Friday, February 16, 2018

Rockville's Choice Hotels breaks ground in Ocean City

When you come into Ocean City on the Route 50 bridge this summer, you may well see signs of your hometown hotel giant's newest Maryland property. Choice Hotels, which is headquartered in Rockville, broke ground yesterday on the 133-room Cambria Hotel Ocean City at 309 N. 1st Street. The hotel is scheduled for delivery in the summer of 2019.

Located on a bayfront lot that LoopNet termed a "trophy location" when it was on the market, the Cambria Hotel Ocean City will have private balconies overlooking the Isle of Wight Bay, an indoor/outdoor infinity pool, poolside cabanas, a tiki bar, outdoor fire pits, local art collections, 2,200 SF of meeting space, a business center and - best of all - a rooftop restaurant/bar with a panoramic view of Assateague Island, Isle of Wight Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.

"The groundbreaking of the Cambria Hotel Ocean City property represents another important milestone for the brand, as we continue to seek opportunities in markets that provide the distinct upscale and cultural experiences modern travelers desire, such as those offered in the vibrant beach town of Ocean City," Janis Cannon, SVP, upscale brands at Choice Hotels, said in a statement yesterday.

Rendering courtesy Choice Hotels/Fisher Architecture

25 comments:

  1. ? This is soo informative. Please let us know when Choice breaks ground in Boise, Idaho, I'll be sure to check out the progress when I drive into town.

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    1. Boise, Idaho isn't a leisure destination for MoCo residents. Ocean City, Maryland is!

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    2. 12:04: Sure thing, smartass. Now back to the news for folks who actually live in Rockville and - duh! - the majority of whom travel to Ocean City every summer. Think about it, Einstein.

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    3. What is your source for the claim that the majority of Rockville residents travel to Ocean City every year? Because I guarantee that’s not true.

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    4. For Robert Dyer's statement to be true, it would be necessary for at least 33,501 out of Rockville's 67,000 residents to visit Ocean City at least once, every year, in the months between June and September.

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    5. 3:16: Numbers Dude, we're talking about the majority among those who go to the beach in the summer, and Ocean City is absolutely the leading destination for Rockville beachgoers. That is not in dispute.

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    6. 9:36:

      (1) "We're talking about the majority among those who go to the beach in the summer" -- That's not what you said, though. You said "the majority of [folks who actually live in Rockville] travel to Ocean City every summer." It seems you may have misspoken at first, then?

      (2) "That is not in dispute" -- I'm disputing it, so please consider the statement "in dispute." What source has surveyed Rockville beachgoers to determine that the majority go to Ocean City?

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    7. 12:56: I only misspoke if analyzed through the bizarre lens of Saul Alinsky. Is English your first language? Or is there another reason you can't grasp that my original statement applied to those Rockville residents who travel to the beach in the summer?

      You can't "dispute" it - it's a known fact that Ocean City is by far the most popular area beach destination. Likewise, you can't produce a report that shows Ocean City is not the most popular. I have to assume that you are a carpetbagger to believe that more area residents choose Rehobeth or the Outer Banks over Ocean City.

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    8. Who is Saul Alinsky? This is pretty simple. You said the majority of Rockville residents go to Ocean City every summer, but that’s not what you meant. You made a little mistake. No big deal.

      You’re the one who claimed the majority of Rockville beachgoers choose Ocean City, so the burden of proof is on you. It is not a “known fact.”

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    9. 8:04: He's your idol, apparently. The only mistake made was when you dropped out of school in the third grade, leaving you unable to understand the implied nuances of the English language as used in America.

      Why the Montgomery County political cartel is using someone of limited education to attack a journalist who was on the Dean's List every semester in college, I have no idea.

      People are laughing at your assertion that Ocean City is not the most popular beach destination for Rockville. Carpetbaggers do tend to make fools of themselves when they try to get involved too soon in local politics. Just ask Hans Riemer!

      You're a clueless carpetbagger. "No big deal."

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    10. What does your baseless assertion about Rockville beachgoers' destination preferences have to do with a community organizer and conservative boogeyman who's been dead for 40+ years? And why do you assume anyone who disagrees with you is doing the bidding of the "County political cartel"? What an oddly specific paranoia.

      What people are laughing? More baseless assertions.

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    11. 10:08: You're the one troll trying, but failing, to pose as multiple people, and you are indeed in the employ of the MoCo cartel.

      Who's laughing? Any longtime Marylander who is reading your carpetbagger assertion that Ocean City is not the most popular beach destination for Rockville residents, that's who!

      As long as you use Saul Alinsky's Rules, it will be relevant to call you out on it.

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    12. I'm most certainly not trying to pose as "multiple people" and I'm definitely not employed by the "MoCo cartel." Nor am I employed by your nemesis, which rhymes with "Shmethesda Bag-o-beans."

      The fact is that Bethany, Rehoboth, Dewey, and others are just as -- if not more -- popular among Montgomery County residents than Ocean City. This is a well-known fact and that you will not be able to disprove.

      BABA BOOEY!!

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    13. 3:17: In claiming Ocean City is not the most popular beach destination among Rockville residents, you have become a parody of yourself. You're clearly just trolling.

      The fact that you refer to Bethesda only underlines that you are the same guy posting on all of my news sites. Embrace being a paid troll for the MoCo political cartel, considering the only other alternative is that you are merely an insane stalker.

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  2. Man, when you look at the mental aptitude of the 3rd-grade-dropout hobos the MoCo cartel hires to do their dirty work online, you even better understand why the County Council has so utterly failed.

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  3. Comet Ping Pong was news to Bethesda folks. You utterly failed them.

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    1. Comet Ping Pong is in D.C., not Bethesda. But you also just revealed again that you are the same troll from my Bethesda site.

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    2. You were wrong then and you're wrong now. Calling me a rude name doesn't make you any less wrong.

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    3. 6:02: I'm wrong for knowing local geography better than you?

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    4. More insults at me doesn't make you any less wrong. Moving the goalposts doesn't make you any less wrong. Disappearing my comment doesn't make you any less wrong.

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  4. Robert Dyer said that the Comet Ping-Pong shooting was in "in D.C., not Bethesda", but Dyer reported the incident below, 6 days before the Comet Ping-Pong shooting, yet also failed to report Richard Spencer's Alt-Right rally 3 days earlier ON THE SAME BLOCK.

    "Be on the lookout in Friendship Heights:

    "November 21

    "Robbery. 4200 block Military Road NW at 3:43 PM. Suspect: Black male, dark baseball cap, dark pants."

    http://robertdyer.blogspot.com/2016/11/assault-on-maplewood-park-ct-theft-on.html

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    1. 5:08: Are you so dense that you can't grasp the difference between a roaming criminal working a border area, and stationary restaurants that don't move across the D.C. line into Maryland to attack restaurants?

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    2. "stationary restaurants that don't move across the D.C. line into Maryland to attack restaurants?"

      I have no idea what you are trying to say, or what it has to do with the man who attacked Comet Ping-Pong or the neo-Nazi rally that was held at Maggiano's.

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    3. 9:48: Apparently you are as dense as those reading this believed. Something that happens at a restaurant in Washington, D.C. has nothing to do with Bethesda or Chevy Chase, MD.

      In contrast, several robberies of pedestrians along the D.C./Maryland line, with the suspect(s) still at-large in that area, DO impact people walking on the Maryland side.

      Think about it, Einstein.

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