Manchesters Hotels!(built and proposed)

[jrb]

Originally Posted by VDB

I've never seen the Hotel proposals before, doesn't look too shabby!

Maybe jrb or one of the older forumers could tell us whether they've seen that render?

TBH not seen that render before. Good find by NQ. Looks great.

Saying that, I do remember a rumour years back on here that the said site was going to be developed. As per nothing ever came of that rumour.

[highriser]

The Flatiron building just off Piccadilly would make a great hotel

[jaymmu]

Originally Posted by highriser

The Flatiron building just off Piccadilly would make a great hotel

Do you reckon? I don't think it'd be great as there'd be constant traffic outside 24 hours, no parking (or any secure paid parking near by), no views and poor light in the lower rooms.
I thought that somebody had taken it on to open it up as office space.

[Chogmook]

Since Stephenson Bell designed the Free Trade Hall extension, I wonder if they will resurrect this design for the back of the Theatre Royal!?




http://www.rogerstephenson-architect...ower.html#main

[GShutty]

Hotel du Vin, for the Century House anybody? I'm sure some sort of deal could be (Fred) Done!

[nq]

Originally Posted by flange

The plans are now online, the hotel will be a new Travelodge. Some of the sketchs and elevations show the long planned Park Inn hotel next door to the proposed Travelodge.

This one goes to committee next week, looks to have had a few amendments.

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77878/FULL/2011 | Site of former MKM House, Warwick Road, Old Trafford | Erection of seven storey hotel, comprising ninety eight bedrooms and car parking at ground floor level.

[nq]

SACO's apart-hotel on Minshull St was approved, 63 apartments, conversion from office.

100836/FO/2012/C2

[flange]

Bloc to roll out affordable designer hotels across UK

21st December

By Kat Spybey

Bloc Hotels is gearing up for a UK-wide rollout and has obtained a finance package for its second hotel at Gatwick airport.

The group opened its first 73-bedroom hotel in Birmingham in April last year. It has obtained a £7m development funding package from Natwest to develop its second site, which links directly into Gatwick’s south terminal.The 244-bedroom hotel will be worth £12m on completion and is due to open in summer 2013.

Bloc offers rooms for around £45 a night. As demand for design-led, affordable hotels rockets, the hotel developer and operator is now seeking to open a portfolio of 10 hotels before the end of 2017, totalling around 2,500 rooms. It plans to extend this to 5,000 rooms by 2020.

The hotels are developed in a factory as complete rooms and then slotted into place. They can be manufactured in three months and put together in just eight days.

The group aims to capitalise on the conversion of secondary office space to other uses and is targeting both city centre freehold and leasehold opportunities.

The first step of the expansion involves extending the existing £3.5m Birmingham hotel by more than a third.

Bloc has bought the 15,000 sq ft property next to its existing hotel on Caroline Street for around £400,000 and has planning consent to convert it into 28 larger rooms, each with a kitchenette and lounge.

The average Bloc room is around 10 sq m, but the enlarged rooms will be double this. The extension is expected to open in September.

Bloc is looking at sites for new hotels in London, Edinburgh, Brighton, Manchester and other airport and transport hubs. It is focusing in particular on the capital, where it anticipates that it could ultimately operate up to 10 hotels.

It is also considering expanding into the US and is keen to find sites in Brooklyn, New York, and Yale in New Haven.

Rob Morgan, founder and director of Bloc, said: “This is something that is scalable globally, so if you are in a particular location and see a Bloc hotel you will know what you will get, much like McDonald’s or Starbucks. That’s what we want to achieve. We want international scale and brand awareness.”

Bloc will also pioneer new mobile technology at the Gatwick hotel, which will enable occupants to control the lighting and air conditioning within their room from their smartphone.

http://www.propertyweek.com/news/new...047917.article

http://blochotels.com/

[GShutty]

There appears to have been some more activity on the Brown Bros. building off Chapel St.

[man med]

http://www.magproperty.co.uk/property-search/detail/85

Airport City Plot 110
Plot 110 Building 1a

Location: Manchester Airport > Airport City North
Property Type: Hotel
Floors: 6
Site Area (Acres): 0.4
Maximum Floorplate Size: 17,424 sq ft
Total Gross Internal Area: 104,755 sq ft
Designed as an international destination in its own right, Airport City will comprise over 4 million ft2 of quality design and build business space, including: Manufacturing, logistics accommodation, grade A offices, hotels, retail and leisure across a 150 acre regeneration site. Through its ownership of Manchester Airport and Airport City, MAG Developments owns the proposed site in full, enabling fewer complications and faster project delivery timescales than competing new build schemes. Benefits include:

Bespoke design and build opportunity
Ability to deliver BREEAM very good / excellent building
Part of a brand new, landscaped and sustainable location
Wealth of on-site and local amenities
Within the Manchester Enterprise Zone
On-site car parking
Only minutes walk from main transport hub
Local, regional and national bus and train connections
Direct access to M56 and regional motorway network
Easy access to all 3 airport terminals
Metrolink arriving 2016

[flange]

Work could soon be starting on the new Travelodge at Piccadilly Gardens, with this happening soon.

