Solidere Rotana Suites

Beirut Central District - Beirut, Lebanon



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Official Website: www.rotana.com/factsheets/solidere.htm


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Conveniently located in the newly rebuilt historical city centre of Beirut, in Mina Al Hosn, the all-suites hotel is in the midst of the economic, cultural, political and leisure centre of Lebanon.

i think heard something about this ...i dont know if i heard it from someone on this site, or seen soemthing about it somewhere...loool sorry im no help

Today I checked their site. I tried to relate the map they have provided to a map I have. It seems that it is behind Starco Centre. It must be in the street that takes to Elie Saab HQ or Restaurant Sultan Brahim. The name of the street is France Street.
Overall, it must be in the Minet el Hosn, Bad Idriss Area.

I have this pic. It must be someplace behind this beautiful building.

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naregkar,

That beautiful building houses the Argentinian embassy.

The Solidere Rotana Suites will be built right across from the Grand Hyatt, just across Adnan el Hakim Street.

If you scroll to the last page in this PDF and take a look at the plot of land marked with a 6, that is where the Solidere Rotana Suites is coming up:

http://www.solidere.com/solidere/pdf/Q3-2005.pdf

hey Lebanese Cedar, where do you find those Solidere PDF's?

hey Lebanese Cedar, where do you find those Solidere PDF's?

They are just from the Solidere quarterly reports page.

You are right Lebanese Cedar. Thanks for the link.

what r u planing to after school
my offical exams are in November im planing to study tourism
My official exams are in mid-June.
I'll major in Mathematics for my sophomore year, then probably transfer to Economics, and Computer Science as a minor.
But if everything goes right, I want to have a degree in computer science too.

is there any renders of the hotel ?????????

Didn't find any render. I wonder if Lebanese Cedar has it!

Didn't find any render. I wonder if Lebanese Cedar has it!

Nope, Lebanese Cedar does not. :)

you guys, I think this might be the hotel:

http://www.rotana.com/factsheets/solidere.htm

^^ Thanks Arz, but I hope its not....I was expecting a high-rise!

Actually i like the design :)

^^ Thanks Arz, but I hope its not....I was expecting a high-rise!

Highrises are not allowed on this plot of land.

Thats the new Rontana Hotel ? ..... It's different looking.

Does anyone know when construction will begin?

I am actually excited about this hotel, what is the status on the ground - has there been ANY progress?

^^ A month ago, there was nothing visible on the ground.

looks good

http://www.rotana.com/factsheets/images/solidere_top1.jpg

^^ NOTICE now how it has been changed to END 2008 from "Mid" - see intro post. At least its still going to get built.

^^This is a gr8 news indeed :)
but if they r going to open it end 2008,shouldn't it be now U/C???

i like this hotel's design, but does anyone know how many floors is it exactly?

opening it at the end of this year is impossible they havn't dug up the site yet !!!

^^ Are you sure?

Their website is good with updating their opening season/year (they changed it three times!) but they still have it say 2008...

donno i was in downtown 2 days ago saw nothing going on in that area dosent seem that constructions started

^^Did you take any photos? :)

unfortunately not ....my camera got stolen from my bag during my lunch break in school 2 months ago so im savin for a new one :(

i wanna buy the sony-cybershot H3 ....amazing camera

Now there saying 2009

^^Well,i say 2010 :)
if they start this summer !!!!!!!!

I can not see any of the renders, does anyone have any they can show? because the site is not working for me, its just goin to the main page:ohno:

Also how come on the website they only have the Gefinor and Hazmieh rotana suites listed, how come they dont have this or the Rawche Rotana suites on it as well:nuts:

You guys i found this- This was a design competition -Im not sure if this won but we don't have any other renders...




We recognize the exceptional nature of the chosen site, perched on the edge of Beirut’s old coastal line, which is commemorated by the sinuous landscape of Gustafson Porter’s Old Shoreline Walk. Within this context, the site sits on the edge of a new extension and vision for the city. Our proposal contributes to the rich urban life that already exists in Beirut - and is in development in the new Hotel District - in three significant ways.

