real estate development founded washington d.c. u.s. 2009 headquarters washington d.c. u.s. area served mid atlantic u.s. key people norman k. jenkins chief executive officer products hotels website cstonedevelopment.com capstone development llc is a privately held real estate development company based in washington d.c. in the united states . it was formed in 2009 . as of january 2013 it owned six hotels along the east coast and in the deep south . the company has two subsidiaries . capstone management services provides hotel management services and capstone procurement provides food service and janitorial supplies for hotels . contents 1 corporate history 2 projects 2.1 projects in development 3 key executives 4 references 5 external links corporate history edit capstone development was founded by norman jenkins in february 2009 . jenkins a highly regarded senior vice president at marriott international and african american helped marriott launch a diversity ownership initiative in 2005 which worked to improve hotel franchise ownership among minorities . a year later jenkins oversaw a cooperative venture between marriott and rlj hotels the hotel investment operation of cable tv magnate robert l. johnson . the joint venture purchased 90 hotels and left rlj hotels as one of marriott s largest co investors . jenkins also convinced marriott to build a residence inn in downtown silver spring maryland . the hotel helped revitalize silver spring s downtown business district . 1 jenkins announced his departure from marriott in late november 2008 . 1 after 16 years at marriott jenkins departed on january 1 2009 . in february 2009 jenkins formed capstone development llc with money from private equity funds wealthy investors and his own money . 2 3 the company said in february 2009 that it already had good relationships with banks willing to give it development loans . 2 capstone s strategy is to acquire or build hotels in the mid atlantic region in the united states . company executives say their strategy is to focus on specialty hotels hotels in markets that have high barriers to entry and hotels that are market leaders . the company also said it would engage in public private finance and development partnerships as jenkins had extensive experience in that area . at the time it formed capstone development executives said they already had five projects in development and another four in the development planning stage . some of these were public private developments . 2 projects edit capstone development has several projects which are already finished or under construction . these include the following 3 palms oceanfront resort in myrtle beach south carolina . finished in early 2011 this is capstone s only full service resort property . 4 courtyard by marriott in atlanta georgia . this hotel opened in february 2011 . 5 capstone agreed to sell this property to summit hotel properties november 2011 for 28.65 million . 6 washington marriott marquis a 520 million hotel jointly financed by capstone the district of columbia and quadrangle development corporation . it was under construction as of 2012 with an anticipated opening date of may 2014 . 7 projects in development edit in september 2011 capstone said it had signed an agreement with marriott international to build a resident inn and a courtyard by marriott on a parcel of marriott owned land just north of the washington marriott marquis . the two hotels combined would have 500 rooms and cost a total of 172 million . the development partners asked the district of columbia for 35 million in tax increment financing although at that time the city said it was unlikely to provide this . 8 capstone development also submitted a proposal to redevelop historic stevens elementary school in the west end neighborhood of washington d.c. however capstone s proposal did not make the short list of acceptable proposals . 9 key executives edit norman k. jenkins is the chief executive office of capstone development llc . jenkins received his bachelor s degree from howard university and his master of business administration from george washington university . he spent most of his career at marriott international where after 16 years he was senior vice president for lodging development . he received a washington business journal minority business leader award in april 2008 . 1 references edit a b c marriott sr. vp jenkins forms company . washington business journal . december 1 2008 . accessed 2013 01 13 . a b c marriott executive turns to development . lodging & hospitality . february 11 2009 . frankel barbara . people & places . march april 2009 p. 80 . diversityinc accessed 2013 01 13 . construction started on d.c. marriott marquis after years of planning . hotel business . february 21 2011 ; bennett michael . nabhood news . black meetings and tourism . november december 2011 p. 24 . accessed 2013 01 13 . marriott and capstone partners open courtyard by marriott in downtown atlanta . hotel online . february 11 2011 . accessed 2013 01 13 . mihaila georgiana . summit takes downtown courtyard by marriott for 29m . commercial property executive . november 18 2011 . accessed 2013 01 13 . neibauer michael . convention hotel ready to rise . washington business journal . august 24 2012 . accessed 2013 01 13 . o connell jonathan . d.c. developers seek subsidies to build 2 more marriott hotels near convention center . washington post . september 18 2011 . accessed 2013 01 13 . neibauer michael . d.c. releases stevens school development summaries . washington business journal . april 25 2012 . external links edit capstone development llc official web site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title capstone development & oldid 717637562 categories privately held companies based in washington d.c.companies established in 2009real estate investment trusts of the united statescommercial real estate companiesprivate equity portfolio companies2009 establishments in washington d.c.real estate companies based in washington d.c. navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 april 2016 at 21 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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