Exhibit 5.1


                                  [LETTERHEAD]

                                                               December 15, 2000

Host Marriott, L.P.
10400 Fernwood Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20817

     Re:  9 1/4% Series G Senior Notes due 2007 of Host Marriott, L.P.
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In connection with the issuance of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of 9 1/4% Series G Senior Notes due 2007 (the "Series G senior notes") by Host
Marriott, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Company"), and guarantees
thereof ("Guarantees" and together with the Series G senior notes, the
"Securities") by certain subsidiaries of the Company (the "Subsidiary
Guarantors") to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on a
registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") on December 15, 2000 (the "Registration
Statement") relating to the offer by the Company to exchange its outstanding 9
1/4% Series F Senior Notes due 2007 for Series G senior notes, you have
requested my opinion with respect to the matters set forth below.

     In my capacity as general counsel of Host Marriott Corporation, the general
partner of the Company, I am familiar with the proceedings taken by the Company
in connection with the authorization, issuance and sale of the Series G senior
notes. In addition, I have made such legal and factual examinations and
inquiries, including an examination of originals or copies certified or
otherwise identified to my satisfaction of such documents, corporate records and
instruments, as I have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this
opinion.

     In my examination, I have assumed the genuiness of all signatures, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, and the conformity
to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to me as copies.

     I am opining herein as to the effect on the subject transaction only of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, I express no opinion with
respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any
other jurisdiction or, in the case of Delaware, any other laws, or as to any
matters of municipal law or the laws of any local agencies within any state.

     Subject to the foregoing and other matters set forth herein, it is my
opinion that as of the date hereof, the Series G senior notes have been duly
authorized by all necessary action of the Company, and when executed,
authenticated and delivered by or on behalf of the Company against exchange
therefor in accordance with the terms of the indenture, will constitute legally
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms.


     Subject to the foregoing and other matters set forth herein, it is my
opinion that as of the date hereof, the Guarantees have been duly authorized by
all necessary action of the applicable Subsidiary Guarantors, and when the
Series G senior notes are executed, authenticated and delivered by or on behalf
of the Company, will constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the
applicable Subsidiary Guarantors, enforceable against the applicable Subsidiary
Guarantors in accordance with their terms.

     The opinions rendered above relating to the enforceability of the
Securities are subject to the following exceptions, limitations and
qualifications: (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or
affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) the effect of general
principles of equity, whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in
equity of law, and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding
therefor may be brought; (iii) I express no opinion concerning the
enforceability of the waiver of rights or defenses contained in the indenture.

     To the extent that the obligations of the Company and/or the Subsidiary
Guarantors under the Indenture may be dependent upon such matters, I assume for
purposes of this opinion that the Trustee is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; that
the Trustee is duly qualified to engage in the activities contemplated by the
Indenture; that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Trustee and constitutes the legally valid, binding and enforceable
obligation of the Trustee enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its
terms; that the Trustee is in compliance, generally and with respect to acting
as a trustee under the Indenture, with all applicable laws and regulations; and
that the Trustee has the requisite organizational and legal power and authority
to perform its obligations under the Indenture.

     I consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement and to the reference to me contained under the heading "Legal
Matters."

                                                      Very truly yours,

                                                      Christopher G. Townsend
                                                      Senior Vice President and
                                                      General Counsel