Laura Sportiello

Analyst, Ms. Sportiello is a key player on HSP’s analytical team, completing numerous key scope items for client studies. This includes developing detailed chapters assessing projects, the competitive environment, conducting demand and stakeholder interviews, assessing surveys and reviewing and editing internal drafts.

She has worked on a number of projects, including the Paristown Pointe development, Rabbit Hole Distillery, Prizer Point Marina (all in Kentucky), a convention center study for Greenville, South Carolina, hotel developer negotiations in Sioux City, a mix of uses in Bedford Park, Illinois (sports, convention, restaurants, hotel) and many others throughout the U.S. She has also worked on restaurant analyses in downtown Chicago for Union Station and a site at Ogilvie Station near the French Market.

Ms. Sportiello graduated from Ball State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. In addition to her analytical work at HSP, she appears regularly as a professional actress in the Chicago area.