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. He has over $750 million transacted real estate and over 1400 hotel keys built to date.