Raj Vashi

Raj Vashi is an experienced real estate developer, investor, and project executive with a strong track record in hospitality, residential development, and recreational infrastructure. His experience encompasses large-scale development, construction management, project execution, investor relations, and coordination with government and regulatory authorities.

Raj has been involved with the New England Sports Village since 2021 as an investor and is currently the development partner, contributing to the continued development of the project as a regional sports, hospitality, and mixed-use destination. His understanding of large-scale recreational and hospitality assets provides valuable perspective as NESV advances its next phase of development.

Raj brings substantial experience in hotel development and ownership, with a diversified hospitality portfolio associated with leading international brands including Hilton, Marriott, Wyndham, IHG, and Hyatt. His hospitality experience spans the development lifecycle, from project planning and construction through delivery and operations, providing practical insight into the execution and management of branded hotel assets.

In India, Raj has served as an Owner and Principal Developer on major residential and mixed-use projects. He has been instrumental in the development and construction of more than 500 residential units encompassing over 1.5 million square feet, including luxury high-rise condominium and mixed-use redevelopment projects. These projects involved complex construction, permitting, entitlement, contractor coordination, and project management and were successfully delivered on schedule.

His international development experience gives him a practical understanding of the challenges associated with large-scale real estate projects, including design and construction coordination, entitlement processes, project scheduling, stakeholder management, and execution.

At NESV, Raj contributes to real estate development strategy, project execution, hospitality development, investor relationships, and coordination with development and regulatory stakeholders. His experience in both hospitality and large-scale residential construction complements the broader NESV leadership team as the project expands beyond its existing sports operations into a diversified mixed-use destination.

Raj holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from McMaster University, a Master of Science in Construction Management from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a Master of Science in Mega Infrastructure Planning from University College London.

His combination of international development experience, hospitality ownership and development, construction management, and project execution provides NESV with hands-on development expertise as the master-planned project moves through its next stages of growth.