Here.
A bit of investigating tonight.
Turned up something.
075988/FO/2005/C2
Telecommunications House (Victory House)
London Road
City
Conversion of existing building to offices (use class B1) and 231 bedroom hotel (use class C2) and ancillary functions with car parking on site at rear
Approved
*A 231-bed four-star hotel in the former BT tower block on London Road. Scottish firm Macdonald Hotels wants planning permission to transform the building into a hotel with mixed office use. Macdonald operates 60 hotels and resorts in Britain and will be venturing into Manchester city centre for the first time, with the majority of its business focused on the four-star market.
Click on Rio link, then retail & leisure, then lazy-l hotel.
I'm 99.99% sure those renders relate to the eurocentral hotel?
I think a phone call may be necessary on Tuesday to clear things up.
Architects.
http://www.rioarchitects.co.uk/data_rio.xml
Hotel Company.
http://www.macdonald-hotels.co.uk/