GREENWICH, CT-Starwood Capital Group has appointed Gary Raymond, the president and CEO of Vancouver-based Intrawest Placemaking, president of the newly formed development division of Starwood Capital Group based here. Raymond will take over his new post at the end of this year and will be based at Starwood Capital’s San Francisco offices.
Raymond will oversee Starwood Capital’s development activities and related resort and condo and hotel investment, company officials say. It is also anticipated that Raymond will help build a “leading development and marketing company” for Starwood’s planned resort communities as well as establish a condo/hotel operating arm.