Cecilia T. Gordon
Director
Boston
cgordon@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 3565Cecilia T. Gordon
Director, Boston
cgordon@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 3565Related Expertise
Hospitality industry leaders turn to Cecilia Gordon for advice as they invest, brand, and manage hotel and resort properties across the country.
Cecilia uses her robust real estate experience to conceive and close acquisitions and dispositions, joint venture arrangements, franchise agreements and management agreements. With a reputation for being thorough and practical, Cecilia also advises sophisticated clients on contracts with hospitality industry brand names such as Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Choice and Kimpton.
Cecilia also devotes time to advising clients on equity investments in all real estate asset classes. She has particularly strong experience in creating optimal structures for joint ventures and counseling clients looking to partner with others to develop and operate multifamily properties, office buildings, senior living developments, hotels and resorts.
Equally valued by her clients and colleagues for her experience and leadership, Cecilia is the co-chair of the firm's Real Estate Practice and Hospitality and Recreation Industry Group.
Related Representative Matters
Pyramid Global Hospitality in connection with its portfolio of owned and managed hotels and resorts. Representation includes leasing Marriott Courtyard World Trade Center, New York, and Hilton Garden Inn, Seattle, Washington, from Union Investment Real Estate, along with acquisitions and dispositions across its hotel and resort portfolio nationwide.
CrossHarbor Capital Partners LLC in multiple resort management and development agreements, including luxury hotel management contracts with Montage Hotels & Resorts and ultra-luxury agreements with One&Only.
Real estate developer in a joint venture with CitizenM to develop and ground lease a hotel/multifamily property in Washington, D.C.
Dream Hotel Group and its subsidiaries in the sale of its hotel management business and select hotel brands to Hyatt Corporation, and in negotiating hotel management agreements with Hyatt.
Institutional and family-owned hotel owners in hotel franchise agreements with Marriott, Hilton, Starwood, IHG, Choice, and Radisson across the U.S.
Privately held hotel owner in management agreements for a hybrid hotel-serviced apartments project, and in the development and management of boutique hotels within luxury retail centers.
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in the hotel management agreement for the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel in Boston.
Netherlands-based independent real estate company in joint ventures for multifamily developments in Atlanta, North Carolina, and Boston.
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Recognition
Chambers USA Guide
June 5, 2025
Accolades
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers, 2024
- The American Lawyer, Northeast Trailblazer
- Best Lawyers in America® (2023-2026): Real Estate Law
- Chambers USA, Leisure & Hospitality, USA - Nationwide, 2019 - 2023 (Band 3); 2024-2025 (Band 2)
- "America's Leading Business Lawyers," Chambers USA 2015-2016
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2006 - 2007
Affiliations
- Member, Real Estate Advisory Council, Boston University School of Hospitality Administration
- Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL)
- Member and former Chairperson, International Society of Hospitality Consultants
Admissions
- Massachusetts
Education
New York University School of Law ( J.D. , 2000 )
Harvard University ( B.A. , magna cum laude , 1997 )