Trump Hotel Collection has announced plans to convert a 19th century Washington, DC landmark into a luxury hotel.
Construction on The Old Post Office Building on Pennsylvania Avenue is due to begin in spring next year and is scheduled to complete in 2016.
Trump International Hotel, The Old Post Office Building sits between the White House and the Capitol.
It will have 270 rooms, with the average size being 56 sqm, the largest in the city. A crystal chandelier will hang in each.
The property will also feature a nine-storey atrium, 3,625 sqm of meeting space, a grand ballroom, a library, restaurants, an exhibition centre and luxury retailers on the corners of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Donald J Trump said: "Trump International Hotel, Washington, DC will be, when completed, one of the finest hotels anywhere in the world.
"The building itself, which is totally irreplaceable, is going to be brought back to far beyond its original grandeur. People of this country will be particularly proud of the new ballroom – it will be large and magnificent.
"With carefully articulated luxury features and amenities, an unrivaled location on 'America's Main Street' and iconic architectural character, it will be unlike any other hotel in the market today."
The landmark building has been shared by different federal agencies since 1934, and the General Service Administration has considered it "underused" for years. GSA selected Trump for the project in February 2012.
In June, Trump Hotel Collection revealed it will open its first property in Vancouver in 2016 (see news, June 21).
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Graham Smith
