WASHINGTON, D.C.
Construction on the 1,175-room Marriott Marquis Washington, D.C. topped off at 15 stories tall this week.
Across from the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the $520 million hotel is slated to open in May 2014 and it will provide an anchor hotel for the conference center, in addition to more than 100,000 square feet of its own function space and five restaurants.
It will be one of only five Marriott Marquis properties in the country, and the lobby's atrium area will house a 56-foot sculpture named “The Birth of the America Flag” created by Baltimore-based artist Rodney Carroll.
J.W. Marriott, Jr., executive chairman of Marriott International, Mayor Vincent C. Gray, District of Columbia and other dignitaries were present at the celebration.