P.S. As this story was being circulated we received the following response from the City Council. A spokesperson, said: "We have recently consulted with local residents and businesses over the temporary relocation of the bus stop at the bottom Oldham Street to Stevenson Square while private development work takes place to the former Nobels Arcade building at the corner of Oldham Street and Piccadilly. For the future, we are also exploring the potential of a greening scheme for the area. We will continue to work with local people as and when plans are established."

http://www.manchesterconfidential.co...trian-Question

[poshbakerloo]

Originally Posted by Chogmook

Since Stephenson Bell designed the Free Trade Hall extension, I wonder if they will resurrect this design for the back of the Theatre Royal!?




http://www.rogerstephenson-architect...ower.html#main

I think Radisson bought Theatre Royal already and has their own plans.

[Charlesstreet]

From today's MEN:

The building, currently an amusement arcade in the heart of Piccadilly Gardens, will play host to a 157-room Travelodge, complete with a cafe bar.

Supermarket chain Morrisons will open an M Local convenience store in the building, which was gutted by the 1979 blaze that claimed the lives of 10 people trapped inside.

Restaurant chains Zizzi and Nandos will also both open branches at the site, which has become an eyesore in recent years.

The revamp is being led by the building's owner Associated Property Investors and will be finished by December.

API managing director Chris Dalzell said: “As owners of the building, we are very pleased that after a long period of under use, we have been able to bring forward the refurbishment of this important and well known building in Piccadilly Gardens.

“The impressive tenant line up is testament to both the quality of the location and the strength of the Manchester economy.”

The fire in the former Woolworths building was thought to have been caused by a cigarette igniting flammable, toxic furniture on the ground floor.

Shoppers watched helplessly as fire crews battled the blaze but locked fire escapes and bars on the windows meant many of those inside were unable to escape.

The revamp is now going ahead just more than a year after a family feud over its future use was settled.

Brothers Michael and Philip Noble owned the building through their £100m Noble Group business, based in the north east.

Following Michael's 2006 death, widow Gill wanted to press ahead with plans for the leisure development, which involved evicting Philip's amusements business from the site.

Court of Appeal judges ruled in Gill's favour, paving the way for the facelift to go ahead. That can now happen after funding from HSBC was secured.

Travelodge will open its fifth hotel in Manchester city centre, which will lead to the creation of 32 jobs. The chain has pledged all will be filled through Jobcentre Plus locally.

The M Local shop, which will cover 12,000 sq ft and will include a hot food takeaway counter, will create around 20 jobs.

Meanwhile, Zizzi will occupy 6,750 sq ft and Nandos will take 5,000 sq ft. They will create more than 50 jobs between them.

Paul Harvey, managing director for development at Travelodge, said: “We are delighted to have secured this prime site in the heart of Manchester city centre.

“Manchester has traded very well over the past five years, with a thriving leisure offering thanks to its strong retail offer, vibrant social scene, the Manchester arena and due to the continued success of the city’s famous football clubs, City and United.

“When you also account for a strong business sector, boosted by the MediaCity UK development and arrival of the BBC at Salford Quays, the demand for good quality, value accommodation in Manchester city centre is growing.”

Gordon Mowat, group strategy director at Morrisons, said: “We’re excited to be bringing another Morrisons M Local to Manchester.

“Our convenience stores make it easier for busy professionals to cook a meal from scratch or pick up fresh ingredients on the way home.”

GMI Construction Group, of Leeds, is the building contractor, with Garnett Netherwood the scheme architects.

Jones Lang LaSalle’s Leeds and Manchester offices acted on behalf of API. Jenics represented Travelodge.

[chrisja1000]

Originally Posted by Charlesstreet

From today's MEN:

The building, currently an amusement arcade in the heart of Piccadilly Gardens, will play host to a 157-room Travelodge, complete with a cafe bar.

Supermarket chain Morrisons will open an M Local convenience store in the building, which was gutted by the 1979 blaze that claimed the lives of 10 people trapped inside.

Restaurant chains Zizzi and Nandos will also both open branches at the site, which has become an eyesore in recent years.

