# LionGrove, LLC

> LionGrove is a Miami-based hospitality investment and management firm founded in 2018 by former Goldman Sachs and KKR professional Andro Nodarse-Leon. It acquires hotels in fundamentally strong U.S. markets, often when a property is tired, under-programmed, operationally plateaued, or financially complicated, then uses hands-on ownership, selective hotel management, renovation, food and beverage, entertainment, wellness, events, clubs, and adjacent real estate to build value. Its current public portfolio spans three Puerto Rico resorts and ADERO Scottsdale in Arizona.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Miami, United States
- **Founders:** Andro Nodarse-Leon (Founder and Chief Executive Officer)
- **Team size:** 16 corporate employees in supplied company data; LinkedIn lists 51-200 for the broader company, excluding a clearly disclosed consolidated resort-workforce total.
- **Products:** Fairmont El San Juan Hotel, Wyndham Palmas Beach and Golf Boutique Resort, Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Rainforest Beach and Golf Resort, ADERO Scottsdale Resort, Autograph Collection, Hospitality investment and asset management
- **Notable:** Built a public portfolio of four resorts across Puerto Rico and Arizona by early 2025., The team reports $150 billion in career acquisition, disposition, equity and debt financing transactions., Completed two major renovation and restoration programs at El San Juan Hotel before its 2020 Fairmont rebranding.

## Products & services

- **Fairmont El San Juan Hotel** — A 388-room historic beachfront resort in Carolina, Puerto Rico. LionGrove owns the property; Fairmont, part of Accor, manages it. LionGrove's predecessor investment acquired it in 2015, and LionGrove later purchased that interest.
- **Wyndham Palmas Beach and Golf Boutique Resort** — A 107-room boutique resort inside the Palmas del Mar community in Humacao, Puerto Rico, acquired in 2021 and repositioned through a renovation completed in 2023.
- **Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Rainforest Beach and Golf Resort** — A roughly 400-room resort on about 600 acres beside El Yunque National Forest, acquired in 2022 and operated by LionGrove, with golf, casino, spa, event space, restaurants and clubs.
- **ADERO Scottsdale Resort, Autograph Collection** — A 177-room resort on 17 acres in Arizona's Sonoran Desert, acquired in December 2024 and announced in January 2025 as LionGrove's first mainland U.S. hotel.
- **Hospitality investment and asset management** — Control investing, underwriting, financing, capital planning, hands-on asset management and selective disposition of hotel and resort properties.
- **Hotel operations and repositioning** — Direct management at most owned properties, including renovation oversight, revenue management, food and beverage, entertainment, wellness, clubs, events and guest-experience programming.

## Achievements

- Built a public portfolio of four resorts across Puerto Rico and Arizona by early 2025.
- The team reports $150 billion in career acquisition, disposition, equity and debt financing transactions.
- Completed two major renovation and restoration programs at El San Juan Hotel before its 2020 Fairmont rebranding.
- Owned three Puerto Rico resorts valued collectively at more than $300 million in 2023 trade reporting.
- Raised Wyndham Palmas' average daily rate from the low $100s to above $200 after renovation, according to its CEO in 2023.
- Entered the mainland U.S. with the acquisition of the 177-room ADERO Scottsdale Resort in December 2024.
- LionGrove executive Zach Garcia was named to Hotel Management's 2025 Thirty Under 30 class.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — LionGrove's team page says Yari Vega joined as corporate recruiter to lead management-level talent acquisition across the portfolio.
- **2026-05** — LionGrove appointed Ricardo Vazquez vice president of talent and culture and Sophia Chan senior vice president of development.
- **2026-05** — Founder Andro Nodarse-Leon discussed Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean and Latin American investment markets at the ALIS CALA conference.
- **2025-08** — Trade reporting detailed LionGrove's $55 million Rio Mar repositioning and its plan to renovate ADERO as a wellness-oriented desert resort.
- **2025-01** — LionGrove announced its acquisition of ADERO Scottsdale Resort, its first hotel on the U.S. mainland.

## Links

- Website: https://liongrove.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/liongrovellc

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Last updated: 2026-08-16