Shijin Balakrishnan

Excel Group

Excel Group is a multi-disciplined hotel private equity firm focused on acquiring and developing premium-branded limited-service hotels. Excel Group specializes in developing and acquiring hotel investments, minimizing risk and maximizing performance through intensive asset management and selling to leading institutions. The firm's fully integrated platform with expertise in acquisitions, asset management and development enables Excel Group to achieve risk-adjusted returns that consistently outperform industry averages. The company executes value-add and opportunistic investment strategies, investing and developing hotel assets in primary and secondary markets. The company's strategy is differentiated by the firm's investment diversification, strong off-market deal sourcing, strategic market positioning, data-focused approach and creative deal structuring. Excel Group seeks to build its portfolio of real estate investments, while diversifying a growing investor group's capital across multiple investments and brands.