H. Brandt Niehaus joined the firm in 1988 when it was Dial-Huff & Associates, Inc. and bought the firm and changed its name in January 1994. He has been in commercial real estate since 1983, but since joining the firm deals exclusively with listing and selling hotels and motels valued up to $50,000,000 and ranging from independents, limited service to over 375 unit full service, franchised hotels. Niehaus represents sellers in conventional sales as well as lender-owned transactions for banks and institutions. Niehaus also provides opinions of values and consultation to many industry clients. Niehaus was awarded one of Hotel Brokers International (HBI) Regional Outstanding Brokers of the Year for 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2001 & 1998. He is a proud recipient of the Noah Canfield Distinguished Service Award by the HBI.
Since 1992 Niehaus has been a speaker at many industry annual and regional conferences including the Hotel/Motel Owners & Investors Conference in Atlanta, Georgia (1993, 1998, 2001 & 2003), and the New York International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio Chapters of the Appraisal Institute, Indiana University real estate class, educational conferences of HBI, and has served on speaker panels at AAHOA National and Regional conferences and the Kentucky and Indiana Hotel & Motel Association’s annual meetings.
Niehaus is a two time President of HBI Board of Directors. He is a Certified Hotel Broker (CHB), Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) and Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM). Niehaus holds a BBA and MBA from the University of Kentucky. His brokerage office is in Louisville, Kentucky.
