Rich Davies

Pavilion Development Company
Founder, President and CEO

Shepherd Hotels
Co-Founder

Delish Sisters, USA
Founder

Mr. Davies started Pavilion Development Company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1997 successfully developing properties in over 20 states, primarily for leading national retail and service companies.

Mr. Davies is a third-generation commercial property developer. The family business in Durban, South Africa, was a fully diversified construction and development company. Prior to starting Pavilion, Mr. Davies was an executive and principal in Chartwell Properties, Inc., a Charlotte, N.C. based family owned and operated commercial property development company that developed seven commercial/industrial business centers in the Carolinas, including the 500,000 square foot Coffey Creek Business Center near Charlotte Douglas International Airport that is home to the United States Customs Department and the Greenville Business Center that is home to the United States Department of Immigration and Naturalization.

Mr. Davies is the co-founder of The Shepherd Hotel in Clemson, SC, a boutique hotel in the heart of downtown Clemson. The Shepherd Hotel’s purpose is to positively impact the lives of others through authentic hospitality with a purpose. The Shepherd Hotel employs individuals with disabilities through a partnership with Clemson LIFE, a part of Clemson University’s College of Education. Mr. Davies is also the founder of Delish Sisters, USA, a South African restaurant concept brought to the United States with their first location opening inside The Shepherd Hotel, Downtown Clemson. Delish Sisters also employes individuals from The Clemson LIFE Program with the focus of empowering and employing people with special needs and abilities.

Mr. Davies is a graduate of Clemson University’s business school and is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers. Mr. Davies served on the Board of the Novant Foundation-Presbyterian Medical Center in Charlotte, NC, he is a 2017 recipient of the Clemson University Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor awarded to a Clemson alumni,has served on the Clemson University Trevillian Cabinet for the College of Business and Behavioral Science, on the Executive Committee of the university’s $1.2 Billion “Will to Lead” Campaign, the Football Committee and the Athletic Director’s Advisory Council. Davies also serves as President of the All-In Team Foundation founded by Dabo & Kathleen Swinney and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Guy Harvey Ocean Research Foundation. Davies is a past Chair of the Mecklenburg County Board of Advisors for Easter Seals, past member of the Board of Trustees of Charlotte Latin School and the Board of Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte.