Global Resort Consultancy, LLC (GRC Group) is an international company of

fi nance, design and project management professionals headquartered in Las

Vegas, Nevada. Our Executive team represents more than 40 years of

international experience, providing innovative and technical excellence

across a broad range of public and private sector markets.

What sets us apart is our collaborative ability of working globally and

delivering locally. A trusted partner to our clients, we provide dedicated teams of

qualifi ed personnel to each project, all focused on delivering the most innovative and

appropriate solutions to create, enhance and sustain the world’s built, natural and social

environments.

The GRC Group provides turn-key solutions with the following verticals:

• Project Acquisition / Financing

• Design / Planning / Architecture

• Project / Program Management

• Facilities / Operational Management

GRC’s commitment to our clients ensures we approach each opportunity as a

unique venue that is considerate of social, environmental and fi nancial objectives. Our

ability to recognize opportunities and constraints of each project ensures we are proactive

in our approach to delivering exceptional results......EVERYTIME

The GRC Group services all corners of the international market through our

locations in North / South America, Australia, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, providing

suitably qualifi ed and knowledgeable teams for every location.

Company Introduction

Our Vision: To deliver exemplary results EVERYTIME based on unique client, social and environmental considerations.

Our Purpose: To consistently create, deliver and maintain the world’s built, natural and social environments by working collaboratively with knowledgeable and experienced professionals across a broad range of disciplines.

Being mindful and committed to these ideals ensures we uphold a dedication to people and their well-being. Our corporate environment promotes a philosophy of delivering environments that inspire creativity and respond to environmental, social and stakeholder objectives.

COMPANY ETHICS

GRC takes pride in how our people conduct themselves with integrity, while delivering excellence to our clients around the world. And our approach to ethical behavior and compliance with local laws and regulations has been recognized by our clients worldwide since 2004.

Our founding partners provided a rich legacy of integrity, and honoring that has been a signifi cant part of GRC’s success story. Our philosophy preserves an enduring commitment to integrity that shapes our ethical culture and provides clear guidance so all stakeholders recognize how we conduct business globally.

GRC’s Code of Ethics provides balanced and practical business advice to help us think broadly, act decisively and drive results in a way that is legal, ethical and responsible.

Company Vision / Purpose

GRC uses a collaborative model of senior leadership. Our Senior Executive team sets

overall strategy and policy. Cameron MacKellar (USA), John Wells (China), Steven Barnes

(Europe) and Jeff Wood (USA) run the fi rm, working with and through our Management

Committee and Senior Staff located globally. Together, they direct and integrate our

practices, offi ces, and design and delivery teams to serve our clients effectively on a

global, 24/7 basis.

Behind our leadership team is a worldwide network of fi nancial, design / architectural,

project management and professional consultants. This corporate structure provides for

a company that strives to constantly enhance our international reputation for innovative

design, superb delivery, and effi cient management of its teams and projects.

COMPANY SAFETY

Safety is fundamental to our everyday culture, whether working in the offi ce or from a

project site, we are dedicated to operating and maintaining projects in a safe manner.

Championed by our leadership team, our commitments are outlined in our Safety, Health

and Environment (SH&E) Policy Statement. The Policy Statement establishes and maintains

a framework for our overall SH&E program. This drives us to pro-actively incorporate these

safety standards into everything we do.

GRC has adopted these Safety Principles to help demonstrate the commitment of our

Workplace Safety program. We fi rmly believe these principles will enable GRC to achieve

its goal of zero employee injuries, property damage and an environmentally friendly and

sustainable workplace.

Employees are encouraged to become actively engaged in our safety processes through

active participation in safety committees, training and inspections. In addition, employees

are also encouraged to participate in health initiatives and adopt a healthy lifestyle.

Company Leadership

Services: Acquisition / FinanceServices: Finance

Global Resort Consultancy understands the complex nature of achieving quality fi nance

for your project, and we continually seek appropriate solutions to ensure each project has

optimal opportunity of success. For the vast majority of projects, whether it is from a bank or

investment house, or from private equity, fi nancing is an inevitable prerequisite.

