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Ohana is a Hawaiian term meaning family, and in a much wider sense, it often refers to friends, acquaintances and entire communities. HALL Structured Finance borrower Ed "Z" Bushor, CEO of Tower Development, Inc., develops real estate throughout the Hawaiian Islands with the goal of creating a sense of “ohana” between his projects and the local community. We sat down with Ed to learn more about his impressive portfolio of properties and his mission of responsible development.

Mike Canning, Vice President of HALL Structured Finance (HSF), has been in the construction lending industry for 12 years. As social media has evolved during the course of his career, so has the influence and impact of face-to-face networking. An expert in the hospitality industry, Mike discusses how HSF remains competitive within this changing networking landscape.

DALLAS — To use a well-worn metaphor, we’re in the latter innings of a nine-inning economic game. But what exactly does that mean for developers looking to bring their next big thing out of the ground? As Mike Jaynes, president of HALL Structured Finance (HSF), tells GlobeSt.com, there are indeed cautionary notes at this stage in the upswing, not the least of which are the ever-rising costs of material and labor– which he pins at approximately 15 percent year-over-year.

Energy-efficiency regulations are heating up across the U.S., and commercial real estate developers and property owners are being called on to upgrade their buildings or face hefty fines. Green upgrades are not cheap, and as pressure mounts, building owners are searching for solutions to help them make changes without breaking the bank.

Dallas-based HALL Structured Finance (HSF) announced today that the company has closed a new first lien loan totaling $86.5 million to finance the construction of a full-service Westin Hotel, located in Tempe, Arizona

As a country, we have become more and more energy-conscious over the past several years. Reagan Dixon, resident PACE financing expert for HALL Structured Finance, discusses what this means for the construction lending industry going forward.

Las Vegas’ CAI Investments has signed on for an $86.5 million mortgage from Hall Structured Finance to back a hotel development project it’s working on in Tempe, Ariz., the Dallas private lender announced today.

It's a tough time for hospitality developers. Financing for hotel properties dropped 25% during the first nine months of 2018, more than it did for any other type of property. Banks, in particular, are pulling back their exposure to hospitality lending, leaving aspiring hoteliers searching for alternatives.