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Neil Amin is making his mark on the downtown Richmond hotel scene this week.

His Shamin Hotels, the region’s largest hotel operator, is opening two hotels in a 19-story former office tower at 700 E. Main St. that will soon include a rooftop bar/restaurant and fitness center.

The 100-room Homewood Suites opens Monday — and rooms are mostly booked there this week. The 144-room Hampton Inn & Suites will become available for guests in phases beginning in late January with plans for that hotel to be fully operational by mid-February.

“I’m very excited,” Amin, the company’s president and CEO, said about the two hotels opening. “This is very rewarding. We have wanted to do this in downtown for a long time.”

Converting the 52-year-old former office building into the two hotels under the Hilton brand is by far his company’s most ambitious project — and its most expensive. The $40 million-plus project includes the acquisition, construction and renovation costs before receiving any historic tax credits.