CHEVY CHASE, MD—New York City-based Clarion Partners spent a considerable amount of cash, but very little time on the renovation of its Embassy Suites Chevy Chase hotel.
The development firm spent $10.5 million on the project that took about three months to complete. The hotel, which stayed open to guests during the renovation, added a new bar and front stairway, doubled the size of its lobby and refurbished all 198 suites, according to the Washington Post.
“We've been planning for the better part of the year,” says Jeff Brainard, area general manager for Destination Hospitality Management, which manages the property. “The whole renovation was very assembly line-like.”
Some of the project's highlights included having the executive offices moved to a nearby vacant retail space that made way for a larger lobby. Willie's Bar, named after a sous chef at the hotel who died of Lou Gehrig's disease last year, was built atop what was a hole that allowed adjoining Pavilion shoppers to look down to the Metro level.
Clarion also recently completed a $32-million overhaul of the surrounding Chevy Chase Pavilion. See story in the Washington Post.
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