Hotel & Leisure Advisors was recently featured in a CoStar News article exploring the complex world of water park development. President David Sangree shared his expertise on why so many announced projects never break ground — and what it takes to make one succeed. Published by: CoStar News/Kristian Gravenor Published date: May 2026 After years

Congratulations to our client, Honokea, for securing $95 million in revenue bond authority from the State of Hawaii for the Honokea Surf Village. The bill was approved by the Legislature and signed into law into law in June, 2021.  This bond bill authorizes State of Hawaii tax free revenue bond authority as a financing tool

Among the many challenges facing the waterpark industry in 2020, one of the biggest questions on the minds of many developers is: after so many years of growth in the industry, are new waterpark projects still being financed? Financing a new construction waterpark has always been extremely difficult, but 2020 has the added complication of