Renaissance is a quality-tier, full-service hotel that provides the ambiance of a boutique hotel for its guests.  Signature features for a Renaissance hotel include its high unique interior design, conference and banquet facilities, a business center and library, a �street� restaurant and a refined level of �savvy service.�   There are currently 64 Renaissance Hotels, Resorts and Suites in the United States and 65 locations elsewhere in the world.

�The addition of a quality hotel brand such as Renaissance is extremely exciting.  It has always been our strategy to add an upscale hotel as a complement to the overall North Hills development,� said John Kane, CEO of Kane Realty Corporation.  �Not only are we pleased to partner with Concord in the development of their first project in Raleigh, we are also very proud to add another major amenity for our residential, office, retail and restaurant tenants.�

Mark Laport, President and CEO of Concord Hospitality Enterprises, said, �We are very pleased to be able to bring the Renaissance brand to Raleigh. With its location on the Beltline, its combination of office and the synergy created by the mix of uses, North Hills offers what we believe is one of the best hotel sites in the Triangle.�

The Renaissance Raleigh Hotel at North Hills will have 240 guestrooms, including 12 suites and a Club Level.  In addition, the hotel will feature 10,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space, which can accommodate up to 800 people.  High speed Internet access will be standard in all guestrooms and wireless access will be offered in all public areas. Hotel guests will also have direct interior access to a new $3 million Gold�s Gym Athletic Club, and to Natural Body Spa, a European-style day spa.  The hotel will also bring an upscale restaurant to North Hills.

To open this fall, North Hills is a new mixed-use development being built on the site where the Triangle�s first enclosed two-level mall once stood. North Hills will be Raleigh�s �Midtown� � a district designed to draw people with its sheer variety of experiences.   In addition to 300,000 square feet of office and two residential properties, North Hills will combine luxury and essential retail with a 14-screen cinema, an upscale athletic club and the Renaissance Raleigh Hotel. In addition to retail, dining and entertainment, Phase One of the development is The Lassiter at North Hills, an 80,000 square foot shopping center that combines upscale apparel, accessories and gift retailers with essential retailers such as Harris-Teeter.  Offering both essential and luxury retail in an exceptional urban-style design, North Hills will tempt visitors with three city blocks of unique retail, restaurants and cafes. 

A leader in the growth of the hotel industry, Concord Hospitality Enterprises Company draws on its hotel management expertise, its understanding of the nature of the hotel capital and real estate markets and its philosophy of managing for profit and asset appreciation to expand its influence in the North American marketplace. According to 2003 Directory of Hotel & Motel Companies, Concord ranks in the top 15% worldwide. With a goal of becoming one of the top ten private hotel companies in North America, the company employs over 2,000 associates in its 43 hotels.

About Concord Hospitality Enterprises Company
Concord Hospitality Enterprises Company was established in 1985 to acquire and develop hotel properties and to provide experienced hotel management to both full-service and limited-service properties. Today Concord operates 43 hotels with 5,499 rooms in ten states and Canada, with combined annual revenues of more thanUS $145 million. Hotel brands include the following: Marriott full service; Renaissance; Courtyard; Residence Inn; SpringHill Suites; Fairfield Inn and Suites; Fairfield Inn; Hampton Inn; Hilton Garden Inn; MainStay Suites, Comfort Inn, Holiday Inn and Radisson. The Company also operates a four-star independent hotel. Concord relocated its corporate office to the Forum Center in Raleigh in October of 2003. More information is available at www.concordhotels.com

About Kane Realty Corporation
Based in Raleigh, Kane Realty Corporation was founded by John Kane in 1978 and today is focused on the development of quality mixed use and retail properties.  The company acquired the former North Hills Plaza in Raleigh in 1999 and completed Phase One of the renovation and remerchandising of that property, now known as �The Lassiter at North Hills�.  In 2000, Kane completed the acquisition of North Hills Mall, the first two-level enclosed mall to be built between Washington and Atlanta, with the goal of redeveloping North Hills and The Lassiter to be the market�s first mixed use project incorporating opportunities for living, working, shopping, dining and entertainment.  Another notable Kane project is the redevelopment, management and leasing of University Mall in Chapel Hill, where A Southern Season opened its new 45,000 square foot flagship location early last fall. More information on the company is available at www.kanerealtycorp.com