The project is a 12-story hotel with 130 guestrooms, fitness center, meeting rooms and a rooftop lounge. Located at the corner of 12th and C Street, the project is developed by Pacific Star Capital. The project site is challenging since the building is to sit atop a WMATA (metro) substation that limited the placement of the tower structure. This required a traditionally-designed building to incorporate the use of three-story trusses spanning over the substation to support its tower of guestrooms. We designed a unique building despite several challenges.