Vasilis Halakos

Vasilis Halakos

Director, JLL Hotels & Hospitality, JLL

New York, NY 10017

Phone (302) 757-5761

Vasilis, Director at JLL, leads the national hotel investment sales team, driving $1B+ in transactions across 80+ properties.
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker
Property Types
Hospitality
Markets
Baltimore, Denver, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Westchester/So Connecticut, Richmond VA
Languages
English, Greek
Bio
Vasilis serves as Director of Jones Lang LaSalle's investment sales hotel team in New York City, spearheading the development of JLL's national select-service investment sales hotel division. His role encompasses platform development, client relations, and deal execution, ensuring transaction certainty for clients. With a background in hotel operations and acquisitions, Vasilis transitioned to investment banking analysis and brokerage services, where he valued over $7.5 billion in hospitality assets. His expertise extends to client support and transaction execution for both acquisitions and dispositions. Throughout his career, Vasilis has successfully executed transactions for more than 100 unique properties across the United States, with an estimated total value of $1.5 billion. His diverse experience includes both single-asset and portfolio hotel transactions, solidifying his position as a key player in the hospitality investment sector.. After previously working in hotel operations and acquisitions, he completed a nearly 3-year stint of providing investment banking analysis and assisting the brokerage service division. In this role, he valued over $5.5 billion of hospitality assets while engaging in client support and transaction execution for hospitality acquisitions and dispositions. Since assisting with hotel transactions, he has executed on over 80 unique properties, valued at an estimated $1 billion, across the United States. Vasilis has experience in completing both single asset and portfolio hotel transactions.
Education
Penn State University Bachelors of Science