September 10, 1998




Dear Limited Partner:

     Subject: Record Date for Voting in Forthcoming Consent Solicitation is
                               September 18, 1998

As previously  reported,  Host Marriott Corporation  ("Host Marriott"), General
Partner of the Partnership,  announced on April 17, 1998 that its Board of
Directors authorized Host Marriott to restructure its business operations to
qualify as a real estate investment trust ("REIT").  Host  Marriott currently
anticipates that the restructuring will become effective as of January 1, 1999.
As part of the REIT  conversion,  Host Marriott formed a new operating
partnership  (the "Operating  Partnership") through which the REIT will conduct
its full-service lodging business.  The Operating Partnership expects to propose
a merger with certain Host Marriott full-service hotel partnerships and joint
ventures,  including this Partnership.  Limited  Partners would receive limited
partnership  units in the Operating  Partnership  that they could retain or
exchange for either Common Shares of the REIT or a Note of the Operating
Partnership.

In connection  with the merger,  the Operating  Partnership  and the REIT have
filed a  Registration  Statement on Form S-4 with the  Securities and  Exchange
Commission,  which  has not yet been  declared  effective.  The  Record  Date is
being provided  to you at this  time for  information  purposes  only.  This
letter  is not  intended  to  provide  you with the information you will need in
order to make a decision  regarding this  transaction and does not constitute
solicitation of a consent or offer of a security.  Limited  Partners will have
an opportunity to vote on this  Partnership's  participation in the merger and
certain amendments to this Partnership's  partnership  agreement in connection
with a  prospectus/consent solicitation statement currently expected to be 
mailed later this month.

Those Limited  Partners  whose  ownership is reflected on the records of the
General  Partner as of September 18, 1998 will be eligible to vote on the merger
and the proposed  amendments.  All  transfer  documents received by our Transfer
Agent prior to September 18, 1998 will be transferred  and a confirmation
statement  will be mailed within  approximately five business days.  If you have
any  questions  regarding  a transfer in  process,  you may  contact the General
Partner at 301/380-2070 or our Transfer Agent at 800/797-6812.

Sincerely yours,

HOST MARRIOTT CORPORATION
General Partner

/s/ Bruce F. Stemerman

Bruce F. Stemerman
Senior Vice President
Asset Management