DC gets its first Rosewood Hotel

WASHINGTON — Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, a luxury hotel operator with 19 resorts in places such as Paris and Beijing, has taken over management of the Capella hotel in Georgetown.

The luxury boutique hotel, on the C&O Canal is now called the Rosewood Washington, D.C.

The Capella, with a popular rooftop lounge and a basement rye bar, opened in 2013.

The original owner, Castleton Hotel Partners, converted the former American Trial Lawyers Association building on 31st Street Northwest into a luxury hotel with 49 rooms and suites.

The hotel’s restaurant, The Grill Room, includes an outdoor patio along the C&O Canal.

Room rates range from about $500 to more than $1,000 a night.

The property is now owned by CTF Georgetown Hotel LLC.

Jeff Clabaugh

Jeff Clabaugh has spent 20 years covering the Washington region's economy and financial markets for WTOP as part of a partnership with the Washington Business Journal, and officially joined the WTOP newsroom staff in January 2016.

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