James S. Mulloy

James has been in the construction industry since 1988, and commercial real estate development since 1995. He is Vice President of Hospitality Associates, Inc. which he joined in 1996. James coordinates with outside counsel on both transactional and litigation issues. He is responsible for all development and re-development (including expansions and renovations) of hotels, underwriting of existing and prospective hotels, and acquisitions and dispositions to the hotel portfolio. His duties include entity business organization, management of architectural and engineering consultants, coordination with the general contractor, financing, managing the interior design team, obtaining and installing the furniture fixtures and equipment, determining the franchise need and franchise negotiations, and turning over the hotel facility to the hotel operations team. James has overseen more than 45 completed hotel projects since 1996.

He has served two consecutive three years terms on the La Quinta Brand Council where he was one of six franchises that represent over 400 franchisees nationally and along with other corporate council members who worked together to decide the direction of the brand. He completed his undergraduate and legal education at Brigham Young University and is a member of the Washington State Bar Association.