EXHIBIT 4.53

LOAN NO.:  26-5330848                                       SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
                                                                 HOMEWOOD SUITES

             PERCENTAGE LEASE SUBORDINATION AND ATTORNMENT AGREEMENT

                  This Percentage Lease  Subordination and Attornment  Agreement
(this "Agreement") is dated as of the 8th day of September,  2000, between First
Union National Bank, a national banking association ("Lender"), and Apple Suites
Management, Inc., a Virginia corporation ("Lessee").

                                    RECITALS

                  A. Lessee is the percentage lessee under a certain  percentage
lease (the "Percentage Lease") dated November 24, 1999, with Apple Suites SPE I,
Inc., a Virginia corporation  ("Lessor") of premises described in the Percentage
Lease being a certain hotel known as Homewood  Suites  located in 844 East North
Union Avenue,  Midvale, Utah 84047 and more particularly  described in Exhibit A
attached hereto and made a part hereof (the "Property").

                  B. This  Agreement is being entered into in connection  with a
mortgage  loan (the  "Loan")  being made by Lender to Lessor,  to be secured by,
among other things:  (a) a first mortgage,  deed of trust or deed to secure debt
on and of the Property (the  "Mortgage");  and (b) a first  assignment of leases
and rents on the Property (the "Assignment of Leases and Rents") to be recorded.
The Mortgage and the Assignment of Leases and Rents are hereinafter collectively
referred to as the "Security Documents".

                  C. Lessee acknowledges that Lender will rely on this Agreement
in making the Loan to Lessor.


                                    AGREEMENT

         For mutual consideration, including the mutual covenants and agreements
set forth below,  the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby  acknowledged,
the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1. Lessee agrees that the Percentage  Lease is and shall be subject and
subordinate  to the  Security  Documents  and to all present or future  advances
under  the   obligations   secured   thereby  and  all   renewals,   amendments,
modifications,  consolidations,  replacements  and  extensions  of  the  secured
obligations  and the  Security  Documents,  to the full  extent  of all  amounts
secured by the Security  Documents from time to time. Said  subordination  is to
have the same force and effect as if the Security  Documents and such  renewals,
modifications,  consolidations,  replacements  and  extensions  thereof had been
executed,  acknowledged,  delivered and recorded prior to the Percentage  Lease,
any amendments or modifications thereof and any notice thereof.






         2. Lessee agrees that, in the event of the occurrence  and  continuance
of an Event of Default under the Mortgage by the Lessor or a foreclosure  of the
Mortgage by Lender or the  acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure by Lender
or any other succession of Lender to fee ownership,  either Lender or Lessee may
elect to  terminate  the  Percentage  Lease by  written  notice  to the other in
accordance  with Section 8 hereof.  In the event neither Lender nor Lessee elect
to terminate the Percentage Lease, Lessee will attorn to and recognize Lender as
its  Lessor  under the  Percentage  Lease for the  remainder  of the term of the
Percentage  Lease  (including  all  extension  periods  which  have  been or are
hereafter  exercised) upon the same terms and conditions as are set forth in the
Percentage  Lease,  and  Lessee  hereby  agrees  to pay and  perform  all of the
obligations of Lessee pursuant to the Percentage Lease.

         3. Lessee agrees that, in the event Lender  succeeds to the interest of
Lessor under the Percentage Lease, Lender shall not be:

            (a) liable for any act or omission of any prior  Lessor  (including,
without limitation, the then defaulting Lessor), or

            (b) subject to any defense or offsets  which Lessee may have against
any prior Lessor (including, without limitation, the then defaulting Lessor), or

            (c) bound by any  payment of rent or  additional  rent which  Lessee
might  have paid for more than one month in  advance  of the due date  under the
Percentage Lease to any prior Lessor (including,  without  limitation,  the then
defaulting  Lessor)  (unless  otherwise  expressly  permitted  therein  and such
advance  rent shall have been  applied to  ordinary  and  necessary  expenses or
capital  expenditures  in  connection  with owning and operating the Property or
paid to Lender or otherwise as contemplated by the Loan Documents), or

            (d) bound by any  obligation to make any payment to Lessee which was
required to be made prior to the time  Lender  succeeded  to any prior  Lessor's
interest, or

            (e)  accountable  for any  monies  deposited  with any prior  Lessor
(including  security  deposits),  except to the extent such monies are  actually
received by Lender, or

            (f) bound by any surrender,  termination,  amendment or modification
of the Percentage Lease made without the consent of Lender,  unless such consent
is not required by Section 1.12 of the Mortgage.

