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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Marriott breaks ground on 2 green hotels in VA

from today's Hotels enews (10/22):

Marriott Breaks Ground On Two "Green" Virginia Hotels
-- Hotels, 10/22/2008 1:15:00 PM

"ARLINGTON, VA – October 22, 2008 — Today, Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA-8) and Chris Zimmerman, Arlington County Board Member, joined The JBG Companies and Marriott International, Inc. to officially break ground on two major hotels, the Renaissance Crystal City Potomac Yards and the Residence Inn Crystal City Potomac Yards. The hotels are owned by The JBG Companies and will be managed by Marriott. Both properties are also anticipated to be LEED® certified “green” buildings when complete – the first hotels of such distinction in Arlington County.

Wells Fargo arranged $128.7 million in construction financing for the project. Three other financial institutions participated in the loan. Katherine Reid of Wells Fargo Real Estate Merchant Banking Group in Washington oversaw the transaction." ...

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