Trump Organization is reportedly selling lease on D.C. hotel for $375 million

Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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The Trump Organization has reached an agreement to sell its lease for the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., for $375 million, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.

The Miami-based investment firm CGI Merchant Group is set to acquire the lease, and has reached a deal with Hilton Worldwide Holdings to remove the Trump name and rebrand the property as a Waldorf Astoria, the Journal reports. Once a post office, the property is owned by the federal government, and the lease is for nearly 100 years.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.