         4. Lessee  agrees that,  notwithstanding  any  provision  hereof to the
contrary, the terms of the Mortgage shall continue to govern with respect to the
disposition  of any  insurance  proceeds  or  eminent  domain  awards,  and  any
obligations  of Lessor to restore  the real estate of which the  Premises  are a
part shall, insofar as they apply to Lender, be limited to insurance proceeds or
eminent  domain  awards  received by Lender after the deduction of all costs and
expenses incurred in obtaining such proceeds or awards.

         5.  Lessee  hereby  agrees to give to Lender  copies of all  notices of
Lessor  default(s)  under  the  Percentage  Lease in the  same  manner  as,  and
whenever,  Lessee  shall give any such

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notice of default to Lessor, and no such notice of default shall be deemed given
to Lessor unless and until a copy of such notice shall have been so delivered to
Lender.  Lender  shall  have the right to remedy any  Lessor  default  under the
Percentage  Lease, or to cause any default of Lessor under the Percentage  Lease
to be remedied, and for such purpose Lessee hereby grants Lender such additional
period of time as may be reasonable  to enable Lender to remedy,  or cause to be
remedied,  any such  default  in  addition  to the  period  given to Lessor  for
remedying,  or causing to be  remedied,  any such  default.  Lessee shall accept
performance  by Lender of any  term,  covenant,  condition  or  agreement  to be
performed by Lessor under the Percentage Lease with the same force and effect as
though  performed  by Lessor.  Lender  shall have the  right,  without  Lessee's
consent, to foreclose the Mortgage or to accept a deed in lieu of foreclosure of
the Mortgage or to exercise any other remedies under the Security Documents.

         6. Lessee  hereby  consents to the  Assignment of Leases and Rents from
Lessor to Lender in  connection  with the  Loan.  Lessee  acknowledges  that the
interest of the Lessor  under the  Percentage  Lease is to be assigned to Lender
solely as security for the purposes  specified in said  assignments,  and Lender
shall have no duty,  liability or  obligation  whatsoever  under the  Percentage
Lease or any extension or renewal thereof,  either by virtue of said assignments
or by any subsequent  receipt or collection of rents  thereunder,  unless Lender
shall  specifically  undertake such liability in writing or unless Lender or its
designee  or  nominee  becomes,  and then only with  respect to periods in which
Lender or its designee or nominee becomes, the fee owner of the Premises. Lessee
agrees that upon receipt of a written  notice from Lender of a default by Lessor
under the Loan,  Lessee will  thereafter,  if requested  by Lender,  pay rent to
Lender in accordance with the terms of the Percentage Lease unless and until the
Percentage Lease is terminated.

         7. The  Percentage  Lease shall not be  assigned  by Lessee,  modified,
amended or terminated  without  Lender's prior written consent in each instance,
except as otherwise provided in the Mortgage.

         8. If Lender  succeeds to the interest of Lessor  under the  Percentage
Lease or if an Event of Default  occurs  under the Loan  Documents  which is not
cured within any applicable cure period, if any, Lender or Lessee shall have the
right to terminate the  Percentage  Lease at any time with or without cause upon
provision of three (3) days written notice to Lessee or Lender,  as the case may
be.

