Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump recently unveiled plans to spend $200 million turning the historic Old Post Office Pavilion in the nation s capital into a luxury hotel

　　Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump recently unveiled plans to spend $200 million turning the historic Old Post Office Pavilion in the nation's capital into a luxury hotel with 270 rooms and presidential suites with bulletproof windows.

　　Trump International Hotel, Washington D.C. will take up a prime location on Pennsylvania Avenue in between the U.S. Capitol and the White House. Construction will begin in the spring of 2014 and is expected to be completed in late 2015.

　　D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D) told the audience at the Pavilion that the neighborhood in downtown D.C. has a shortage of hotels despite having plenty of museums, historic landmarks, federal buildings and offices to draw business and leisure travelers.

　　He said the Trump hotel will help "us to define what the hotel industry, what the hospitality industry will be on this side of Pennsylvania Avenue."

　　The Post Office, built in 1899, has been the source of much consternation among local politicians and activists. There have been multiple attempts to demolish it. Right now, it houses a few nondescript shops and fast food eateries.

　　"They have put to rest the saga of the Old Post Office Pavilion," said Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), who added that she has spent 15 years trying to get the property redeveloped.

　　Trump is leasing the property from the Federal Government for 60 years with the possibility of two 20-year extensions at a monthly rent of $250,000.

　　The real estate mogul and television personality said he will spare no expense to turn the building into the most luxurious hotel in the nation's capital.

　　"There will be nothing like what we are building here," he told the crowd. "The rooms will be incredible. The views will be amazing."

　　"I think the ballroom will be one of the greatest ballrooms in the country," he said with his usual flair.

　　He said he chose to enter the D.C. market because it is a strong one with high demand for hotels. But he said he was also eager to snap up such a historic property. "The building is something you can never recreate," he said in an interview after the press conference.

　　Ivanka Trump said the architects and designers will preserve the historic integrity of the building while adding modern and elegant details.

　　"The design juxtaposes the strength and masculinity of the building with gentler touches," she said.