Topping out ceremony for D.C.’s new convention center hotel scheduled for Wednesday

Published September 23, 2013 by Paula C. Squires

The Marriott Marquis hotel project at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. will celebrate a key architectural event on Wednesday. The Washington Business Journal reports that Marriott International Inc., the developer of the $520 million convention center hotel under construction, received a permit Friday to install a tent at 901 Massachusetts Ave. NW for a topping-off ceremony, a three-hour event scheduled for Sept. 25.

The 1,175-room, convention center hotel is slated to open next spring. It’s expected to be key to the success of D.C.’s convention business, offering a 30,000-square-foot grand ballroom and more than 53,000 square feet of meeting rooms.