Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 27, 2001
HENRY G. VICKERS, JR., is a Principal of AEW Capital Management, LP, and
a Senior Investment Manager in the AEW Partners group, specializing in
the origination and management of hospitality investments. The AEW
Partners funds are a series of high-return private equity real estate
partnerships managed by AEW on behalf of institutional investors. Mr.
Vickers is responsible for managing over $1 billion of hotel and resort
assets (12,000 rooms and 23 golf courses). He has more than 20 years of
experience in the hotel industry, with a comprehensive background in the
planning, development and operations of hotels, as well as extensive
experience in the negotiation of hotel management and franchise
contracts. Since joining AEW in 1990, Mr. Vickers has been involved in
the negotiation, underwriting, structuring and management of client
investments in over $2.5 billion of hospitality-related assets. Prior to
joining the firm, he worked with Guest Quarters Hotels, where he was
responsible for hotel development and acquisitions planning. Before
joining Guest Quarters, he worked with Laventhol & Horwath providing
consulting services to clients in the real estate and hospitality
industries. Mr. Vickers is a member of the Industry Real Estate
Financing Advisory Council (IREFAC) of the American Hotel & Motel
Association. He is a graduate of Cornell University, School of Hotel
Administration (BS). Profile
then talk about AEW as it is now?
Mr. Vickers: AEW Capital Management has been in business for 20 years
and is one of the
