WASHINGTON, DC—Joined by a host of dignitaries includingDC Mayor Vincent Gray, Donald anddaughter Ivanka Trump officially beganconstruction on Wednesday on the redevelopment of the OldPost Office Pavilion into a new $200-million hotel.
Other luminaries at the event included D.C. Del. EleanorHolmes Norton, members of the DC Council, officials fromthe General Services Administration and Rep. JohnMica, according to the Washington Post.
Mayor Gray says the project would help revive the District'sdowntown. “This symbolizes where we with our city today.And that isa place where people are now living downtown, people are downtown24-7. (It) is an active, vibrant energized place and we know thatwhen the Trump hotel comes here ladies and gentlemen that it willadd even more vibrancy.”
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John Jordan
John Jordan is a veteran journalist with 36 years of print and digital media experience.
