Willard Hotel, Grand Hyatt, Henley Park Hotel, Hotel Monaco, Embassy Suites, Sofitel Lafayette Square, Renaissance Hotel, Four Points Sheraton. Hotel services include restaurants, conference facilities and meeting rooms.

Ristorante Tosca, Butterfield 9, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Red Sage, Oceanaire Seafood Room, DC Coast, Rosa Mexicana. Retail operations in the area include designer boutiques, national chains and high-end stores.

Close proximity to the MCI Center, the City Museum, Ford’s Theatre, the International Spy Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, the Shakespeare Theater, the Building Museum and the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Two blocks from 1101 New York Avenue at Mt. Vernon Square, the Convention Center opened in 2003, hosting nearly one million visitors and generating $426.5 million in delegate spending in its first year.

A critical part of the revitalization of the downtown core involves the old Convention Center site, which is scheduled for redevelopment as a mixed-use project.