County Qualifies Two Developers 

Matthews Holdings Southwest, Inc. d/b/a Matthews Southwest

Matthews Southwest (Matthews), based in Lewisville, Texas has been managing the development of large projects with intensive public involvement for more than 25 years. Matthews is a privately-held development company that has completed over two billion dollars of development work in the past three years. They currently control in excess of 400 million dollars in real estate. They have acquired, built and managed the development of hotel, office, mixed use, retail, residential, and industrial developments.

Matthews has experience in hospitality and convention center development, including Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel, W Hotel/Element by Westin in Philadelphia, PA, Winnipeg Convention Center Expansion, and NYLO Dallas South Side Hotel. ​

The Related Companies, L.P. and PRH Investments, LLC dba The Related Group (collectively Related)

UPDATE: The Related Companies, L.P., in a letter to the County's Purchasing Division, has withdrawn from the solictation process.  Requests for Proposals (RFP's) were due March 11, 2016, but Related indicated it would not be proceeding forward with the RFP.

The Related Companies, L.P., based in New York, NY, and PRH Investments, LLC, (a partially owned subsidiary to The Related Companies, L.P.) based in Miami, FL is a privately-held real estate development firm that currently manages an asset portfolio of over 15 billion dollars, including mixed use, hotel, residential, retail, office, trade show and affordable properties.

Related has extensive development experience in the hospitality industry, including projects such as W Union Square, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, W South Beach, and The Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino.