A Holladay Blog Series

In this edition of our Getting to Know Them series, we reached out to the 2020 interns who are assisting a variety of departments this summer: Brandon Davis (South Bend, IN), Peter Rattray (South Bend, IN) and Donald Tomei (LaGrange, IL). Here’s what they had to say.

Q: Where do you come to Holladay from? How long will you be serving as an intern?

• BRANDON: I am a rising fifth-year Architecture student at the University of Notre Dame with a minor in Real Estate. I will be a summer intern for 10 weeks before headed back to school to finish out my last year.
• PETER: I am from South Africa and am currently a Notre Dame MBA student class of 2021. I will be with Holladay until August 7^th.
• DONALD: The past two summers, I have interned with Brennan Investment Group, an industrial REIT based in Rosemont, IL. I will be working as an intern with Holladay until I return to the University of Illinois in August.

Q: What is your title?

• BRANDON: Real Estate and Design Intern
• PETER: Finance and Development Intern
• DONALD: Summer Analyst

Q: What are/will be your primary duties at Holladay?

• BRANDON: I’m working primarily on idea conceptualization and design for a new development project. Additionally, I am assisting with preparing schematic drawings in AutoCAD and verifying designs against building code.
• PETER: I have a wide breadth of responsibility. My main focus currently is assisting Ken Herman in getting Holladay Hospitality Group up and running, ready to go live on July 1^st. This ranges from marketing initiatives to hiring General Managers and making sure that all the systems are properly in place to ensure a smooth transition for the existing hotels coming under our management. I am also assisting Paul Phair on potential acquisitions and developments locally.
• DONALD: I will be assisting Duffey Phelps with the WoodSpring Suites properties.

Q: Why did you decide to join the Holladay team?

• BRANDON: I wanted to work in development specifically to enhance my knowledge of architecture in the industry. I feel that I’m learning a great deal about how projects actually start in the feasibility stages and how they move through the pipeline until their completion.           
• PETER: I decided to join Holladay because of its phenomenal reputation and standing in the community as well as the breadth of experience I will get in the numerous projects I will be exposed to over the summer.
• DONALD: I have always been passionate about real estate, and when the opportunity came, I was thrilled.

Q: What are you most excited/nervous about for your time with Holladay?

• BRANDON: I’m equally excited and nervous to present the designs that I come up with by the end of the summer. It feels like a lot more pressure than presenting to a group of professors at ND.
• PETER: I am most excited to be a part of the Holladay Hospitality Group start up. To be able to see the company through the process of going live is a unique experience and is exposing me to various sides of the business I would not normally be exposed to.
• DONALD: I am most excited to develop experience through real estate outside of industrial. I look forward to working with the development team and seeing the motion of progression on properties.  

Welcome to our team, Brandon, Peter and Donald!