As many of you know, I traditionally assign a closing song to each transaction. Below are the songs from my assignment as Chief Investment Officer for American Hotel Income Properties REIT(AHIP), which included the acquisition of 72 hotels valued in excess of $1Billion. For the many of you who participated in these transactions and for my other friends and colleagues, I thought you would enjoy having this small piece of history - the closing songs, starting in chronological order.
I look forward to working with you again to jump-start acquisitions and dispositions programs, to grow or divest of portfolios, and to add to the list of Closing Songs.
Enjoy, “Housekeeping” “Dispo Dan”
CLOSING SONG RULES:
1. Must be played by all members of the transaction team.
2. To be played at loud volume to be heard by all in the office.
3. May be changed by Chief Investment Officer to appropriately fit the nature of the negotiations and shenanigans endured during transaction.
4. Must be played at top of hour or next ½ hour following official notice of disbursements.
5. No Exceptions to the rules.
6. Click on link below and sing loudly – this is a celebration!
1. Pittsburgh 4
2. Virginia 4
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
3. North Carolina/Georgia 4
4. Pinehurst – North Carolina/Georgia 4
5. Amarillo, TX 3 Pre-Closing Song
6. Amarillo, TX 3
Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles
7. Oklahoma 4
Money (That’s What I Want) - The Flying Lizards
8. Carolina/Florida 4
Green Grass and High Tides - Outlaws
9. Midwest 9
I’ve Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash
10. Ocala 3 Pre-Closing (the “Waiting”) Song
Lawyers, Guns and Money - Warren Zevon
11. Ocala 3
12. Fort Scott, KS
13. Lincoln, NE
Train Kept a Rollin’ - Aerosmith
14. FL/TN 4
Chattanooga City Limit Sign - Johnny Cash
15. Florida 6
16. Embassy Suites DFW/Tempe
The Long and Winding Road – Paul McCartney and Wings
17. Ohio 3 Embassy Suites
Hang on Sloopy – Ohio State University Marching Band
18. Eastern Seaboard 18