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BOWIE, MD. — The Greenwich Group International has secured $22 million in construction financing for the development of a Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Bowie, located about 20 miles east of Washington, D.C. The developer is Hospitality Development Co. of Columbia, Md. The 144-room hotel is being built near the entrance to Melford, a 466-acre, mixed-use business park at Route 50 and Route 301. Greenwich obtained a $12.4 million first mortgage construction loan with $5 million in subordinate financing from the Small Business Administration; $2.6 million from several state and county economic development funds; and the remaining $2 million from a side loan sourced from the first mortgage lender.