UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


LaSalle Hotel Properties
(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)

517942108
(CUSIP Number)


Check the appropriate box to designate the rule
pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:
*	Rule 13d-1(b)
	Rule 13d-1(c)
	Rule 13d-1(d)



Page 1 of 8 Pages


1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:
LaSalle Investment Management Securities, LLC

S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON:
36-3991973

2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

Not applicable


3
SEC USE ONLY
4
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Maryland

5
SOLE VOTING POWER

373,999

NUMBER
OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
6
SHARED VOTING POWER

0

EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
6,959,837


8
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

9
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
 PERSON

6,959,837

10
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES*

Not applicable
11
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

6.16%

12
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA


*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!



Item 1.
     	(a)	Name of Issuer
     		LaSalle Hotel Properties

	(b)	Address of Issuer's Principal Executive
		 Offices
		7550 Wisconsin Avenue, 10th floor
		Bethesda, MD 20814

Item 2.
     LaSalle Investment Management, Inc. provides the following
 information:
     	(a)	Name of Person Filing
		LaSalle Investment Management Securities, LLC

	(b)	Address of Principal Business Office or, if none,
 Residence
		100 East Pratt Street
		Baltimore, MD 21202

	(c)	Citizenship
		Maryland

	(d)	Title of Class of Securities

		Common Stock, $.01 par value per share

	(e)	CUSIP Number

		517942108

	Item 3.		If this statement is filed pursuant to
Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b), check
whether the person filing is a:
      (a)		Broker or Dealer registered under Section
15 of the Act
      (b)		Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the
Act
      (c)		Insurance Company as defined in Section
3(a)(19) of the Act
(d)		Investment Company registered under Section 8
of the Investment Company
Act
(e)	*	Investment Adviser registered under Section 203
of the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940
(f)		Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is
 subject to the provisions of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or
Endowment Fund;
see 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)
(g)		Parent Holding Company, in accordance with
240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G) (Note:
See Item 7)
(h)		A savings association as defined in section
 3(b) of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act
(i)		A church plan that is excluded from the
definition of an investment company
under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of
1940
(j)		Group, in accordance with 240.13d-1(b)-1(ii)
(J)


Item 4.	Ownership
     Provide the following information regarding the aggregate
 number and percentage of the
class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.

	(a)	Amount Beneficially Owned
      	6,959,837

	(b)	Percent of Class
      	6.16%

	(c)	Number of shares as to which such person has:

		(i)	sole power to vote or to direct the vote
      		373,999

		(ii)	shared power to vote or to direct the
		vote
      		0

		(iii)	sole power to dispose or to direct the
 		disposition of
      		6,959,837

		(iv)	shared power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of
      		0
Item 5.	Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
     If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as
of the date hereof the reporting
person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five
percent of the class of securities,
check the following.


Item 6.	Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
Person

      	Not applicable.

Item 7.	Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary
Which Acquired the Security
Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company

      	Not applicable.

Item 8.	Identification and Classification of Members of the
Group

      	Not applicable.

Item 9.	Notice of Dissolution of Group

      	Not applicable.

Item 10.	Certification
     	By signing below I certify that, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, the securities
referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of
business and were not acquired for the
purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or
influencing the control of the issuer of such
securities and were not acquired in connection with or as
 a participant in any transaction having
such purposes or effect.

SIGNATURE

	After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my
knowledge and belief, I certify that the
information set forth in this Statement is true, complete
and correct.


Dated:	February 10, 2016

LASALLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
SECURITIES, LLC


By:/s/ Marci S. McCready
Name:	Marci S. McCready
Title:	Vice President