Find the real thesis
Test market demand, physical condition, historical performance, competitive position, and basis before capital is committed.
Nashville · Hospitality real estate
Investment discipline.
Operating perspective.
Vivid Capital is a data-driven real estate investment firm focused on hotels, short-term rentals, alternative lodging, and select distressed and value-add opportunities across the United States.
75+Combined years in hospitality
275+Hotel and mixed-use assignments
$10B+Career project value analyzed
Our approach
Owner-minded decisions from acquisition through exit.
Vivid Capital evaluates hospitality real estate through market evidence, operating performance, capital requirements, and an executable business plan. The firm acts as a principal investor and sponsor, aligning decisions across the full investment lifecycle.
Based in Nashville, Vivid pursues opportunities nationwide, with particular experience in high-growth primary and secondary markets across the Southeast. Every opportunity is considered on its own facts, risks, and path to value creation.
Build an executable plan
Connect brand, operator, renovation, financing, and operating decisions to a clear investment objective.
Manage to evidence
Benchmark results, challenge assumptions, monitor risks, and adjust the plan as market and property conditions change.
Capabilities
A focused hospitality real estate platform.
01
Investments & acquisitions
Opportunity sourcing, market and property underwriting, transaction strategy, capital structuring, due diligence coordination, and disposition analysis.
Focus: hotels, resorts, short-term rentals, alternative lodging, and distressed and value-add opportunities.
02
Development & repositioning
Project conception, programming, brand and operator evaluation, design-team coordination, contract strategy, capital planning, and execution oversight.
The goal: connect the development vision with operating and investment realities.
03
Asset management
Hotel and short-term rental operations oversight, performance benchmarking, sales and labor analysis, capital expenditure review, contract monitoring, risk assessment, and value-enhancement planning.
The lens: profitability, guest experience, physical condition, and long-term value.
In the conversation
Press, panels, and industry perspective.
Panel appearance
Nashville Business Journal
Growth of Nashville: The Future of SoBro
Jai B. Patel joined a Nashville Business Journal panel on SoBro and downtown development.
Read storyDevelopment feature
CityNowNext
Rutledge Hill Culinary Arts District: Nashville Development Coverage
CityNowNext examined a proposed Nashville mixed-use district and quoted Jai B. Patel in his Essex Development role.
Read storyPanel appearance
Bisnow
Jai B. Patel at the Nashville Hospitality & Retail Summit
Jai B. Patel represented Vivid Capital on a Bisnow panel about Nashville hotel development and investment.
Read storyHotel brand experience
Experience across leading hotel systems.
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Executive team
Hospitality, capital, construction, and operations.
Four complementary disciplines, aligned around practical execution.
Managing Principal & CEO
Jai B. Patel
Leads investment strategy, underwriting, capital structuring, transactions, and overall firm operations.
President, Capital Markets
Khylam Hari
Leads deal origination, investor and lender relationships, transaction documentation, financing, and closings.
President, Capital Improvements & Construction
Ray Patel
Oversees renovation and development execution, including design review, procurement, contracting, and construction.
President, Asset Management
Jig Ranchod
Guides property performance, brand compliance, risk review, capital oversight, and management accountability.
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