EXHIBIT 23
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To the Board of Trustees of
LaSalle Hotel Properties:


We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements on
Form S-8 (No. 333-72265) and on Form S-3 (Nos. 333-76373 and 333-77371) of
LaSalle Hotel Properties of our report dated January 21, 2000, relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of LaSalle Hotel Properties as of
December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for the year ended
December 31, 1999 and for the period from April 29, 1998 (inception)
through December 31, 1998, and the related financial statement schedule and
our report dated March 1, 2000, relating to the balance sheets of LaSalle
Hotel Lessee, Inc., as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related
statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit), and cash flows
for the year ended December 31, 1999 and for the period from April 29, 1998
(inception) through December 31, 1998, which reports appear in the
December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 10-K of LaSalle Hotel Properties.





                                 KPMG LLP




Chicago, Illinois
March 14, 2000