Mr. Kimball

Larry K. Kimball

Director of Hotel Development

C. W. Clark, Inc.

Larry K. Kimball has over thirty years of hotel experience in development, finance, operations, and asset management at the corporate and operating unit levels. Mr. Kimball is currently Director of Hotel Development for C. W. Clark, Inc., a San Diego-based commercial real estate developer. In this capacity, he is responsible for the entitlement, design, financing, and asset management of several large public-private hotel and mixed-use projects totaling ~1,200 keys with combined development costs of $600+ million.

As Managing Director of Horwath Hospitality and Leisure’s San Diego office, Mr. Kimball provided consulting services to the City of Garden Grove Redevelopment Office evaluating hotel development opportunities and consulted to developers of the proposed Escondido Hotel and Conference Center.

Mr. Kimball spent twenty years in Hawaii working with independent resorts and hotel brands. He led the restructuring and strategic planning effort as Lanai Company’s COO/CFO. There he was involved in Gold Nugget award winning multi-family residential development, luxury hotel operations, commercial and residential property management, significant cash flow improvement, and P&L accountability for $70+ million revenue operations with 1,100 employees and $650 million in assets. For five years, Mr. Kimball managed the Honolulu office of a global hospitality technology consulting practice focusing on telecommunications and other information management systems and was one of seven agents nationwide for GTE Vantage Solutions. His first ten years in Hawaii with Amfac Hotels included assignments in the corporate office as well as in their 11 hotels to improve operations efficiency and profitability.

Mr. Kimball received his CHA at the inaugural CHA awards ceremony where he acted as emcee. His MBA is from Chaminade University in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Mr. Kimball can be contacted at 858-875-5146 or larryk@CWCLARKINC.com

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