In response, GRC have been highly proactive in forming strong relationships with a number

of diverse and qualifi ed fi nancial partners, all who have very different but very effective

approaches to fi nancing projects of all scales and destinations.

GRC works closely with our strategic alliances to provide the necessary fi nancial solutions

to ensure your project requirements are delivered, these include the following fi nancing

strategies:

• Equity fi nance

• Mezzanine fi nance

• Construction fi nance

• Principle debt fi nance

• Subordinated fi nance

Global Resort Consultancy’s commitment to all prospective principals is simply to work

right alongside them as partners, ensuring optimal success of secure funding. Through our

relationships we know what specifi c criteria is required by our potential funders criteria, and

can match these up with each prospective project. Our ethos is always to start with the

end in mind, therefore our design, architecture and project management teams work to

not only provide a quality end result, but also to do it in a way that our funding partners are

comfortable with the team, giving the project the greatest chance of success.

Our holistic approach has created signifi cant interest from clients around the world,

and also potential funders due to our diverse portfolio of upcoming projects. This is

giving us the enviable position of growing our data base of funding consortiums and

Services: Finance

increasing our position and professional standing as the fi nancier, design and project

management partner of quality projects globally - a truly turn-key solution for our clients.

Currently, GRC have a very close working relationship with a boutique investment bank

operating out of the US and Canada. This team manage a large number of

institutional and private clients. We have worked with them on a number of occasions to

create bespoke solutions for clients, in the areas of construction fi nance, principle debt,

subordinated debt, mezzanine fi nance and equity participation.

We also have direct access to a large private fund who specialize in venture capital. They

will take a high equity stake is high in the initial years but will openly look at MBO’s etc. Also,

because of this position, there is no requirement for them to take charges over any land.

In 2014, we began actively working with a large global construction company who will

also take an equity stake in projects that they can be engaged in from a construction and

construction management perspective. This group has been very active in

fi nancing some of our international ventures in South America, Europe and the Middle

Eastern markets.

Finally, we are in direct negotiations with a newly set up fund in the United Kingdom who

have an appetite for direct investment into Marina Based projects. This group is particularly

active in the Australasian, European and Caribbean markets.

It is essential to our funding partners that they are in agreement with the project delivery,

and of equal importance is the proposed management team. Through our professionalism,

ethos and connections to such parties as CBRE, funders have become very comfortable

with our way of working and this level of trust and understanding makes GRC the ideal

project partner.

The GRC Group objective is to utilize our collective expertise to create unique places of

lasting value for the communities we serve.

We blend our expertise in planning, architecture, landscape architecture and

engineering to create sustainable environments that connect people and places,

movement and the built environment, and nature and architecture. For projects of

all scales, including regional and community master plans, commercial corridors,

neighborhood plans, parks and recreation areas, and successful infi ll and redevelopment,

we work with clients to establish a collaborative vision and then draw on our skills and

resources to bring that vision to life in the built environment.

We believe that to create lasting value, each project and community must draw from its

unique context of environment, culture, and history to create a sense of place that will

endure. By meticulously understanding these aspects and incorporating our knowledge of

planning, design, development, and infrastructure, we create environments that enhance

a community’s regional traditions yet remain sustainable and fl exible for many different

market segments and uses.

The GRC Group have successfully utilized our collaborative approach to improve the

quality of life and environment in a wide array of contexts – from large urban areas to small

rural communities.

We strive to incorporate sustainable development patterns, compact and walkable mixed-

use environments, and the successful integration of streets, public space and architecture

to create sustainable, desirable, and livable places and communities.

• Comprehensive Master Plans • Neighborhood Plans

• Downtown Plans • Parks and Recreation Master Plans

• Corridor Studies • Redevelopment Studies

• Landscape Architecture Design • Strategic Plans

Services: Planning

At GRC, we seek a balance between art and technology, form and function, beauty and

purpose, vision and result. GRC’s building and interior designers have helped shape the

world around us – from high-rise buildings that form city skylines, to educational, cultural,

research and transportation facilities and homes that enable our way of life and future.

