Greenbrier Southwest

Name

Greenbrier Southwest

Legal name

Greenbrier Southwest, LLC

Website

https://greenbriersw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Real Estate Development

NAICS

Golf Courses and Country Clubs (71391)

SIC

Hotels & Motels (7011)

akta.pro primary industry

Luxury Eco-Resorts (THAGACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mountain & Wilderness Lodges (THAAAHAE), Eco-Lodges (Sustainable/Nature-Based) (THAGAIAC)

Keywords

• Hospitality development
• Mixed-use development
• Master-planned communities
• Real estate consulting
• Luxury resort development

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Development Fees and Co-Development Revenue: Greenbrier Southwest earns revenue as co-developer and developer-operator on large-scale hospitality and mixed-use projects, taking ownership positions in projects such as The Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain and Hidden Meadow Ranch. Roles have varied from ownership and operation to advisory and consulting assignments.
2. Consulting and Advisory Services: The firm takes on consulting assignments for select projects from close business associates, providing planning, entitlements, financing, and development expertise. Examples include work for Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort (Santa Ana Pueblo), Seven Canyons Sedona, and La Playa Resort Hotel Naples.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Greenbrier Southwest is a boutique, principal-driven real estate development and consulting firm specializing in luxury hospitality development and mixed-use, master-planned projects with hospitality components. The firm takes on co-developer, developer-operator, and consulting roles for large-scale resorts, master-planned communities, golf clubs, branded residences, and historic property restorations, primarily in the Southwestern United States.

Product overview

Greenbrier Southwest is a boutique real estate development company specializing in hospitality development and mixed-use, master-planned projects with hospitality components. The company offers a portfolio of distinct products and services including: luxury hotel and resort development (The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain, Westin Kierland Resort), golf course development and management (Kierland Golf Club, Ritz-Carlton Golf Club), mixed-use retail centers (Kierland Commons), master-planned community development (Kierland Master Plan, Village at Spanish Oaks), historic property restoration (Commodore Perry Estate), luxury guest ranch operations (The Lodge at Hidden Meadow Ranch), private ranch communities (The Club at Hidden Meadow Ranch), and real estate development consulting services. The firm operates as a boutique, principal-driven entity with national industry connections, managing projects from ownership/operation to advisory and consulting roles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commodore Perry Estate (Auberge Resorts Collection) Historic estate restoration project in Austin, Texas, originally built in 1928, transformed into a 49-room Auberge Resorts Collection hotel with 10-acre grounds including a historic mansion, chapel, and formal gardens.
• The Village at Spanish Oaks Final phase of the 1,200-acre Spanish Oaks master-planned community in Bee Cave, Texas, comprising approximately 80 acres with residential, retail, restaurants, recreational trails, Class A office space, and an Inn and Spa.
• Kierland Master Plan 730-acre master-planned community in Phoenix, Arizona developed from 1991 to 1998, including Kierland Commons retail center, Westin Kierland Resort, and 27-hole Kierland Golf Club.
• Kierland Golf Club 27-hole golf course serving as the central amenity for the Kierland resort hotel, providing storm water management, imaging for all land uses, and hike-and-bike trail access.
• Kierland Commons 550,000-square-foot specialty retail center in Phoenix, Arizona, representing a 'new urbanism' public street and commons-centered commercial and residential district.
• Westin Kierland Resort 750-room convention-focused resort hotel in Phoenix, the largest in the market at the time of development, set within an enveloping golf environment.
• The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain 253-room luxury resort hotel and spa in Marana, Arizona, within the Dove Mountain master-planned community, featuring Jack Nicklaus Signature golf courses and Ritz-Carlton branded residences.
• The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Dove Mountain Approximately 300 highly personalized single-family residences with 20 custom estate home sites, featuring authentic desert southwest architecture with indoor-outdoor living spaces.
• The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain 27-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course in Marana, Arizona, featuring a 45,000-square-foot clubhouse, irrigated by reclaimed water, host of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• The Lodge at Hidden Meadow Ranch Luxury guest ranch in eastern Arizona's White Mountains, featuring rustically elegant log cabins, year-round family activities, fly-fishing, horseback riding, and fine dining, operating from 2002 to 2013.
• The Club at Hidden Meadow Ranch Private ranch club in Arizona's White Mountains at 8,500 feet elevation, offering 71 lots ranging from former lodge cabins to fractional ownership cabins to custom home sites bordering national forest.
• Consulting and Advisory Services Strategic consulting services for resort hotels, convention headquarters, residential and golf developments, tribal land planning, and master plan studies including projects for Hyatt Regency Tamaya, Seven Canyons Sedona, and La Playa Resort.

