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                                     FORM 3
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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
             INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

                     Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the
                    Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section
                       17(a) of the Public Utility Holding
                     Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of
                       the Investment Company Act of 1940

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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

     Leven Michael A.
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     (Last)          (First)          (Middle)

     c/o Lodgian, Inc.
     3445 Peachtree Road, N.E., Suite 700
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     (Street)

     Atlanta           GA               30326
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     (City)          (State)           (Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

     12/11/98

3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person
   (Voluntary)

4. Issuer name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

     LOD

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

                  X Director
                 -- 10% Owner
                 -- Officer (give title below)
                 -- Other (specify below)

6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
   (Check applicable Line)

        X Form Filed by One Reporting Person
          Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person

              Table I Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security   2. Amount of    3. Ownership        4. Nature of Indirect
   (Instr. 4)             Securities      Form: Direct        Beneficial
                          Beneficially    (D) or Indirect     Ownership
                          Owned           (I) (Instr. 5)      (Instr. 5)
                          (Instr. 4)

   Common Stock, par value   100          D
     $.01 per share


Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of  securities  beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
*If the  form is  filed  by more  than one  reporting  person,  see  Instruction
5(b)(v).


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              Table II-- Derivative  Securities  Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts,
         calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

                                                                                
1. Title of      2. Date Exer-       3. Title and Amount of     4. Conver-   5. Owner-          6. Nature of
   Derivative       cisable and         Securities Underlying      sion or      ship Form         Indirect
   Security         Expiration          Derivative Security        Exercise     of Deriv-         Beneficial
   (Instr. 4)       Date                (Instr. 4)                 Price of     ative             Ownership
                    (Month/Day/Year)                               Deri-        Security:         (Instr. 5)
                                                                   vative       Direct (D) or
                                                                   Security     Indirect (I)
                                                                                (Instr. 5)

                                                           
                 Date      Expira-   Title          Amount or
                 Exer-     tion                     Number of
                 cisable   Date                     Shares

Option to 
Purchase
Common Stock     8/27/97   8/27/07    Common Stock     5,000      $6.125      D

Option to 
Purchase
Common Stock     8/27/97   8/27/07   Common Stock     20,000      $6.125      D





**Intentional  mistatements or omissions of facts  constitute  Federal  Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:   File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
        space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure

 /s/ Michael A. Leven                Dec. 21, 1998
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         Michael A. Leven                 Date