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Tribal Enterprises & Investments Report, 2025

Tribal Enterprises Report, 2024

SCP Tribal Consultants has published its 2024 Tribal Enterprises Report, which tracks tribal enterprises, investments, and programs in U.S. Indian Country.  Our tribal enterprise tracking supports our work with tribal nations for economic development and specific project planning and implementation.  Over the past decade, the global changes to supply chain, national energy imperatives, and reshoring of key industries, has created a myriad of new opportunities for economic development among U.S. tribal nations.

 

Tribal enterprises tracked in our report range from tribal casinos and c-store / truck stop travel centers, adventure recreation, and other hospitality properties, to commercial businesses, construction companies, and Tribal SBA 8(a) investments.  Tribal investments beyond casinos and c-stores (and truck stops) include destination golf courses, agricultural operations, cannabis growing and retail facilities, and many other asset classes.   Tribal Enterprises also include facilities and programs operated for community benefit including health care venues, tribal housing, senior housing, and industrial real estate.

 

A digital version of our 2024 Tribal Enterprises Report is available upon request through our Contact form.  Some tracking lists from the annual report an be viewed on the Research page of this website.

 

Our research unit also maintains a database of U.S. government grant and other funding programs for Indian County, applicable to tribes and tribal enterprises.   We have started to post updates to these grant programs to this website as we become aware of changes or new opportunities.

 

Our Tribal Enterprises Report limits its tracked enterprises and investments to those disclosed by tribes and pueblos in their websites, local news reports, and 3rd-party websites and media, as well as our own field visits.  We also review Indian Country-focused websites maintained by the Department of Interior and other government agencies.

 

SCP Tribal Consultants is part of StoneCreek Partners LLC and affiliated with Adventure Entertainment, first established in 1984.

Real Estate Advisory Services - master land use planning consultants

Land Development Consultants for Resort

Land development consultants for resort planned for the Big Island of Hawaii.   Our consulting work for North Kohala Ranch included a market evaluation, the project feasibility analysis, built product concepts, conceptual master planning, and initial entitlements strategy.

 

The big idea for the project was a master-planned resort with substantial wellness facilities, golf, and extensive outdoor recreation activities.   Recommendations included a 240-room main resort along with residential development overlooking Māhukona Harbor.   The harbor is actually an abandoned commercial harbor used by the Kohala Sugar Company.

 

For this work we acted as land development consultants for for this resort was on behalf of Chalon International of Hawaii.  In December 1988, Chalon International of Hawaii (Chalon Hawaii) had been established as a subsidiary of Chalon Corporation, a Japanese company.

 

For this work we acted as land development consultants for for this resort was on behalf of Chalon International of Hawaii.  In December 1988, Chalon International of Hawaii (Chalon Hawaii) had been established as a subsidiary of Chalon Corporation, a Japanese company.

This former commercial harbor for Kohala Sugar Company was part of an extensive sugar cane farming and production operation.

 

The North Kohala district is the portion of the Big Island (a/k/a Hawaii County) at its extreme north tip, the region where Kamehameha the Great was born.   This part of the Big Island is known for its scenic valleys, its ranching culture and the Paniolos (Hawaiian cowboys), and extensive role in Hawaiian history.   During the initial environmental review of the landholding, more than 11,000 archaeological and historic sites were identified.   Our work as land development consultants for resort concepting and development included consideration of such sensitive cultural and historical sites of the indigenous Hawaiians.

 

The scenic valleys created by Kohala volcano were extensively cultivated in ancient times, where the valleys were terraced for farming with ditch irrigation systems that brought water from mountain streams to crops such as taro, sweet potatoes, and bananas.

 

 

Chalon Hawaii (later renamed Surety Kohala) was formed to acquire, own and develop the vacant land of Kohala Land, which at the time consisted of about 19,384 acres.  The majority of Kohala Land’s property was zoned at the time, for agriculture.   Kohala Land property had been used for sugar cane production for  a century or more until 1975 when the primary facility (Kohala Sugar Company) was closed. After the cessation of sugar cane operations there were no major activities on the land, which was left vacant.

Feasibility Study for Mixed-Use Urban Infill

Feasibility Study for Mixed-Use Urban Infill Project

Feasibility study for mixed-use urban infill project envisioned for a key intersection in the Hollywood community of Los Angeles, California.

 

The market study with financial projections and facility recommendations for the proposed mixed-use development included an office tower, hotel, and ground floor retail stores.  Various schemes were evaluated including one version featuring a prominent c-store fuel station.

 

The project to be located at well-known Los Angeles intersection of Sunset Boulevard and N. La Brea boulevard, in what is now the City of West Hollywood.     This intersection and this part of greater Los Angeles, experiences particularly high auto traffic.   The project of Goldrich & Kest Industries LLC was not pursued at the time.

Hotel Development Consultants - real estate advisory services

Development Consultants for Resort Hotel

Development consultants for resort hotel project in California, in the Buellton (Solvang) area of the Santa Ynez Valley.  Our work included a market and financial feasibility study for the project, with facility and branding recommendations.   Meeting space recommendations called for approximately 15,000 to 17,500 SF of space, later designed at built at 14,750 SF.

 

The work product was prepared to support the financing of this to-be-built resort hotel.   The largest feasibility question for the project was its potential market capture given its location just outside the major concentration of Solvang hotels.  Despite being outside the Solving central business district, hotel project was to be situated with substantial visibility and adjacency to Interstate 101, one of two major entries to the Solvang tourist district.

 

Our work here as hotel project development consultants included lodging brand “flag” alternatives for this 175 to 200 room property, for owner consideration.   The initial assessment at the time, was that the potential guest demographic and hotel operator reservations system, was best met with the Holiday Inn brand.

 

The Buellton area is situated just west of the scenic themed Danish community of Solvang, California. Both communities are located in the Santa Ynez Valley region of Santa Barbara County, a closely-controlled urban growth area.

 

Following our here as hotel development consultants for this resort hotel, the hotel was developed and opened as a 163-room Holiday Inn, and later re-flagged as a Marriott Hotel.   The property is located at 555 McMurray Road in Buellton, California.

 

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