Western States Experience
- As minority partner in the first five Holiday Inns in the San Francisco Bay Area with Chatmar, Inc., a former principal of SHM negotiated leased and fee sites in Santa Cruz, Marin Co., Concord, Carmel, and Monterey, CA.
- Developed and owned first hotel to open in Vail, CO.
- Developed and owned fourteen Holiday Inns, Best Westerns, and Ramadas in Texas.
- Developed Hotel Ibis (accor Group-France) hotels Houston IAH and Dallas DFW, and acquired Ibis Master Franchise/Texas
- Performed site studies, pre-development, and consulting in following markets:
- Chandler, AZ - Homewood Suites and Hampton for RFS REIT
- Tusayan, AZ - Holiday Inn
- Salt Lake City, UT - Homewood Suites for RFS REIT
- Las Vegas, NV - Hampton new development I-15
- Las Vegas, NV - Homewood Suites Conversion from apartment project
- Albuquerque, NM - Hampton Inn for Lumbermen's Investment Corp.
- Denver, CO - Hampton Inn at DIA for RFS
- El Paso, TX - Hampton Inn, El Paso - Wes
t - Ft. Lee, NJ (New York City) - Holiday Inn
- Rockford, IL (Chicago area) - Holiday Inn
- Shreveport/Bossier City, LA - America's Best Value Inn
- Austin, TX - Hampton Inn for RFS on 1-35 South
- Ventura, Costa Mesa, Beverly Hills, Modesto, and Anaheim, CA - Consuting with Linquist and Craig hotels on marketing hotels
- Sacramento, Pleasanton, Concord, CA - Site selection studies
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - Victoria House
Development Southwest Hotel Management (SHM)
- Hampton Inn Laredo, TX for RFS
- Hampton Inn Houston, TX-Hobby Airport for RFS
- Hampton Inn San Antonio, TX Downtown Riverwalk with Phil McNeill et al for own account
- Hampton Inn Sulphur-Lake Charles, LA for own account
- Hampton Inn Beaumont, TX
- Hampton Inn & Suites Houston Medical Center
Broker since 1967 with hundreds of millions of dollars in value of sales of land syndications, office buildings, hotels, apartments, retail centers, farms & ranches, and other real estate, including sales in Colorado, Alabama, Louisiana, but primarily in Texas.
Wholly-owned hotel brokerage affiliate Hankamer & Associates Brokers, L.L.C., recently sold Del Lago Resort on Lake Conroe ($31 million), and has sold dozens of hotels, large and small over many years.
Food & Beverage Consulting
As President/CEO of Southwest Inns, managed $15 million in annual food & beverage sales (1980 dollars) spread over fourteen hotels with some 700 employees; served for eight years as Director of McFaddin Ventures, American Stock Exchange Company, with club/disco-restaurants in 45 locations coast to coast; concepted and owned Texas Steak Ranch (200 seats) themed 'ethnic Texas' steakhouse/Houston. Write monthly Hankamer Restaurant Update which is distributed to 2,000 real estate professionals.