Jon Blanchard
Founder + CEO
Jon Blanchard is a proven hospitality pioneer, hotelier, and market visionary with an accomplished track-record of nationally renowned hospitality projects. Jon founded BLVD Hospitality in 2008, and after spearheading downtown Los Angeles’ first adaptive reuse hospitality project with the historic renovation of the United Artists’ Building and Theatre into the award winning Ace Hotel, Jon set his sights on the rekindled LA hospitality development renaissance. BLVD, under the vision of Blanchard, is creating and developing some of the industry’s most anticipated hospitality and real estate projects in Los Angeles and beyond.
Nicolo Rusconi
Cofounder + President
Born and raised in Southern California, Nicolo Rusconi is a passion-based hospitality entrepreneur, hotelier, and brand experience architect with a portfolio that spans industries. He was selected for Zagat's 30 under 30 for his creativity and vision in hospitality; he currently sits on the board of directors for the Los Angeles Conservation Corps; and he is a founding partner in the DTLA-focused event collective, LaunchDTLA. Nico’s focuses include the day-to-day operations of BLVD as well as overseeing the company’s creative initiatives across the portfolio.
Margaux Rotter
Director of Development
Margaux Rotter has had a passion for architecture and building since a young child. She graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Building Science. Margaux worked for a General Contractor as a Project Engineer after college; with one of her projects being BLVD’s ACE Hotel. Since joining BLVD, Margaux has overseen or been deeply involved in numerous large-scale projects throughout the city from the city’s first modular construction high-rise for citizenM to numerous historic, adaptive reuse hotel projects throughout the region.
Blake Malecha
Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Asset Management
With a BA from Ohio State University in Finance, Blake Malecha has worked closely with many industry’s top firms on the analysis, sourcing, capitalization, and disposition of assets around the country. Following analyst roles at Piper Jaffrays and Duff & Phelps, Malecha landed at HFF in 2017 where we worked under Tony Malk studying many of the industry’s more notable transactions. Blake specializes in all realms of hospitality and brings with him a trove of industry knowledge and market insights that make him highly adept at analyzing the variety of deals BLVD pursues.
Chris Maggiore
Controller
Chris Maggiore graduated from the University of San Diego with a degree in Accounting, Finance, and Real Estate, and subsequently earned his MBA from UNLV in Accounting + Finance. Chris brings with him a wide array of experience from bookkeeping and accounting at hotels, casinos, and restaurants in Las Vegas to financial tracking for numerous developments throughout the city of Los Angeles.