North & South Padre Island:The Next Big Hospitality Market with Tiffany Zhou and Chris Kilcullen

Episode notes

Most people hear Padre Island and think spring break, but two developers are quietly turning it into one of the most interesting hospitality markets in the country. In this episode of the Radical Hospitality Podcast, Zeke sits down with Tiffany Zhou and Chris Kilcullen to compare the North and South ends of the longest barrier island in the world. Chris walks through Whitecap Resort , a 240-acre master-planned resort near Corpus Christi with canals for direct Gulf access, a fully automated boat storage facility, a world-class marina, and hundreds of homes entitled for short-term rental. Tiffany shares what is happening on the South side, where SpaceX and Starbase are pouring billions into the Rio Grande Valley and reshaping a historically overlooked border region. Along the way they get into cheap land, fast permitting, designing for real guests, the value of getting in the room with people who scare you, and why being early is still the best edge an investor has.

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