Bisnow/Miriam Hall Viceroy Lodge Group CEO Invoice Walshe at a Bisnow function in January 2018. Highgate, the fourth-largest hotel administration company in the U.S., is upping its stake in the luxury way of living marketplace with a offer to acquire Viceroy Lodges & Resorts. New York-primarily based Highgate, with $20B of assets underneath management, entered into a arrangement to buy Los Angeles-dependent Viceroy for an undisclosed sum, the business announced Thursday. Viceroy, which launched in 2000 with the Viceroy Santa Monica, has since built a chain of luxury-branded accommodations under the monikers of the Icon Collection, Life style Sequence and Urban Retreats throughout the world, which include inns in places like Washington, D.C., Chicago,…