LandMarkers Group
Selected project experience.
Resort destinations, waterfront neighborhoods and new approaches to ownership. Explore the experience of LandMarkers principals, including work completed through their own firms and earlier roles.
Telluride, Colorado
A private residence club in Telluride, created and developed by Christopher I. Abbott. The River Club was among the early fractional private residence clubs, bringing a distinctive ownership model to a mountain resort setting.
Principal experience
Christopher I. Abbott
Queensland, Australia
A multi-phase waterfront resort community with homes, a hotel, marinas, commercial spaces and recreational amenities. The Hulbert Group’s work included joint-venture site planning and architecture for virtually all first-phase housing, the hotel and club facilities.
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Richard E. Hulbert
Vancouver, British Columbia
A mixed-use urban waterfront neighborhood with 2 million square feet of commercial development. Richard E. Hulbert served as lead urban designer during the comprehensive rezoning of all three phases for Marathon Developments Inc. The first phase earned the Urban Development Institute’s Best Master Planned Community award.
Principal experience
Richard E. Hulbert
International resort portfolio
John helped formulate this luxury exchange program for Private Residence Club members and resort fractional owners, grew the brand to 50 affiliated properties and directed member fulfillment for the Americas. The company was sold to Cendant/RCI in March 2006.
Principal experience
John R. Kazanjian
Snowbird, Utah
John restructured the project as a fractional offering and corrected the imbalance in unsold inventory. The team achieved volume per guest of $2,815, won the Gold ARDY for Sales and Marketing: Mid-sized Project at the ARDA 2000 Convention, and sold out the project.
Principal experience
John R. Kazanjian
Escondido, California
John directed sales at Lawrence Welk Resort Villas, growing sales from $500,000 per month to $40 million per year for seven years. The resort became one of the top three selling timeshare resorts in the United States. The resort is now part of Hyatt Vacation Club.
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John R. Kazanjian
Oregon, United States
Through MCK Environmental Planners, John served as a consultant to Governor Tom McCall’s successful effort to establish pioneering statewide environmental land use legislation. He also served as Planner-in-Charge for the Southeast Oregon Council of Governments.
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John R. Kazanjian
Perthshire, Scotland
Through Premier Resorts and Bragg & Co., Russell Bragg helped shape and launch this vacation-home development at Gleneagles. His work spanned the business plan, product positioning, master planning input, and sales and marketing over a ten-year involvement.
Principal experience
Russell Bragg
Spain
An early Premier Resorts assignment, working with Nigel Smith to increase property sales to UK buyers.
Principal experience
Russell Bragg
Cyprus
Under Premier Resorts, Russell Bragg’s team helped launch Lanitis Development’s 650-property resort project, with a €400m gross development value. The assignment included a multinational sales and marketing operation alongside the on-site team.
Principal experience
Russell Bragg
Wales
Appointed to advise on the launch of Celtic Manor’s purpose-built convention center, a three-floor venue covering more than 20,000 square meters.
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Russell Bragg
Algarve, Portugal
An advisory assignment to establish a development strategy and shareholder buyout valuation for a stalled residences project. The engagement concerned strategy and valuation, rather than completed development or sales.
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Russell Bragg
St. Lucia
Helped establish the value proposition and marketing launch for a boutique condominium hotel and buy-to-let property. The sales program was then introduced through a network of UK agents.
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Russell Bragg
Lorca, Murcia, Spain
A Legends Tour project in the Murcia region of southeastern Spain, near coastal access and with separate beachfront land intended for a future Beach Club.
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Russell Bragg
Nagpur, India
Sales and marketing strategy for a planned 3,500-home new town with an $800m gross development value. The initial launch secured pre-sales of 500 homes alongside commitments for a 1,000-pupil school and a 200-bed hospital. Russell’s work included pricing, phasing, product design input and institutional buyer negotiations.
Principal experience
Russell Bragg
Bermuda
Appointed by the Bermuda government to help launch the Tapestry Collection by Hilton hotel condominium project. The assignment involved repositioning existing apartment buildings, developing the marketing platform, and launching campaigns in Bermuda and the eastern United States.
Principal experience
Russell Bragg
Grenada
Branding and international marketing for a proposed 215-room hotel and Citizenship by Investment real estate program. The work included brand identity, a multilingual website and support for a multinational sales operation. The reported sell-through preceded a dispute that interrupted the project.
Principal experience
Russell Bragg
Red Sea Coast, Egypt
Worked with Chris Anastassiou on the business plan and master plan for a proposed Red Sea resort development comprising three hotels and 400 residential units.
Principal experience
Russell Bragg
Crete, Greece
Advised Minoan Group on the residential component of the business plan and master plan. The €270m proposal included a five-star hotel, 600 holiday homes and an 18-hole golf course on the northeastern coast of Crete.
Principal experience
Russell Bragg
Portugal
Launched and advised on sales and marketing for a €125m residential project with 370 units and a Starwood hotel. The campaign achieved sales of 330 properties over a five-year period.
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Russell Bragg
Provence, France
Supported Kajima’s team in sales and marketing for this Provençal resort estate, which includes an 18-hole golf course, spa, dining and convention facilities.
Principal experience
Russell Bragg
Lake District, England
Bragg & Co. relaunched sales across a 50-acre lakeside estate after a period without a sale. Work included a management business plan, coordination of title and valuation specialists, improvements to the lettings operation, and a joint sales campaign with Fine & Country. All 25 properties sold within two years.
Principal experience
Russell Bragg
Watamu, Kenya
Engaged through Valor Hospitality Advisory in 2024 to advise on hotel branding, financial modeling and market feasibility. The work informed revisions to the master plan, hotel brand and real estate pricing approach.
Principal experience
Russell Bragg
Mauritius
Advised the CIEL Group on the marketing launch of Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita.
Principal experience
Russell Bragg