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C.A. Anderson is executive vice president of development & acquisitions for Interstate Hotels & Resorts, the nation’s largest independent hotel management company. Anderson’s responsibilities include identifying acquisition and management contract candidates. He also directs the company’s relationships with real estate brokers, hotel owners, financial and institutional fund managers and hotel franchise companies.
Anderson previously was managing director of Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, an institutional equity investment and asset management firm, where he oversaw their $1.2 billion hotel equity portfolio. Anderson also was the senior acquisition executive at Red Lion Hotels. A 24-year hospitality industry veteran, Anderson has held senior management posts in development, acquisitions, finance and operations at Nikko Hotels International, Japan Airlines Development Co. and Trust House Forte hotels.
Anderson earned his A.B. degree at San Diego State University and continued graduate work at the University of San Diego. He is a certified hotel administrator (CHA) and past board member of the Hospitality Asset Managers Association (HAMA). Anderson is a guest lecturer at New York University and Cornell Hotel School, as well as an active participant in industry councils and conferences, including the Urban Land Institute Hotel Development Council and Pension Real Estate Association. | 