APERTURE HOTELS AND Satori Collective recently reopened the 120-room Hilton Garden Inn in Columbus, Georgia, following a multimillion-dollar renovation. The updates included public spaces, guestrooms, meeting space and fitness center, as well as parking improvements with EV charging stations. The full-service hotel also features an indoor pool with a hot tub and 3,500 square feet of flexible meeting space.
Satori Collective is led by Andy Chopra as co-founder and managing partner.
“With the completion of this full makeover, the Hilton Garden Inn Columbus now enjoys ‘like-new’ status, effectively making it the newest Hilton-branded hotel in Central Western Georgia,” said Charles Oswald, Aperture Hotels’ president and CEO. “We look forward to hosting a proper grand re-opening ceremony on Aug. 25 to fully embrace our position as a member of the community and to share our new offerings with guests and neighbors.”
Located in Brookstone Centre Office Park, the hotel is near Aflac and TSYS headquarters, just five miles from Columbus Metropolitan Airport and the Chattahoochee River Walk. Nearby attractions include Columbus State University, the Coca-Cola Space Science Center and Fort Moore.
In April 2023, Atlanta-based Banyan Investment Group, led by managing partners Chopra and Rakesh Chauhan, rebranded as Satori Collective. Its subsidiary, Banyan Tree Management, is now Aperture Hotels. Satori Collective focuses on commercial real estate investments, while Aperture Hotels specializes in hotel management.
In January, Satori Collective sold the 124-suite Holiday Inn Express & Suites at Alpharetta-Windward Parkway to Bukhari Group Hospitality, achieving about a 24 percent internal rate of return and a 2x equity multiple.
