Constructed as an apartment building in 1964,[4] the structure was converted to a hotel in 1979, opening as the Canterbury Hotel.[5] It was purchased in March 2001 for $10.5 million by LaSalle Hotel Properties of Bethesda, Maryland. It reopened in October 2001 as the 99-room Kimpton Topaz Hotel, the first Kimpton-managed boutique hotel on the East Coast.[6][7] The Kimpton Topaz Hotel closed on November 25, 2019, after being acquired by Douglas Development for $33.1 million.[8] It reopened in November 2021 as the 143-room Courtyard Washington, DC Dupont Circle .[9]