The revamp is being led by the building's owner Associated Property Investors and will be finished by December.

API managing director Chris Dalzell said: “As owners of the building, we are very pleased that after a long period of under use, we have been able to bring forward the refurbishment of this important and well known building in Piccadilly Gardens.

“The impressive tenant line up is testament to both the quality of the location and the strength of the Manchester economy.”

The fire in the former Woolworths building was thought to have been caused by a cigarette igniting flammable, toxic furniture on the ground floor.

Shoppers watched helplessly as fire crews battled the blaze but locked fire escapes and bars on the windows meant many of those inside were unable to escape.

The revamp is now going ahead just more than a year after a family feud over its future use was settled.

Brothers Michael and Philip Noble owned the building through their £100m Noble Group business, based in the north east.

Following Michael's 2006 death, widow Gill wanted to press ahead with plans for the leisure development, which involved evicting Philip's amusements business from the site.

Court of Appeal judges ruled in Gill's favour, paving the way for the facelift to go ahead. That can now happen after funding from HSBC was secured.

Travelodge will open its fifth hotel in Manchester city centre, which will lead to the creation of 32 jobs. The chain has pledged all will be filled through Jobcentre Plus locally.

The M Local shop, which will cover 12,000 sq ft and will include a hot food takeaway counter, will create around 20 jobs.

Meanwhile, Zizzi will occupy 6,750 sq ft and Nandos will take 5,000 sq ft. They will create more than 50 jobs between them.

Paul Harvey, managing director for development at Travelodge, said: “We are delighted to have secured this prime site in the heart of Manchester city centre.

“Manchester has traded very well over the past five years, with a thriving leisure offering thanks to its strong retail offer, vibrant social scene, the Manchester arena and due to the continued success of the city’s famous football clubs, City and United.

“When you also account for a strong business sector, boosted by the MediaCity UK development and arrival of the BBC at Salford Quays, the demand for good quality, value accommodation in Manchester city centre is growing.”

Gordon Mowat, group strategy director at Morrisons, said: “We’re excited to be bringing another Morrisons M Local to Manchester.

“Our convenience stores make it easier for busy professionals to cook a meal from scratch or pick up fresh ingredients on the way home.”

GMI Construction Group, of Leeds, is the building contractor, with Garnett Netherwood the scheme architects.

Jones Lang LaSalle’s Leeds and Manchester offices acted on behalf of API. Jenics represented Travelodge.

Any investment is good in Piccadilly and the fact it will be finished by Christmas is good also.

I just can't help but laugh at the thought of people having their morining breakfast watching the tramps, dealers and general piccadilly riff raff going past!!

[heatonparkincakes]

I guess Chris like most people who know or perhaps endure Piccadilly Gardens will welcome any investment, simply as it's a Kip.

I would invite Longford Ripple to launch a thirty page diatribe polemic rant, but the Gardens is a sour bag of mish fits.

But I have hope now for as the PR man says:

"Busy professionals will now be able to cook a meal from scratch."

Progress.

[flange]

As we know the redevelopment has been on the cards for ages for this site, like others have said it is good to see it will be turned around in such a quick time though.

A new render from the news article

[boyaloud]

Looks like the building will be blandised and the lovely mirrorball will go in that render Where will it live? Excited for the M Local though, that will be a great addition and hopefully we'll get a big Waitrose (dahling) at First St/Ancoats/elsewhere now.

[LongRipple]

Originally Posted by heatonparkincakes

I would invite Longford Ripple to launch a thirty page diatribe polemic rant, but the Gardens is a sour bag of mish fits.

Will just reply in single sentences if it's all the same Parklifer.

Not bothered about this.

Bad memories of Piccadilly 21's Discotheque.

Could actually be the only decent looking Travelodge in the world.

Piccaddilly Gardens was always full of scruffy buggers.

Accompanied by ratdogs on string.

Progress?


image hosted on flickr

[iheartthenew]

Originally Posted by boyaloud

Looks like the building will be blandised and the lovely mirrorball will go in that render Where will it live? Excited for the M Local though, that will be a great addition and hopefully we'll get a big Waitrose (dahling) at First St/Ancoats/elsewhere now.

Blandised? Please expand on what you mean by that. I can only assume, looking at the render, you are referring to the lack of detail included in the render itself or the removal of naff peeling blue plywood facia above the doors of Piccadilly 21?

[Splurb]

Luxury serviced apartment operator looking for site in Manchester, possibly Deansgate:

http://mobile.bighospitality.co.uk/S...d#.UQUWnC4gGc0