Sabal Hospitality is a hotel development, ownership and management company headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina.
We build to hold. Sabal leads each project from site selection and capitalization through design, construction and opening, then oversees its operations and asset management for the long term.
Our focus is select-service and extended-stay hotels under Marriott, Hyatt, Wyndham and IHG in Southeast markets with durable demand, alongside the selective adaptive reuse of historic buildings such as the 1905 South Carolina State Armory.
Hotels in our portfolio today, including a new Fairfield Inn & Suites opening in fall 2026.
New construction and historic restoration projects in design and pre-construction.
Every hotel is run to the standard we would expect as guests ourselves, from check-in through every night of the stay.
We invest alongside our partners and build to hold, so every development decision is made for decades of performance.
The same leadership carries each hotel from site selection through construction, opening and ongoing operations.
Rigorous underwriting, brand-standard delivery and owner-level control of budget and schedule.
Leadership
Founder & Principal
Malav leads each Sabal project from acquisition and financing through design, construction and opening, and continues to oversee the hotel's operations and asset management after it opens. He holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of South Carolina and an MBA from Rice University.
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