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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000930413-04-004512.txt : 20040927
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20040927104840
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000930413-04-004512
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040623
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040927
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20040927

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LODGIAN INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001066138
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	HOTELS & MOTELS [7011]
		IRS NUMBER:				522093696
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3445 PEACHTREE ROAD N E SUITE 700
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30326
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4043649400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3445 PEACHTREE ROAD N E SUITE 700
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30326

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TEACHERS INSURANCE & ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000315038
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14537
		FILM NUMBER:		041046326

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		730 THIRD AVE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2124909000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		730 THIRD AVE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017
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    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2004-06-23</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001066138</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>LODGIAN INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LDGIW</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000315038</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>TEACHERS INSURANCE &amp; ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>730 THIRD AVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10017</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1366660</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1638540</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By registered investment companies</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The filing of this statement should not be construed as an admission that TIAA is, for the purposes of Sections 13 or 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the beneficial owner of these shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">TIAA may be deemed to have an indirect pecuniary interest in the shares held by College Retirement Equities Fund (&quot;CREF&quot;),
TIAA-CREF Institutional Mutual Funds (&quot;Institutional Funds&quot;), and TIAA-CREF Life Funds (&quot;Life Funds&quot;) through its wholly
owned subsidiaries, TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC, which acts as investment adviser to CREF, and Teachers Advisors,
Inc., which acts as investment adviser to Institutional Funds and Life Funds.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Stewart P. Greene</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-09-24</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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