Washington Marriott Capitol Hill | Washington, D.C.

The Washington Marriott Capitol Hill welcomed guests in January 2023, standing between Washington DC’s iconic Capitol Hill and emerging NoMa neighborhoods. Located within walking distance of the US Capitol, Union Station, and the bustling Union Market neighborhood, the hotel is a true urban retreat. Situated within the newly developed NoMa Center, the hotel sits adjacent to 40,000 square feet of new retail and restaurants.

The luxurious hotel delivers inspired hospitality in a striking setting with monumental views, expansive ballroom and creative meeting spaces, two food and drink concepts, and a spectacular rooftop restaurant overlooking the DC skyline.

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Bardea Steak

Bardea Food & Drink co-owners Scott Stein and Chef Antimo DiMeo expanded their restaurant group with Bardea Steak, a new concept in Downtown Wilmington DE in Fall 2022. The 5,000 SF steakhouse is adjacent to their current location and features a 120-seat open hearth restaurant with horseshoe-shaped, dark wood-topped bar and four-season sunroom with porcelain mosaic tile flooring, sky lights, bifold windows, and a back bar area. The landscaped street-side patio includes bistro-style tables and a small lounge with attention-grabbing white stucco and painted wood trim, factory glass windows and spotlights. Inside, a decorative fireplace made of steel, emerald-hued tile, and red brick will be nestled between leather banquettes. Wood slat booths line the wall leading closer to the hearth, featuring more emerald-hued tile, steel and custom millwork.

The Quoin | Wilmington DE

Wilmington’s first luxury boutique hotel features 24-rooms with a 75-seat Fireplace Cafe & Lounge, 155-seat ground floor restaurant, a lower-level cocktail lounge, and Wilmington’s first rooftop bar. The historic spot at 519 Market Street is a two-story Victorian Romanesque brownstone designed in the 1800s by acclaimed Philadelphia architect Frank Furness, who designed dozens of buildings in the area during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Continue reading about the completed project in Travel + Leisure

Basement cocktail lounge, Simmer Down, featured in March 2024 issue of Bon Appetit

Crosby Hill | Wilmington, DE

Designed by Niles Bolton Associates, the 203-unit apartment community includes two 4-story buildings and one 11-story building surrounding a private, landscaped courtyard with a swimming pool, fireplace, BBQ grills, screening area, and pergola. A private parking garage with 124 parking spots is located underground for residents. The building features a fitness center and a penthouse clubroom on the 11th floor with unparalleled city and river views. The clubroom boasts a demonstration kitchen, game room, coworking space, indoor fireplace, and outdoor terrace. The community includes studios, one, and two-bedroom apartments with stainless-steel appliances, quartz counter tops and high-end finish details throughout.

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Wilma's | Wilmington, DE

Wilmington’s first Duckpin & Dining! Located at 900 N Market Street, Wilma’s transforms the 100-year old bank hall into a full-service bar and 60-seat restaurant with a 4-lane duckpin bowling alley and retro arcade games.

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La Central | Bronx, NY

La Central is an affordable housing program that provides 160 supportive and affordable apartments for a mix of formerly homeless individuals with special needs and low-income New Yorkers at La Central, part of a larger development in the South Bronx. This five-building, 1.1 million square foot development in the South Bronx will bring 992 units of mixed-income housing, a new 50,000 square foot YMCA, a television studio, a skate park, multiple landscaped areas for residents and neighbors alike, and much more.

Le Cavalier at The Green Room | Wilmington, DE

After over 100 years serving the Wilmington community, the HOTEL DU PONT’s revered Green Room restaurant has been redesigned and re-conceptualized into a French brasserie. Le Cavalier at the Green Room is a bustling and progressive French brasserie open for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch seven days a week, 365 days a year. 

Known for ornate design elements from the fumed oak paneling, to the coffered oak-beamed ceiling, gold chandeliers, richly textured draperies, and Italian mosaics, the Green Room is celebrated for bringing the elegance and grandeur of the Gilded Age into the 21st century.

The restaurant, designed by Stokes Architecture & Design, boasts 125 seats with an intimate 14 seat bar, a private dining room and seasonal outdoor patio seating on Rodney Square. Director of Design, Lance Saunders, has thoughtfully updated the space to create a more lively atmosphere while celebrating the room’s elegant bones.

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Woodward West | Detriot, MI

Woodward West is fulfilling a need for new residential and retail opportunities in Midtown Detroit while bridging the connection between Midtown and Downtown. Sitting on 1.85 acres, the five-story building includes 204 apartment units and 24,800 square feet of first floor retail space.

Christina River Exchange worked with Platform and Queen Lillian to bring this development to life.

Virgin Hotels | Nashville, TN

Conveniently situated at the helm of Nashville’s historic Music Row neighborhood at 1 Music Square W, Virgin Hotels Nashville delivers a one-of-a-kind hotel experience with 262 Chambers, including Grand Chamber Suites, plus multiple dining and drinking outlets including The Pool Club, a rooftop restaurant and bar, Commons Club, the brand’s flagship restaurant, bar and lounge and Funny Library Coffee Shop.

Ranging from 291 to 592-square feet, all Chambers (rooms) are designed to consist of two distinct spaces separated by a barn-style sliding door, complete with a peephole, ideal for working, recharging, wellness and an overall better contactless experience.

