LEED Design: You Can’t Afford Not to Do It

Article by By Timothy E. Osiecki, President of Design and Construction, Concord Hospitality Enterprises as printed in Hotel Business Review.
LEED certification. For some in our industry, the mere mention causes a reflexive reach for wallets amidst protestations about ROI and guests who don’t care, don’t understand and won’t pay for it. In 2008, we at Concord Hospitality Enterprises had many of those same concerns about…

CHICAGO—Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Concord Hospitality Enterprises, and Oxford Development Company announced the opening of Hyatt House Pittsburgh-South Side, the first HYATT house hotel in the city of Pittsburgh.

DCRC-CityMarket LLC, an affiliate of the federally designated DC Regional Center, announces that they will be providing $43 million in debt financing to City Market at O, the one million square foot urban mixed-use development one block from the Washington Convention Center aft the corner of Ninth and O Streets NW in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

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“Sky breaking” Event on March 4 Marks the First Hotel to Bridge
Washington, D.C. Convention Center and Historic Shaw Neighborhood

Choice Hotels International, Inc., one of the world’s largest hotel companies, and Concord Hospitality announced today that construction of the 182-room Cambria Suites hotel in Washington, D.C. has begun “skyward.” As opposed to a traditional groundbreaking event, the “sky break” marks the start of hotel construction skyward above newly constructed retail at CityMarket at O, a mixed-use development one block from the Washington Convention Center.

RockBridge Partners, a division of RockBridge, and Concord Hospitality Enterprises, one of the top-ranked hotel developer/owner/operators in North America, today announced the acquisition of the 167-room Renaissance Meadowlands in Rutherford, N.J. for an undisclosed amount. Both companies have a history with this asset, with Concord having developed the hotel in 2000 and managed it through …

Concord announced today that it has stepped up its growth strategy for 2013 to include opportunistic acquisitions/divestments and third-party management in addition to continuing its aggressive development program.

Concord Hospitality Enterprises announced that it has been certified by Marriott International to provide high speed internet service to all Marriott-branded hotels in North America. Becomes Only Owner Operator to Gain Designation.

Three awards received at the recent Marriott CFRST (Courtyard, Fairfield Inn and Suites, Residence Inn, SpringHill Suites and TownePlace Suites) Owner’s Conference held in Phoenix, Ariz. Concord was one of only four companies to receive multiple awards, including Marriott’s inaugural Spirit to Preserve Award recognizing excellence in sustainability.