HOUSTON--NAI Partners has made two recent high-profile hires in its Houston office. Lisa Hankamer has joined the firm as vice president in investment sales with a focus on hospitality and Ami Figg has been hired as a leasing agent in the office project leasing division.

"Lisa is a trailblazer in this industry," Elke Laughlin, executive vice president of corporate development at NAI Partners, told GlobeSt.com.

Laughlin says Hankamer's expertise is in boutique hotels, and that her extensive background in the small niche will greatly benefit the company. Most recently, Hankamer was managing principal of Uniquity Real Estate Partners, a boutique hotel brokerage firm that provides transactional and advisory services for owners of unique/select boutique, historic, resort and lifestyle hotel properties.