First, we reinforce and accentuate the master plan. The shops hold a hard edge against the Old Shoreline Walk. A bridge across the planned water feature aligns with a breezeway that leads to a central enclosed courtyard and to the new district north of it. We have proposed a third large reflecting pool stressing the direction of the promenade towards the waterfront.

Second, the ground level of our proposal attempts to absorb adjacent landscapes and urban pedestrian corridors, creating an invitation to the site with expansive glass storefronts, intimate plazas and a network of open pedestrian galleries. In doing so,the building’s ground floor is divided into "an archipelago of islands" off of the old shoreline, each passageway providing entry to the dispersed ground floor public and social programs.

Third, the proposal offers three public spaces to the city that will enrich the outdoor life of downtown Beirut: the Entry Court, Rotana Plaza, and the Shopping Court. Each of these serves the civic nature of the site in a different way: the Entry Court guarantees an entry sequence that is both easily comprehensible and fittingly grand in its scale; Rotana Plaza, a space between the main building and the smaller pavilion structure to the west, is envisaged as a node along the walk from the Place Zeytoun to the Marina and the future park; the Shopping Court offers passersby an opportunity to shop in a dynamic space that is cooled by the shade of a rooftop pool.

Our design operates within two contexts: one is of course the city of Beirut, its Central District and the new developments being built around it. The other is the context provided by the many Rotana Hotels in existence, from Damascus to Sharjah and beyond (the Rotana brand, in a word).

When one looks at the buildings preserved in downtown Beirut they fall into two general categories. First, there is the Mandate-era architecture of the early twentieth century of which there are many cherished examples. A second category is made out of excellent examples of mid-twentieth century Levantine modernity; this architecture, at times heroic and playful, inventive and well suited to the climate of Beirut, has contributed greatly to the overall image of the city, while it has been associated with the prosperity and joi de vivre of Beirut’s pre-war "golden era."

Our building offers a contextual response to its place in the tradition of this second category: we present a contemporary building, a building of today, that is very much of its time, drawing from, but not mimicking the local modern tradition, updating and enriching it.

We believe that the Downtown Beirut Rotana provides an excellent opportunity for the chain to reconsider its image (and with it, upgrade the perceived quality of its product).

Important developments have taken place in the hotel industry in recent years: The success of the W Hotels, Ian Schrager’s/Philippe Stark’s hotels and the many imitators that have followed throughout the world over the last decade have demonstrated the important role that design (imaginative, alluring, beautifully poetic design) can play an important role in the marketability and profitability of a hotel.

We can and would be pleased to play such a role in the relaunching of Rotana as a special, unique hotel brand with its new Beirut Central District hotel as its flagship.

Urban hotels today must provide their customers with memorable sensory experiences, which will lure them back to the place over and over again. Good memories are constructed out of fantastic situations, pleasurable moments or unique experiences. Desire is constructed. We believe we have created at least two such spaces in our design: the Entry Courtyard and the Shopping Court/Pool Terrace Pavilion.

The Entry Court provides access to both hotel rooms and the residential apartments via their respective lobbies, as well as access to shops. A single curb cut of 42 meters accepts all vehicular traffic: entrance to the underground parking and loading dock; entrance to the courtyard itself; a courtyard exit, and the exit ramp from the underground parking and service. The continuous ceiling plane hovering over the ground floor is "punctuated", as if were, by the conical, and folded, metal mesh screen lining the court’s shaft. In this way, the strong pentagonal figure of the courtyard frames the view of the sky above.

Driving in, an arriving guest is welcomed by a large canopy, waterfall walls, stone pavement, massive concrete columns, planters and benches and a low starry ceiling with lighting whose colors and intensity can be electronically controlled to produce different moods depending on events taking place in the hotel, or the time of day.

The Pavilion offers memorable experiences at the level of the Shopping Court as well as the Pool Terrace and Bar. The Shopping Court will be a commercial space like no other in Beirut, edged by shops and an open air shop itself. Shaded by flanking wings containing special hotel rooms and topped by the "belly" of the swimming pool, leaving a triangular void to frame the sky, again, when looking up from the courtyard.