Our architects and interior designers are problem solvers by nature – serving clients by

listening to their concerns, understanding their goals, and sharing in their vision. We

believe that capital investment in facilities should be aligned with measurable, sustainable

business benefi ts, and our fi rm’s portfolio refl ects a commitment to excellence and client

satisfaction.

Our global presence allows us to provide local solutions that pull from a global team of

experts.

Sustainability

Good design is sustainable design. Principles of green architecture are fundamental

to our fi rm’s design culture and integral to every discipline. For each building type, our

design process is based on energy effi cient building systems, appropriate selection of

materials and form to maximize environmental conditions and long-term performance.

Our diverse and comprehensive design solutions have provided exceptional results across

the following industry sectors;

• Public/Civic Spaces • Transportation • Residential

• Sports Venues • Education • Recreation

• Health • Aquatic Centers • Hospitality

• Theme Parks • Commercial • Worship

Services: Architecture

GRC’s dedicated Resort, Leisure and Hospitality division has specialist expertise in the

design of custom boutique hotel, resort, casino and theme park projects in locations

around the world. We understand the challenges that hotel, resort, and entertainment

developers face in assembling land, gaining approvals, and creating projects that will

stand out in fi ercely competitive markets. Financing management and operations present

additional and equally diffi cult development challenges; we are versed in these areas as

well.

Since its inception as a one of the foremost design fi rms for resort projects, GRC

Leisure and Hospitality Design has developed a portfolio of projects, representing various

environments in the U.S., the Caribbean, Mexico, Europe and the Middle East. Among our

completed projects are the award-winning MGM Casino in Detroit, the redesign of the

Luxor Casino in Las Vegas, the master plan and architectural guidelines for the

Chip-In Island Resort in the Upper Peninsula of Wisconsin and numerous

resort-related development studies throughout Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

Competition demands that new resorts and leisure projects rely on imaginative

concepts. Early in the planning phase, we provide alternatives that explore development

opportunities, resolve siting issues, appraising environmental constraints, and test programs

against site and market conditions.

Our fi rst steps include evaluating market potential and carefully planning project

components to ensure differentiation in the marketplace. In addition, early

consideration of environmental issues and creative mitigation measures are critical

to successful development.

GRC assists clients in creating distinctive environments where architecture, landscape,

entertainment, culture, and history combine for an unforgettable experience. Operations

and maintenance factors are considered at every stage of planning and implementation

to create the level of service and quality that is the hallmark of a successful destination.

Services: Hotel / Resort Design

The GRC Group in continuously establishing a worldwide reputation for producing

memorable, ecological and enjoyable golf courses. From Championship

layouts, to public and private membership venues, we tailor each

of our courses to their specifi c markets and needs. With international

experience gained from the European and Australasian PGA Tours, our

team is committed to producing golf environments that respond to the

natural terrain, whilst employing considerate routings that take advantage of the

surrounding environment.

With these key initiatives emanating throughout our courses, GRC believes that our courses

produce better golfers and increased land values - all while providing local employment

and valued recreation for all those who play them.

The GRC Group has a full consortium of services for your golf course project, including;

Golf Course Design and Renovation Site Analysis

• Consultation and Preliminary Design • Topography Review

• Design Development • Preliminary Site Visits

• Working Drawings and Specifi cations • Preliminary Routing

Master Planning Construction Consultation

• Site Visit to Review Existing Project • Construction Bid Documents

• Preparation of Capital Improvements • Analysis of Bids

• Master Plan Presentation to Membership • Field Consultations

Irrigation Consulting Clubhouse Design

• Preliminary Irrigation Design • Service Area Allocation

• Specifi cation Design • Circulation Analysis

• Approval of Irrigation Materials • Hospitality / Retail

• Field Consultations • Back of House / Operations

Services: Golf Course Design

Services: Project Management

GRC Group maintains a large network of professional real estate project / program

managers globally. Our geographical coverage combined with our optimized service

delivery process enables us to plan and execute a full menu of project management

services for occupiers of and investors in commercial real estate worldwide.

Our People have the experience and expertise to translate client goals into successful

results by achieving and/or exceeding your business objectives, schedules, and budget.

Our Tools, technology and training allow us to drive value on every project and reduce the

time committed by our clients’ internal resources.

