The Line Hotel DC is housed in a historic neoclassical church building in Adams Morgan. It was originally built in the early 1900s as the First Church of Christ, Scientist. The property was launched 7 years ago, and has sister hotels in Austin, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Owners couldn’t make loan payments during the pandemic, and ceded control to their lender.
The property is being auctioned on January 23rd, and it’s expected to be acquired by Elon Musk, and it’s speculated that the property will be turned into a private club.
Elon Musk is slated to be the highest bidder on D.C.’s trendy Line hotel. The recently inducted member of President-elect Donald Trump’s billionaire boys club plans to turn the desirable Northwest digs with 220 rooms into a “private social club” of sorts, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal. …The foreclosure auction is scheduled to take place in front of a NY courthouse and broadcasted live.
The best thing about the Line property in Austin – the former Radisson – is its location downtown on Town Lake. One of the best insider tips is that the restaurant on-property looks out at the bottom of the Congress bridge, where millions of bats reside for part of the year and fly out in the evenings.
People come to town and line up on the bridge in the heat for hours in the summer to get a good viewing spot, when all you have to do is get a table by the window and enjoy drinks while you wait. The restaurant, Arlo Grey, used to be a TGI Friday’s (which called its outdoor are the Batio). Much cheaper than heading down the street to the Four Seasons!
I have not stayed in the DC property, and if these reports are accurate I will not have the opportunity to do so in the future. As a private club – presumably ‘Club X’ or just ‘X’ given his penchant for the single letter name – it’s likely beyond my reach.
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