In 1974, Mark Hemstreet founded the Shilo Inn Suites, one of the fastest-growing, independently owned, and privately operated hospitality companies in the Western The United States. Mark Hemstreet also developed an 80-acre, oceanfront master-planned community known as Lincoln Shore Star Resort in Lincoln City, Oregon.
The community consists of 55 prime residential lots, commercial facilities, and offices, along with a resort hotel, and the independently owned Chinook Winds Casino and Resort.