Joshua M. Bowman moderates panel at Boston University’s 2026 Hospitality Real Estate Symposium

Partner and Hospitality Practice Group Chair Joshua M. Bowman moderated the panel, “From Listing to Closing: What It Takes Today,” at the Boston University (BU) 2026 Hospitality Real Estate Symposium on April 22. Josh, a member of the BU School of Hospitality’s Real Estate Advisory Board, facilitated the discussion on the current realities of executing real estate transactions, as well as the operational, financial, and market dynamics required to successfully move deals across the finish line in today’s environment.

The 2026 Hospitality Real Estate Symposium, hosted by the Boston University School of Hospitality Administration and sponsored in part by Sherin and Lodgen, gathered industry leaders, visionaries, innovators, and students to explore the future of hospitality and commercial real estate. The conference delved into the trends, strategies, and technologies shaping the next era of investments, development, and redevelopment.

Josh is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate and Corporate departments and is chair of the firm’s Hospitality Practice Group. He brings years of experience counseling local and national real estate owners and developers, institutional and non-institutional lenders, investors, tenants, contractors, and other businesses in connection with a wide variety of transactions and situations. He has substantial experience dealing with complicated issues related to commercial real estate ownership, development, finance, joint venture arrangements, acquisitions and sales, leasing, land use, licensing, management and franchise agreements, construction agreements, and food and beverage agreements. As the Chair of the firm’s Hospitality Practice Group, Josh has a particular concentration in representing owners and operators of restaurants and hotels.

In January of 2017, Josh joined the faculty at the BU School of Hospitality Administration, where he teaches two courses: The Fundamentals of a Hotel Real Estate Deal and Hospitality Law.

For more than 40 years, Boston University’s School of Hospitality has been cultivating the next generation of leaders of the multibillion-dollar hospitality industry. From experience management to hospitality real estate and beyond, the school’s  academic programs challenge students to become Experience Innovators for hotels, restaurants, travel and tourism, healthcare enterprises, retail and luxury brands, sports and entertainment venues, and any organization where hospitality can be strategically applied to help establish lasting and meaningful relationships.