Quantifiable outcome

• The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain has been recognized for years running with Forbes Travel Guide Five Star, AAA Five Diamond, and Michelin Key awards.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Woodbine Development Corporation (Dallas)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrom 1991 to February 1998, Greenbrier Southwest operated as Woodbine Southwest Corporation in Phoenix, providing development and management services to Woodbine Development Corporation. Under this arrangement, Greenbrier Southwest managed the master planning, entitlements, financing, development, and marketing of the 730-acre Kierland community and the 27-hole Kierland Golf Club. In February 1998, the Bolingers departed Woodbine to pursue development opportunities for their own account.
• Herberger Family (Phoenix)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe 27-hole Kierland Golf Club was a joint venture between Woodbine Development Corporation and the Herberger family of Phoenix. Greenbrier Southwest managed this joint venture as part of its role with Woodbine Southwest Corporation.
• Cottonwood Properties (Tucson)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCottonwood Properties of Tucson and Greenbrier Southwest Corp. co-developed the $500 million, 850-acre Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain project. Cottonwood Properties owned the underlying land (acquired in 1985) and served as the development partner, with Greenbrier Southwest providing development expertise. The project encompasses a Ritz-Carlton resort hotel and spa, a Jack Nicklaus Signature golf club, and Ritz-Carlton residences.
• The Ritz-Carlton Hotel CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company served as the hospitality brand and operational partner for the Dove Mountain project. For the first time in Ritz-Carlton's history, the company was a financial partner in a development project. The Ritz-Carlton brand managed the hotel, golf club, and residences at Dove Mountain, bringing its Five Star, Five Diamond standards and hospitality expertise.
• Barron Collier Companies (Baron Collier Company)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreenbrier Southwest (while at Woodbine Southwest) worked with Barron Collier Company on a potential convention headquarters hotel project in downtown Phoenix adjacent to Bank One Ballpark. Following the departure from Woodbine in 1998, the Bolingers continued their interest in pursuing convention hotel projects with Barron Collier. Additionally, Greenbrier Southwest served as consultant to Baron Collier Company for evaluation of a possible purchase of La Playa Resort Hotel in Naples, Florida, which was successfully acquired.
• Auberge Resorts CollectioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreenbrier Southwest served as project manager for the development of the Commodore Perry Estate in Austin, Texas, which opened in June 2020 as part of Auberge Resorts Collection. Auberge Resorts Collection is owned by The Friedkin Group. Greenbrier Southwest continues to be involved as a member of the development team for the residential project on the western half of the estate.
• Santa Ana PueblominorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGreenbrier Southwest served as consultant to the Santa Ana Pueblo for planning and development of the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort, a 350-room resort hotel. This was the first branded resort to be built on tribal lands in New Mexico.
• CCNG, Inc. (Spanish Oaks Developer)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreenbrier Southwest teamed with CCNG, Inc., the owner/developer of Spanish Oaks, to provide world-class master-planning for The Village at Spanish Oaks, an 80-acre mixed-use development in Bee Cave, Texas. The project includes residential, retail, office, restaurant, and an Inn and Spa at Spanish Oaks.
• DMB Associates (Arizona)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGreenbrier Southwest served as consultant to DMB Associates on a potential luxury lodge development on the Tejon Ranch in California.
• Laguna PueblominorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGreenbrier Southwest served as consultant to the Laguna Pueblo for strategic planning of major freeway intersections within their tribal lands along the I-40 Corridor in New Mexico.
• Timbers CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTim and Casey Bolinger were associated with the Timbers Company (along with SV Capital) in the development of Castello di Casole, a luxury resort and residential development in Tuscany, Italy.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Discovery Land Company: Luxury private club and residential community developer with a similar boutique, high-amenity, master-planned resort community model. Operates projects like Mirabel, The Hills, and Kukio — directly comparable to Greenbrier Southwest's Hidden Meadow Ranch and Dove Mountain.
• DMB Associates: Arizona-based master-planned community developer; Greenbrier Southwest served as consultant to DMB on a potential luxury lodge development. Both focus on large-scale, amenity-rich residential and resort communities in the Southwest.
• Woodbine Development Corporation: Dallas-based master-planned community and resort developer; Greenbrier Southwest operated as Woodbine Southwest Corporation under this firm from 1991 to 1998 and shares the same mixed-use master-planned community and resort development model.
• Timbers Company: Luxury resort and residential developer of boutique fractional and whole-ownership resort communities. Greenbrier principals were previously associated with Timbers on Castello di Casole in Tuscany; both firms share the luxury resort-residential integrated model.
• Cottonwood Properties: Tucson-based real estate developer and co-development partner on the $500M Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain project. Comparable boutique developer with land-ownership and co-development model in the same Arizona market.
• Barron Collier Companies: Florida-based real estate developer with hospitality, commercial, and land development operations. Greenbrier Southwest worked with Barron Collier on Phoenix convention-hotel and Naples resort-hotel assignments; comparable developer-operator boutique.

Broad incumbents

• Trammell Crow Company: Major U.S. commercial real estate developer; Tim Bolinger was previously a partner. Closely comparable in mixed-use and master-planned development capability, though operating at vastly larger scale across multiple asset classes.
• Disney Development: Real estate and resort development arm of The Walt Disney Company; Tim Bolinger was previously VP. Operates at much larger scale but shares the integrated resort, residential, and master-planned community discipline applied by Greenbrier Southwest.

Others

• Auberge Resorts Collection: Luxury hotel operator owned by The Friedkin Group; Greenbrier Southwest served as project manager for the Commodore Perry Estate in Austin. Operates the hospitality side of projects Greenbrier Southwest develops, making it a peer/partner rather than direct competitor.
• The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company: Luxury hospitality brand and operational partner; while not a direct competitor, Ritz-Carlton is a key brand owner/customer whose financial participation in Dove Mountain makes it a structural counterparty on luxury resort projects comparable to Greenbrier Southwest's offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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