Mark Owens is Vice Chair and Leader of the Hospitality Practice Group at Colliers International, joining in 2023. His transactional experience is achieved through diligent work and an international  team oriented approach, consistantly closing iconic transactions with international clients and capital sources.  Most recently Mark was Head of Hospitality Capital Markets for CBRE Hotels, working with his colleagues to move the platform into one of the leading advisors, completing more than $4.5 billion in annual debt and structured finance volume and participating in the team achieving #1 market share. He and his colleagues are responsible for hospitality related transactions across the spectrum, including investment sales, debt, equity, joint venture equity.

Mark’s recent iconic transactions include the $350 million refinancing for Strategic Hotels & Resorts, the $300 million construction financing for the Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center, the $520 million Trinity Investments Fund I equity raise, and the sale of over 50 hotels on behalf of Starwood Capital.

Prior to joining CBRE, Mark ran the hospitality practice at The Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group, building the team’s production to in excess of $1 billion in annual transaction volume. In addition to Ackman-Ziff, Mark was a vice president at Sonnenblick Goldman where he closed $3 billion in transactions representing a variety of institutional and opportunistic investors as well as ownership/management companies and also worked at HVS International in its New York office.

Mark is on the board of the Center for Real Estate Finance at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business and a frequent speaker at NYU, ALIS, the Lodging Conference, among others.

Estelle Wang is a Senior Associate with the Hospitality Practice at Colliers Capital Markets, specializing in raising debt and equity capital for acquisition, refinancing, recapitalization, and development of hotel assets and portfolios throughout the Americas, as well as institutional investment sales. Estelle is actively involved in all aspects of the financing, including underwriting, financial analysis, financing memorandum preparation, due diligence, and loan closing. Estelle has been involved in and closed over $1.5 billion in transactions.

Estelle has been an integral part of the Strategic Hotels & Resorts portfolio (JW Marriott Essex House, Four Seasons Washington DC, Westin St. Francis) refinancing, EAST Miami acquisition financing, Loews Arlington Hotel & Convention Center ground-up construction financing, Frenchman’s Reef Marriott resort redevelopment facility, among others.

Estelle has studied and worked in Asia, Europe, and the United States, bringing her global experience and perspective. She worked with IHG's Development team where she completed feasibility studies for 19 proposed hotel projects in Greater China.

Prior to joining Colliers, Estelle was an Associate at CBRE Capital Markets, Institutional Group. Prior to CBRE, Estelle interned with the Commercial Investment Advisory team at Hodges Ward Elliott. Estelle started her career interning in various front and back office capacities at hotels.

Estelle graduated with the highest honors from New York University Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality, earning a BS with a minor in Computer Science/Math, was a recipient of various scholarships including Jonathan M. Tisch Scholarship and HVS Scholarship, and has spoken at the NYU International Hospitality Investment Conference and the BTN Group's Business Travel Hall of Fame Gala.