Leading interior design firm, MARKZEFF, designed the property to be modern yet comfortable with playful elements incorporated throughout. Drawing inspiration from the Nashville region, design details are represented through the use of intricate brick, roughhewn timber, sumptuous furnishings and refined industrial elements. Nashville’s rich history largely influenced the spaces, while artwork and custom furniture play a key role to create a delightful and memorable experience. Guests can find subtle nods to Nashville throughout the design like in the meeting spaces where the carpets are a modern interpretation of vintage quilts one might find in the area. More noticeably, music is celebrated from the moment patrons enter the hotel. A showstopping Music City Ensemble installation, designed by John Peralta, features a 12-piece ensemble of country music instruments – provided by some of the top manufacturers including A&F Drum Co, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Eastwood Guitars – floating weightlessly from the ceiling of the hotel lobby to welcome guests.

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101 dupont place | Wilmington, DE

When it comes to attention to detail, the residences located at 101 dupont place will strike the perfect balance between style and functionality. Studios, 1, and 2 bedroom apartment homes will combine elevated architectural features with high-end finishes and fixtures. Original materials, like timeless marble and intricate crown molding, have been preserved and repurposed throughout the community to honor the rich heritage of this building. The brand new community, located within the iconic Dupont Building, opened in September 2020.

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Swedesford Park | Wayne, PA

The office park formerly known as Glenhardie Corporate Center has been reimagined by Buccini Pollin Group to meet the needs of the modern workforce. The 253,000 SF office campus includes new building facades, lobbies, bathrooms, and amenities for office tenants.

Makers Alley | Wilmington, DE

Located in the city of Wilmington, this 18th century building was transformed into Downtown Wilmington’s first ever restaurant/beer garden. Customers can play games such as giant Jenga, connect four, and board games, or cheer on their favorite sports team. Time slips away here, inside the day-lit vintage workshop bar and outside next to a classic Airstream trailer turned food truck.

Learn more about the vision behind the space from Town Square Delaware.

Fairfield Inn & Suites | New York City, NY

The Fairfield Inn and Suites New York Midtown Manhattan hotel offers guests a true Big Apple experience from a convenient location near Penn Station and Madison Square Garden. Guests at the 239-room hotel can enjoy spacious rooms and suites, plush Marriott bedding, in-suite amenities, and south-facing views of the New York skyline. Features include the Skyline Rooftop Bar & Lounge looking over Madison Square Garden, the 24-hour fitness center, and a 24-hour business center. Christina River Exchange worked with Schaefer Construction Management and Baskervill Design to complete the renovation of this 23-story hotel.

The Westin | National Harbor, MD

Located in National Harbor on the Potomac River, this 195-room hotel offers panoramic views of the Nation’s Capital and a number of restorative comforts to achieve well-being. With a heated indoor pool and whirlpool, a 24-hour fitness studio, “Heavenly” beds and bathrooms, this hotel fosters balance and harmony with the world around. The Westin also has 1,860 sq. feet of functional meeting space ideal for business meetings and social events. CRE provided procurement services for the guestrooms and common areas refresh at The Westin. Read more about the renovation on Business Traveller.

ARC THE.HOTEL | Washington, D.C.

ARC THE.HOTEL, formerly George Washington University Inn, D.C.’s newest boutique hotel destination, seamlessly bridges timeless tradition and modern luxuries, standing as a neighborhood pillar deeply rooted in community. With spacious guest rooms that offer functionality and comfort, ARC embraces the latest technology and illustrates a renewed vision of artful service. CRE is happy to have been the procurement partner for the transformation of this beloved hotel.

Canopy at Pike & Rose | Rockville, MD

As the second Canopy by Hilton location in the United States, Canopy by Hilton Washington D.C. Bethesda North incorporates design staples of the Canopy by Hilton brand, including residential-style guestrooms with a locally interpreted Canopy above the bed and open closets.

The entrance of the 177-room hotel features two impressive design elements: a two-story, living moss wall that from a distance looks like a map of the area and a massive chandelier draped with opaque acrylic reproductions of pages from a 1933 National Geographic Magazine.

The feeling of the hotel lobby seating area is electric and eclectic. Its materials consist of velvet and leather, glass and wood. A combination of enveloping couches and hard surface chairs creates a comfortable cross between shabby chic and industrial. The lobby area also includes 48 colorful pop art portraits of other local notables

Floors throughout are high gloss, painted concrete with bright area rugs, and sliding barn doors define the bathroom in an homage to the area’s farming roots.

Canopy Hotel | Portland, OR

True to theme, Canopy by Hilton Portland Pearl District incorporates the revitalized industrial neighborhood and its indie boutiques, art galleries, microbreweries, and green spaces throughout the hotel, designed by locally based firm ZGF Architects and New York-based interior designer MARKZEFF.

The 153-room hotel features industrial finishes such as hot rolled steel metal beams, brick walls and concrete floors in parts of the lobby, café & reception area. The check-in desk, as well as other furniture pieces, are fabricated by local vendors. Throw pillows throughout the hotel feature fabric from Pendleton Woolen Mills, a sixth-generation family-owned Portland business.The guest rooms also feature an interpretation of a “canopy,” which extends over the front of the bed and is made of timber resembling the Oregon state tree, a Douglas Fir, creating a direct connection to the beauty and natural wonder of the Pacific Northwest.

Even the hotel’s exterior acts as a symbolic bridge between the Pearl District’s old and new structures, thoughtfully incorporating materials that reflect and complement the neighborhood’s past and future. The oiled bronze-inspired facade of the building – which is an art installation itself – changes its golden hue in synchronicity with the passing phases of daylight. Casement windows at street level allow activities in the hotel to carry out onto the sidewalks of Glisan Street, creating outdoor seating and an inviting setting for both guests and passersby.

Fairfield Inn | King of Prussia, PA

The Fairfield Inn featuring 80 rooms, is strategically situated near the King of Prussia Mall, Valley Forge Convention Center and the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center.