John Avanzino

John Avanzino is a Senior Vice President with the Hospitality Practice at Colliers, specializing in debt and structured finance as well as institutional investment sales across all lodging asset classes for Colliers’ and the team’s long-established relationships. John has financed and sold nearly $3.0 billion of hotels and resorts throughout The Americas and Caribbean and raised funds through international efforts with investors including sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. 

Prior to joining Colliers, John was Vice President at CBRE Hotels and part of the Institutional Group within the capital markets division where he completed sales, advisory, joint venture, financing, leasehold, and development transactions. Select notable achievements include, the Strategic Hotels & Resorts portfolio refinancing, the Loews Arlington Hotel & Convention Center ground-up construction financing, Trinity Investments GP fund raise, Frenchman’s Reef’s redevelopment facility, and the Newport Beach Marriott acquisition and renovation financing. John received the Commercial Observer Top Young Professionals Award (2021), appeared as a panelist at NYU’s Hospitality Investment Conference (2022), and served as a guest lecturer for the Hospitality Asset Managers Association (2020) and NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate. Prior to CBRE, John was involved with more than $550 million in acquisitions for value-add and direct development investments at Lowe Enterprises.  

Originally from Manhasset, NY, John holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rollins College and a master’s degree from New York University in Real Estate Finance. 

Sold and financed $3 billion of hotels and resorts throughout The Americas & Caribbean. Notable transactions include:   

• $520,000,000 Trinity Investors GP Fund Raise
• $350,000,000 Strategic Hotels & Resorts Financing
• $300,000,000 Loews Arlington Hotel & Convention Center Construction Facility
• $218,000,000 Starwood Portfolio Acquisition
• $170,000,000 Marriott Newport Beach Acquisition
• $160,000,000 Frenchman's Reef Recapitalization & Redevelopment Facility
• $131,800,000 Southeast Portfolio Acquisition 
• $105,000,000 St. Pete Beach Portfolio Refinancing
• $120,500,000 East Miami Acquisition Financing
• $72,250,000 St. Pete Beach Acquisition & Redevelopment Facility
• $42,000,000 Hotel Vin Refinancing

(2022) NYU's Hospitality Investment Conference Panelist 

(2021) Commercial Observer Top Young Professionals Award 

(2020) Hospitality Asset Managers Association Lecturer 

Property Type

Hotels

Specializations

Hotels