Gold Key | PHR

Gold Key | PHR is a hospitality and real estate company founded in 1986 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The company develops, manages and operates hotels, resorts, commercial and residential real estate, and restaurants, with activity concentrated in Virginia, North Carolina and the wider Mid-Atlantic and East Coast of the United States.

Its work spans four main areas: hospitality development and management, covering hotels and resorts on the East Coast; commercial and residential real estate development, including design, construction and operation of assets; food and beverage, through ownership and operation of restaurants; and retail and entertainment projects across the Mid-Atlantic region. The company reports having developed over $1 billion in new real estate assets.

Gold Key | PHR has operated for more than 30 years and retains its founder, Bruce L. Thompson, as chief executive. The company describes itself as having grown from a modest hospitality management business into one of the more prominent hospitality operators on the East Coast, with a portfolio that includes hotels, resorts, commercial real estate and restaurants, and a record of award-winning projects.