Our Goal is to provide a structured and comprehensive management approach to

coordinate, control and manage the expectations of our clients.

Project Management represents a core service provided by The GRC Group, with our

experienced staff offering extensive knowledge on a variety of design, programming,

permitting, value engineering, construction and move management related specialties.

Our team is heavily invested the industry with end-to-end strategic and tactical

project and move management services. Our dedicated team has been providing Project

Management Services for a variety of corporate clients since 1996.

Furthermore, The GRC Group is committed to approaching every client relationship

as a partnership, where we strive to foster a long term relationship. The success of this

commitment is evidenced by an impressive contract renewal rate among our total industry

clientele.

Our Project Management services have been developed to meet our clients’

growing need for knowledgeable, experienced leaders who assist them in making informed

decisions; accurately predicting project costs and schedule; and successfully

managing the design, construction, and relocation process. Our team consists of highly

skilled project managers with backgrounds in real estate development, architecture,

interior design, engineering, planning, construction, and risk management.

We partner with our clients by implementing cost-effective, scalable staffi ng models

and utilizing industry-leading processes designed to optimize PJM activities. Regardless

of size, industry sector or geographic dispersion, our project management professionals

consistently deliver cost savings and value.

Our PJM solutions include:

• Capital improvements • Ground Up Construction

• Program Management • Space effi cient analyses

• Relocation Management • Move and changes services

• Base building infrastructure • Facility assessments and due diligence

• Critical Environments • Tenant improvement / Interior build-out

• PJM outsourcing strategies • Occupancy coordination

GRC’s unmatched and fl exible resources enable us to source, underwrite, and execute

project management opportunities on behalf of our customers with a consistent process

and risk mitigation perspective. With 80% of a project’s value created in the fi rst 20% of a

project’s life-cycle, our early involvement will result in the greatest positive impact on the

project.

Services: Project Management

Services: Project Management

The GRC Group recognizes the impact your facilities have on both recruitment and

retention efforts for staff. Whether your project is part of an expansive program, the

primary building of a growing organization, or a complex hotel / resort and recreational

facility, you can trust that the GRC Project Management team, has the scale, platform, and

experience to ensure your next capital improvement project will attract the highest caliber

of staff and management.

The GRC Group understands the critical importance of specialized experience when

providing project management services to our clients nationally and internationally. The

Project Management team will staff your next project from our network of qualifi ed project

managers who have accumulated extensive experience across many markets.

Our experience ensures best practices, lessons learned, and value creation initiatives will

be implemented to produce a successful outcome for your facility.

Our team has delivered complex projects of varying scopes and values across many

global regions, with the following examples representing our “typical” capabilities across

the groups we serve:

• Civic • Data Center

• Distribution • Government

• Healthcare • Higher Education

• Hospitality • Industrial

• Manufacturing • Mission Critical

• Offi ce / HQ • Research

• Retail • Technology

• Utility / Energy • TI Improvements

The GRC Group facilitates Pre and Post-Construction management services that operate

a variety of properties in the United States of America, South / Central America, Australasia

and Europe.

Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada we provide regionally based services to developers

and property owners across the USA, as well as Internationally in selected regions. GRC

Group’s expertise covers a broad range of specialty services, from mid-size extended-stay

and limited service properties, to full-service resorts featuring full service health / spas, golf

course venues, restaurants, and convention centers.

We continue to develop a well-respected international portfolio, and our market presence

is further strengthened with a proven track record in all aspects of the hospitality industry

including:

• Internet distribution and eMarketing Sales & Marketing

• Revenue Management Hotel Operations

• Accounting Services Hotel renovation projects

• Construction / Product Management Human Resources

Since our inception, we have consistently maintained our commitment to building

long-term relationships with our investors, clients, owners, and we continue to provide

steady, positive results in constantly changing economic environments. Applied in a focused

manner, and matched with creative marketing and sound accounting principles, we

enhance operating effi ciencies and ensure consistent product and service levels across all

our properties.

Our company’s senior management have an average of 20 years of experience in all

segments of the hotel, resort and golf management industries, and have proven highly

successful in the takeover, re-positioning, and optimization of these operations.

Services: Facility Management