National Harbor to Get More Hotels; Additions Challenge District Business

The Washington Post, April 17, 2006

By Dana Hedgpeth

Developer Milton V. Peterson revved the engine of his silver Mercedes through the thick red mud and gravel of his $2 billion National Harbor project on the banks of the Potomac River in Prince George's County.

"Some view, huh?" Peterson said, as he extricated the car from the muck of the construction site. He pointed from a hillside of sycamore and cherry trees down to the sun sparkling on the water with the District and Alexandria skylines in the background.

After 11 years of planning and design for the largest economic development project ever in Prince George's, the first phase of National Harbor -- 4 million square feet of hotels, restaurants, retail stores and condominiums -- is under construction.

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