Why Lee Hospitality

Fast is only useful if it’s right.

Why design firms and hotel owners hand us the purchasing desk — and what it is worth to a firm that does.

Four Reasons

Speed

Days, not weeks.

The spec book and the full bid can both be done in days, not weeks — 48 hours each on prototype brand work.

One Clean Comparison

One recommendation, not a stack of PDFs.

Every quote is laid out in the same format, so the owner gets one clear recommendation instead of a pile of attachments.

People Check the Machines

A person approves everything.

We use AI to do the reading and typing. Our people check the numbers and make the decisions. Nothing goes to a vendor without a person approving it.

We Remember

Every project informs the next.

Prices and vendors from past projects inform the next one, so we already know who sells an item and what a fair price looked like.

For Design Firms: The Economics

Procurement is revenue your firm is leaving on the table. We work under your name, at your direction. You set the fee you charge the owner — our 3–4% is all that comes out of it.

Illustrative — $4M FF&E package
10%
You bill the owner a procurement fee
10% of FF&E
$400,000
3–4%
Lee Hospitality charges your firm
3–4% of FF&E
– $160,000
Net
Your firm keeps
Without adding headcount
$240,000
No Headcount to Add

No purchasing department.

The margin does not cost you a purchasing department, a warehouse, or a single new hire.

Every Project

Not just the big ones.

Renovations and new builds alike carry an FF&E budget — and a fee you are not currently capturing.

The Client Stays Yours

White-labeled end to end.

The owner sees your firm delivering design and procurement as one service.

What Your Firm Gains

What You Gain
01
Speed
A custom spec book and quote requests out in 48 hours on prototype work — not weeks. Your client sees progress immediately.
What You Gain
02
Efficiency
Your designers design. We carry the spec assembly, vendor wrangling and quote tracking end to end.
What You Gain
03
Accuracy
Brand-compliant specs, no dropped line items, and a human check at every critical step — fewer surprises at installation.
What You Gain
04
One point of contact
One accountable team instead of a dozen vendor relationships, with clear recommendations at every decision point.

In Association with Lee & Associates

Lee Hospitality works in association with Lee & Associates. Procurement is delivered by Lee Hospitality under its own contract.

Since 1979, Lee & Associates has re-imagined the way that commercial real estate companies should be structured. Each Lee & Associates office is owned and operated by its professionals — the largest commercial real estate firm owned by real estate professionals in North America.

1979Reimagining commercial real estate since
#1Largest broker-owned firm in North America
80+Offices across North America
1,750Professionals and growing internationally
$120BNational transaction volume, last 5 years

More projects through the studio, without adding headcount.

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