Starwood will convert Lenox Inn into a Sheraton. (real estate investment trust Starwood Lodging Trust; Sheraton Four Points Atlanta Buckhead)

The Lenox Inn at 3387 Lenox Road N.E. in Buckhead is now the Sheraton Four Points Atlanta Buckhead. The name has changed, but ownership remains the same.

Starwood Lodging Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT) of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, purchased the 180-room Lenox Inn for $9 million in 1995. Starwood recently bought ITT Sheraton Corp. and Westin Hotels & Resorts and plans to convert many of its independent hotels into its full-service hotel brands - Sheraton, Sheraton Four Points, Westin, W and St. Regis.

A renovation of the Lenox Inn likely will follow.

"In every conversion, there are usually going to be some upgrades to meet that standard," said Debi Ford, a spokesperson for Starwood. Ford said it is too soon to say what the renovations will entail or …