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BIOGRAPHIES & ARTICLES
Biography of
TANDY O. LOFLAND
 Tandy O. Lofland is President and founder of the Intergroup companies, a full-service development, investment banking, brokerage, and advisory firm. Prior to founding the company in 1980, he spent nearly ten years in many phases of real estate development and construction as Senior Vice President of CRSS, Inc., a NYSE firm and one of the largest international design, construction and real-estate advisory firms in the U.S.
At CRSS, he was responsible for initiating and managing development and construction projects in a variety of U.S. locations as well as international projects in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Macau, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Central America and several locations in the Caribbean.
During the past twenty-seven years he has been actively involved in the development, acquisition, and disposition of primarily hotel, resort, and tourism properties; residential and commercial construction and land development; advisory and consulting assignments; property management; and investment banking in the U.S., Europe, Caribbean, and Latin America. Recent accomplishments include: partnership for Casa del Mar Beach Golf & Spa Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico; sale of a 718-room Radisson Resort near Walt Disney World; successful development and marketing of The Parkway, a 195-acre mixed-use development next to Walt Disney World in Orlando; and transactions or projects involving such hotel companies as Four Seasons, Hilton, Sheraton, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Radisson, Hyatt, Homewood Suites, and Hampton Inn. Significant transactions include rebranding of the Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires and Four Seasons Resort Carmelo, Uruguay; establishment of a joint venture for the development of a new 200-room Hilton Garden Inn in the San Diego, California area; the land sale for a 336-unit time-share project in Orlando; arranging the acquisition of a $325-million, 16-hotel U.S. portfolio by one of the largest private European hotel groups; and sale of three significant development sites around Disney for time-share use.
Current and past activities and positions held include: President of Parkway Property Owners' Association, President of Parkway Architectural Review Board, City Council Member - Hedwig Village (Houston), Texas, Vice Chairman of Planning and Zoning Commission - Hedwig Village, Osceola County Chamber of Commerce, Florida Chamber of Commerce, Osceola County Committee of 100, Sigma Chi Fraternity, Urban Land Institute, and real estate affiliations in Florida and Texas.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing.
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