Accor's latest development project is a conversion, transforming a currently vacant office building at the corner of 15th and H Streets, into a 225-room Sofitel hotel that will open in 18 months. This site is just two blocks from the White House and one block from Lafayette Square, and will give Sofitel an address in the Central Business District of the nation's capital. With the opening of the city's convention center in 2003, located five blocks away, the long-term outlook for this new Sofitel hotel is excellent.
Construction is scheduled to begin before the end of the year.
The beautiful limestone facade of the Shoreham Building will be preserved, as the building is located within a historic district. Accor North America currently manages seven Sofitel hotels in the United States, including the 144-room Hotel Sofitel Washington D.C. located at 1914 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest, close to Dupont Circle. The other North American Sofitels are located in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis and San Francisco Bay. Another two hotels are in development in downtown Chicago and Dallas. In addition to its Sofitel hotels, Accor North America manages nine Novotel hotels in the U.S. and Canada.