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Published on: 10/31/1999
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"As the timeshare business continues to gain credibility, there is more capital attracted to this area," says Jeff Owings, senior vice president of the Resort Finance Group.
This group furnishes the resort industry with financing that transcends the one-size-fits-all approach.The Resort Finance Group can provide creative loan structures with competitive pricing in the form of construction, acquisition, working capital, equity and receivables financing ranging from $3 million to $95 million, Owings says.
Complementing its timeshare-resort finance program is FINOVA's full-service program for the financing of fractional resorts, the increasingly popular hybrid product between timeshare ownership and whole-unit ownership."We offer acquisition, construction and receivables financing to fractional-resort developers," says Owings.
Grand Pacific Palisades Resort, a timeshare resort/hotel adjacent to Legoland in Carlsbad, Calif., is a recent project of the Resort Finance Group."The Speciality Real Estate Group financed the hotel portion of the facility, then it rolls over into a sell-out of the timeshare resort units," says Owings.
The attractiveness of the timeshare property has become noticeable to the hotel operator recently, too.According to Owings, many hotel operators are evaluating the possibility of entering the timeshare business if they haven't already.
There also has been more market segmentation within the timeshare industry itself lately, Owings says.More luxury brand hotels are entering the market, a trend he expects to see continue for the next five to 10 years.