Lori Horvath

Managing Director, Hotels & Hospitality, Americas Practice Lead

JLL

Lori leads the Hotels & Hospitality Project Management Practice for the Americas in the Project and Development Services group. She serves as a strategic advisor to hotel owners, investors, and hospitality REITs regarding development and project management. She collaborates with JLL’s Investment, Advisory, Asset Management, and Real Estate Investment Banking colleagues on project-related transactions.  She and her team have managed billions of hospitality projects of all types for some of JLL’s largest clients, including Host Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Worldwide, Park Hotels, Marriott, Hyatt, LaSalle Hotel Properties, AJ Capital Partners, KHP Capital Partners, Watermark, Highgate, Starwood Capital Group, Four Seasons, NuovoRE and many others. 

Navigating complex projects, balancing stakeholder needs, regulations, and industry standards to drive success in the evolving hospitality landscape, Lori is passionate about transforming properties into world-class environments that blend luxury with innovative design, consistently elevating standards. She and her team are continually leveraging deep industry insights and cutting-edge solutions to exceed client expectations, shaping the future of hospitality by creating inspiring, high-performing spaces.

Lori was previously the Central Region Lead for the PDS Hotels & Hospitality Practice, overseeing the growth of the Central Region practice and the growth of the National US Practice. She has over 30 years of experience in the design, real estate, and construction industries focusing on the development, design, and construction of complex hospitality/casino, corporate, redevelopment, and private clubs of all types. Her responsibilities have included the overall direction of the project teams to ensure delivery of project objectives on extremely aggressive design schedules.

In addition to many other projects, focusing on her passion for historic adaptive reuse projects, Lori completed oversight for the restoration and renovation of the historic YMCA in St. Louis, MO, and the Fidelity Hotel in Cleveland, OH. She is currently involved with a similar property in Cincinnati, OH.  She served as the Project Executive for the historic restoration and renovation of the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel and the Soho House in Chicago, IL.

Lori was previously the Account Team Lead for McDonald’s Corporation in Oak Brook, IL. She was responsible for managing the team that coordinated all of the construction projects for the corporate offices in the greater Chicago area to include the Hyatt Lodge at McDonald’s.

Prior to joining JLL, she managed the development of a $250 million casino and hotel in Lawrenceburg, IN. Lori was involved in the master planning of the development through all design phases, documentation, construction, and post-occupancy phases of the project.