         9. Any notice,  election,  communication,  request or other document or
demand  required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall
be deemed  delivered  on the  earlier to occur of (a) receipt or (b) the date of
delivery,  refusal or nondelivery  indicated on the return receipt, if deposited
in a United States Postal Service Depository, postage prepaid, sent certified or
registered  mail,  return  receipt  requested,  or  if  sent  via  a  recognized
commercial  courier  service  providing  for a receipt,  addressed  to Lessee or
Lender, as the case may be, at the following addresses:

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         If to Lessee:              Apple Suites Services Limited Partnership
                                    306 East Main Street
                                    Richmond, Virginia 23219
                                    Attention:  Glade M. Knight

         If to Lender:              First Union National Bank
                                    One First Union Center DC6
                                    Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0166
                                    Attention:  William J. Cohane

         with a copy to:            Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P.
                                    100 North Tryon Street, Suite 4200
                                    Charlotte, NC 28202
                                    Attention: John Nicholas Suhr, Jr., Esq.

         10. The term  "Lender" as used herein  includes any successor or assign
of the named Lender herein,  including without limitation,  any co-lender at the
time of making the Loan, any purchaser at a foreclosure  sale and any transferee
pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure, and their successors and assigns, and
the terms  "Lessee" and "Lessor" as used herein include any successor and assign
of the named Lessee and Lessor herein,  respectively;  provided,  however,  that
such  reference  to  Lessee's or Lessor's  successors  and assigns  shall not be
construed as Lender's  consent to any  assignment or other transfer by Lessee or
Lessor.

         11.  If any  provision  of this  Agreement  is held  to be  invalid  or
unenforceable  by a court of competent  jurisdiction,  such  provision  shall be
deemed  modified  to  the  extent  necessary  to  be  enforceable,  or  if  such
modification  is not  practicable,  such provision  shall be deemed deleted from
this Agreement,  and the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect.

         12.  Neither  this  Agreement  nor  any  of  the  terms  hereof  may be
terminated,  amended,  supplemented,  waived or modified orally,  but only by an
instrument in writing  executed by the party against  which  enforcement  of the
termination, amendment, supplement, waiver or modification is sought.

         This  Agreement  shall be construed in accordance  with the laws of the
state of in which the Property is located.

         The person  executing  this Agreement on behalf of Lessee is authorized
by Lessee to do so and execution hereof is the binding act of Lessee enforceable
against Lessee.


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         Witness the  execution  hereof  [under seal] as of the date first above
written.

                                     LENDER:

                                     FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK


                                     By:/s/ William J. Cohane
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:      William J. Cohane
                                        Title:     Director/Vice President


                                     APPLE SUITES MANAGEMENT, INC.,
                                     a Virginia corporation


                                     By:/s/ Glade M. Knight
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:   Glade M. Knight
                                        Title:  President











         The undersigned Lessor hereby consents to the foregoing Agreement.


                                       APPLE SUITES SPE I, INC.,
                                       a Virginia corporation


                                       By:/s/ Glade M. Knight
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Name:   Glade M. Knight
                                          Title:  President










STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF North Carolina            )
                                                )  SS.
CITY/COUNTY OF Mecklenburg                      )

         On the 14th day of  September,  2000,  personally  appeared  before  me
William  J.  Cohane,  who  being  by me duly  sworn  did say  that  he/she  is a
Director/Vice  President  of First  Union  National  Bank,  a  national  banking
association,  and acknowledged the foregoing to be the free act and deed of said
association.

/s/ Renee D. Sides
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Notary Public

My Commission Expires:  October 19, 2003


Residing at Charlotte, NC
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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA                  )
                                                )  SS.
CITY/COUNTY OF RICHMOND                         )

         On the 6th day of September 2000,  personally  appeared before me Glade
M. Knight,  who being by me duly sworn did say that he is the President of Apple
Suites  Management,   Inc.,  a  Virginia  corporation  and  that  the  foregoing
instrument was signed on behalf of said corporation.

/s/ Robyn M. Broughton
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Notary Public

My Commission Expires: 7/31/02


Residing at Richmond, VA
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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF Virginia                    )
                                                  )  SS.
CITY/COUNTY OF Richmond                           )

         On the 6th day of September,  2000, personally appeared before me Glade
M. Knight,  who being by me duly sworn did say that he is the President of Apple
Suites SPE I, Inc., a Virginia corporation and that the foregoing instrument was
signed on behalf of said corporation.

/s/ Robyn S. Broughton
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Notary Public

My Commission Expires:  7/31/02


Residing at Richmond, VA
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