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Dec. 14, 2017 – A proposal to build the county’s tallest tower for the world’s largest hotel company passed muster with county planning officials Thursday. The forward movement on the Marriott headquarters project follows the developers’ tight schedule for completing the corporate base in downtown Bethesda. Marriott leaders have said they want to relocate their headquarters from […]

Dec. 6, 2017 – Marriott International, Inc. was notified by The Bernstein Companies and Boston Properties, the developers of our new headquarters building in downtown Bethesda, MD, that the Montgomery County Planning Board has released the agenda for its next meeting on Thursday, December 14. Among other agenda items, the Planning Board will review the sketch plan, […]

Nov. 14, 2017 – The hotel room of the future is coming together in a Bethesda basement. Marriott International has partnered with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Legrand to build a pair of connected “internet of things” hotel rooms in the basement of Marriott’s Bethesda headquarters. The IoT Guestroom Lab, part of Marriott’s 10,000-square-foot Innovation Lab, […]

Sept. 19, 2017 – A developer for Marriott International’s new headquarters in downtown Bethesda probably won’t need all 300 feet of the building height they’ve requested, a project representative said Monday night. Greg Rooney of Bernstein Cos. said the current design is a 21-story, 289-foot office tower, even though developers asked for permission to build up to […]

August 23, 2017 – Dear Friends, My name is Arne Sorenson and I am the president and CEO of Marriott International. On behalf of the more than 3,500 associates who work at our headquarters, I am excited to tell you more about our plans for a new corporate headquarters and a new 238-room Marriott Hotel […]

The project developers, The Bernstein Companies and Boston Propertie,s held their first pre-submittal community meeting this evening in Bethesda, and presented the latest plans for the new Marriott International headquarters and Marriott Hotel in downtown Bethesda. For any questions about development and construction, please visit our Developer’s page. The public is invited to view the presentation […]

July 26, 2017 – The ink is drying on the development deal for the new Marriott International Inc. headquarters and flagship hotel in downtown Bethesda. The hotel giant has officially signed an agreement with The Bernstein Cos. and Boston Properties to build the $600 million campus at 7750 Wisconsin Ave., according to a Wednesday afternoon […]

January 20, 2017 – Marriott International Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) today announced it has signed a letter of intent with a joint venture between The Bernstein Companies and Boston Properties to develop its new corporate headquarters and hotel project in downtown Bethesda. The selected site is located at 7750 Wisconsin Avenue, at the corner of Wisconsin […]