be long-term holds in order to provide the flexibility to respond to market conditions in the pursuit of maximizing overall returns. Unlike a closed-end real estate fund that has a set horizon to return capital, we recognize that selling into the wrong point of a real estate cycle can have a significant impact on the terminal value of an investment. The real estate component of any hotel is critical, but it is the dynamic nature of the operating business within the walls of the property that ultimately dictates investor cash flow throughout the hold period and the sale price on exit.