The judge went with my friend. THE 'HOOD Starwood, a huge multinational realty company, is gobbling up DC neighborhood property and bringing globalization right to our own back yards. Starwood's subsidiary, Starwood Urban Investments, has bought a number of buildings north of Dupont Circle, resulting in the removal of many long-time tenants, including the Progressive Review. What was not clear at the time was how much greater Starwood's long-range plans are. People have much less time than they used to have.
People are more active and health conscious.
They want to do things, participate in sports and leisure activities, make active use of their limited time. We believe that because of these shifts in lifestyle there is a new focus on urban environments . . . Our goal is to create an urban renaissance within an existing urban fabric of established communities and neighborhoods. The parent company, which includes operators such as Westin, Sheraton and Caesar's, runs 650 hotels with 213,000 rooms in 70 countries. It employs 125,000 people.