The Pool Terrace and Bar will surely become an instant hit with visitors and residents alike, a stage for fun and pleasure in the heart of the city. With views of the Mediterranean Sea framed by the tall towers to the north and the open views of the city and mountains to the south and east, guests can sit by the pool or the bar enjoying the urban experience from a unique vantage point.


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Rotana Hotel is under design.

Rotana Hotel is under design.


I hope that if this design is the base, they take out the idea of opening a shaft all the way through the hotel, opening onto: a CAR PARK (OK, a car dropoff area)! Nice to bring light down, but they could bring it into the lobby, a restaurant or something other than an area which will channel car exhaust all the way through the hotel. Of course that could give the hotel a unique marketing edge: "where else in the world can you step out of your room right into the distinguished exhaust of a Jaguar?"

LOl thats not how it will be...the central shaft does not open to the room..its a glass wall with like a meshing over it ....The rooms are on the opposite side of the wall and have balconies on the outside of the building..

Solidere Rotana - 2012

From there website..

^^ looks hideous :S

Solidere Rotana
Beirut, Lebanon (Opening in 2010)
City centre of Beirut
160 well appointed studios and suites
90 serviced apartments
Business centre
All day dining

http://www.rotana.com/factsheets/solidere.php

^^ 2010 ??
HIGHLY DOUBT IT.

From Solidere website, maybe the latest proposed design
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Thats very old and predates post #22

"As for Lebanon, Rotana currently operates three properties in Beirut, the former ‘Pearl of the Middle East’, Hazmieh Rotana, Gefinor Rotana and Raouché Arjaan by Rotana. Before the end of 2011, Rotana will operate its fourth property, Solidère Arjaan by Rotana, situated in the newly rebuilt historical city centre of Beirut. Lebanon has rebound and is again attracting the MICE business. From its souks to its palaces, it churches to its mosques, its mountains to it shores, Lebanon offers an unparalleled chance to glimpse a land between East and West, between Arab and European, between the past and the future."

Interview Selim El Zyr, President & CEO of Rotana Hotels.
GIBTM 2010
Monday, 8th March 2010

^^ i highly doubt that it will done in less than 2 years !!!!
there is no way they 'll be able to construct a hotel and furnish it and get it ready for opening before the end of 2011 !!! :nuts:
i mean, is the site even dug for foundations? cuz that is probably the most time-consuming phase

Client: International Hotel Investment Company sal Project Value: $35 Million US Dollars Services: Owner's Representatives, Project Construction Management Description: Nassar Engineering Services s.a.r.l. was retained as Project Managers for the Architectural Design Competition, the Design and the Construction of the Rotana Hotel and Suites Complex project in Beirut Central District.

The Rotana Hotel and Apartment Complex Project is located in the Beirut Central District, better known as Solidere area, on Plot 6, Sector Ba, Block 11, and cadastral number: Lot 1369, Mina al Hosn. The Project stands on the Old Shoreline Walk, which is one of the major landscape features of the BCD.

The land area of the plot is 4,283m2, and the land uses proposed for Plot 6, Block 11 are retail and commercial in combination with a predominating use as residential and hotel.
The Project as planned in the Master Plan is made of two blocks, one medium rise 40m high development, integrated within the urban grid, and the other block a low rise 18m high development, identified as an “icon building”.

The Project designed by Architecture Studio, a French Architecture firm, is conceived as a group of carved sculptured volumes echoing the group of rocks at Raouche, and aims to provide a significant impact on the scale of the city.

The Project consists of a Hotel of 145 keys occupying both the Icon building and part of the second block, with all its related amenities: a large and transparent entrance hall linking both blocks on the parcel, a café, a swimming pool and spa etc..., as well as luxurious Apartments for sale. The ground floor is occupied by retail.:banana:

I didn't know how to add pics but here is the website http://www.nespm.net/hospitality1.htm#

duplicate thread here:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1438679

Thanx to Lebanon-Russia for finding the link. I will post the pictures:

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I have no idea how new or old those renders are. I just posted the pictures...

i passed by a plot yesterday north of grand hyatt that was enclosed, a sign was erected on the plot showing a render for a building different from this one, its name was Rotana Residences. i have no idea if it's the same project or different, but if it is, then i believe they turned it into an apartments building instead of a hotel.