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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C.  20549



                                   FORM 8-K
                                        



                Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                    of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  April 17, 1998



                Atlanta Marriott Marquis II Limited Partnership
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                 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its
                                   charter)


 
 
               Delaware                      0-14374            52-1427553
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     (State or other jurisdiction of    (Commission File    (I.R.S. Employer
     incorporation or organization)         Number)        Identification No.)
 


           10400 Fernwood Road, Bethesda, Maryland                20817
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          (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)



      Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (301) 380-2070

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Item 5.   Other Events.

          On April 17, 1998, Host Marriott Corporation (the "Company"), the 
parent company of the general partner of Atlanta Marriott Marquis II Limited
Partnership (the "Partnership"), announced that its Board of Directors has
authorized the Company to reorganize its business operations to qualify as a
real estate investment trust (the "REIT Conversion"), effective as of January 1,
1999, as more particularly described in the Summary of the Proposed REIT
Conversion, Spin-off of Senior Living Business and Blackstone Hotel Portfolio
Transaction (the "Summary") which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and
incorporated herein by reference.  Contemporaneously with the REIT Conversion,
the Company intends to spin-off its senior living communities business through a
stock dividend to its shareholders, as more particularly described in the
Summary.

          The Company also announced that it has agreed to acquire interests in
thirteen luxury hotels and certain other assets owned by affiliates of The
Blackstone Group and Blackstone Real Estate Partners, for an aggregate
consideration of up to approximately $1.775 billion, including the assumption of
debt, as more particularly described in the Summary.

Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

          (c)  Exhibits

99.1      Press Release, dated April 17, 1998, entitled "Host Marriott
          Corporation to Add World-Class Luxury Hotel Portfolio for $1.775
          Billion; Reorganization as Real Estate Investment Trust, Spin-Off of
          Senior Living Business Planned."

99.2      Summary of Proposed REIT Conversion, Spin-off of Senior Living
          Business and Blackstone Hotel Portfolio Transaction.

 
                                   SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                            ATLANTA MARRIOTT MARQUIS II
                            LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                            By:  MARRIOTT MARQUIS CORPORATION, its general
                                 partner


Date:  May 7, 1998          By:  /s/ Patricia K. Brady
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                               Name:  Patricia K. Brady
                               Title:  Vice President and
                                       Chief Accounting Officer

 
                                 EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit No.          Description
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99.1                 Press Release, dated April 17, 1998,
                     entitled "Host Marriott Corporation to Add World-Class
                     Luxury Hotel Portfolio for $1.775 Billion;             
                     Reorganization as Real Estate Investment Trust,         
                     Spin-Off of Senior Living Business Planned."


99.2                 Summary of Proposed REIT Conversion, Spin-off         
                     of Senior Living Business and Blackstone Hotel
                     Portfolio Transaction.