Jay Morrow

Senior Managing Director, Capital Markets | Co-Head of Hospitality Advisory

Jay Morrow

Senior Managing Director, Capital Markets | Co-Head of Hospitality Advisory


Jay Morrow

Jonathan (Jay) Morrow is a senior managing director of Capital Markets and co-head of Hospitality Advisory at Walker & Dunlop and is based in New York, New York. In this role, he co-leads the firm’s hospitality practice and is responsible for the origination and execution of hospitality investment sales and capital placement nationwide. He specializes in institutional-grade hotel and resort transactions throughout North America, including investment and brand advisory and capital placement across domestic and international capital sources.

Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Morrow spent more than 15 years at Hodges Ward Elliott, where he led the firm’s New York City office and completed more than $20 billion in lodging transactions.

Morrow earned a bachelor’s degree in management from Kennesaw State University, where he served as captain of the men’s baseball team.

Jonathan (Jay) Morrow is a senior managing director of Capital Markets and co-head of Hospitality Advisory at Walker & Dunlop and is based in New York, New York. In this role, he co-leads the firm’s hospitality practice and is responsible for the origination and execution of hospitality investment sales and capital placement nationwide. He specializes in institutional-grade hotel and resort transactions throughout North America, including investment and brand advisory and capital placement across domestic and international capital sources.

Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Morrow spent more than 15 years at Hodges Ward Elliott, where he led the firm’s New York City office and completed more than $20 billion in lodging transactions.

Morrow earned a bachelor’s degree in management from Kennesaw State University, where he served as captain of the men’s baseball team.

Jay Morrow in the news

Nashville EDITION Hotel & Residences. Photo Credit: INC Architecture & Design

Walker & Dunlop

Walker & Dunlop Arranges $371.5 Million Financing for The Nashville EDITION Hotel & Residences

February 9, 2026

Walker & Dunlop

Walker & Dunlop Secures $112.5 Million Refinance for Brooklyn’s Coveted Ace Hotel

January 6, 2026

Walker & Dunlop

Walker & Dunlop Arranges $92 Million Refinance for Hiltons at McCormick Place

October 20, 2025

Walker & Dunlop

Walker & Dunlop Advises $86 Million Financing for Caesars Republic Scottsdale, a Hilton Hotel

May 29, 2025

Hospitality Investor

Walker & Dunlop

The rise of the sub-$20 million hotel deal

May 23, 2025

Hotel Business

Walker & Dunlop

Walker & Dunlop Taps Jay Morrow to Head Hotel Investment Sales

October 17, 2024

Deals Closed

Margaritaville Hotel
The Mark Hotel
The Ritz-Carlton Savannah
The Nashville EDITION Hotel & Residencies
Ace Hotel Brooklyn

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