Jonathan Falik

Bio

Jonathan Falik is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of JF Capital Advisors. Where he leads the firm’s hospitality business, which includes restructuring and repositioning, equity and debt placement, asset acquisitions and dispositions, portfolio transactions, JV structuring, asset management, management company and brand evaluation, and strategic and capital markets advisory services.

Jonathan was a Senior Managing Director and the Head of Hospitality Capital Markets at BGC Real Estate Capital Markets. Simultaneously, Jonathan was the Head of Hotel Investment Sales for Newmark Grubb Knight Frank. Previously, Jonathan was a Managing Director and Head of the Lodging and Leisure Investment Banking group at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.  While at JF Capital, Jonathan led the acquisition or development of 25 hotels with over 5,500 keys and an aggregate cost of approximately $1 billion. Additionally, Jonathan was the CEO of Eagle Hospitality Trust, a 13 hotel-property private REIT. Jonathan has led the sales of single assets and portfolios of 100 hotels for over $2.5 billion of value. Before founding JF Capital in 2004, Jonathan was an investment banker at Bear Stearns in the Gaming, Lodging and Leisure Group. Jonathan began his career as a CPA at Price Waterhouse. He has worked on numerous transactions involving well over 2,000 hotels and over $35 billion of transaction value. Of the $35 billion, $34 billion was completed as an advisor and $1 billion was completed as a principal.

Jonathan received a BA in economics at Rutgers College and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Jonathan has been an adjunct professor at NYU’s Real Estate Institute and is an active lecturer and panelist at industry events. Jonathan spent several years on the board of the Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association and is on the board of the International Luxury Hotel Association.