Premier Inn | Dale Street / Lena Street | 11 fl

[yesevil]

I'm correct in thinking this is the Sarah Tower site?
093555/FO/2010/C2

Dale Street/ Lena Street
Manchester
M1 2HP

"Erection of 12 storey hotel following demolition of existing steel structure"

[CDX]

This?

http://www.stephenson-bell.com/portf...-inn.html#main



A premier inn.

[flange]

Yes that definatly the Sarah Tower site yesevil.

http://www.publicaccess.manchester.g...=L4PQ59BC6K000

Great find with the renders CDX that is for sure it as on the planning application Stephenson Bell is noted as the architect.

[Seasonedbest]

Dare I say that I don't like it, given the sites current disastrous and deserted state? Dale street is full of beautiful buildings and a black block, with similarities to the Holiday Inn on Oxford Road, just doesn't cut it.

[jrb]

Good find CDX.

Another signature SB building/design. Similar to the Oxford Road hotel and in some aspects Chets.

You either like or hate the blandness of it. Me, I love it. Plain and simple.

[flange]

The license for the new Premier Inn has gone online today.

Premier Inn, Dale Street (at junction with Lena Street), Manchester

Application Type
Premises Licence (New)

Proposal
Proposed trading hours for the supply of alcohol for consumption both on and off the premises:
Mon to Sun 1000 to 0030
New Years Eve: 1000 until terminal hour on new years day
The premises shall remain open to permit the sale of alcohol to residents 24 hours a day.

Proposed trading hours for the provision of regulated entertainment (films, indoor sporting events, live music, recorded music, performances of dance):
Mon to Sun 1000 to 0030

Proposed trading hours for the provision of facilities for making music and for the provision of facilities for dancing:
Mon to Sun 1000 to 0030

Proposed trading hours for the provision of late night refreshment:
Mon to Sun 2300 to 0030

Proposed opening hours for the premises:
Mon to Sun 0600 to 0100
The premises shall remain open 24 hours a day for hotel residents and
their bona fide guests.

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/50...pplications/10

[Radley]

thanks for the tip-off guys

Sarah Tower reborn as Premier Inn

22 Sep 2010, 10:17

Property Alliance Group is planning to build a Premier Inn hotel on the site abandoned by Bashar Issa on Dale Street.

Architects Stephenson Bell have submitted a planning application on PAG's behalf for the 193-room, 12-storey hotel.

PAG has agreed a deal in principle with administrators KPMG, acting on behalf of Bank of Ireland, which was owed £17m by Issa Developments before it failed. Bashar Issa was declared bankrupt owing £69m in 2009. The sale is subject to planning consent being achieved.

Sarah Tower started on site before the recession but never got passed the start of the steel frame erection. This will be dismantled and the new block built in its place on the corner of Lena Street and Dale Street.

Manchester City Council is due to decide on the application in December. Pending planning consent, construction will start immdiately with practical completion due early 2012. Russells Construction has been instructed as contractor.

The hotel will be the fourth Premier Inn in Manchester city centre and will join Malmaison, ABode and City Inn near Piccadilly station.

Dominic Pozzoni, commercial director of Property Alliance Group, said: "This site acquisition and lease agreement with Premier Inn demonstrates Alliance's keen ambitions to step up development opportunities in the North West and we're delighted by the quick progress and strong relationship we've formed with Premier Inn to bring an exciting scheme to fruition. Our architects have worked closely with Premier Inn to design a stunning building and together with its Russells Construction we will ensure this new build Premier Inn hotel will be a great success."

Heatons Solicitors LLP and Jenics acted on behalf of Property Alliance Group and Cobbetts and King Sturge advised Premier Inn

[ferge]

just a pity it isn't going to be near the same height as the Sarah tower scheme, even an additional 4 floors would have made a huge difference. Still, better than leaving the site an eyesore.

[b4mmy]

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[Slow Burn]

This thread seems to be a bit mixed up. The first page has comments about the Boddingtons site and the proposed Travelodge but then recently the thread has changed direction and now seems to be about the former Sarah Tower site on Dale Street.

?????

[Slow Burn]

Agree that it's better seeing something built here to replace the existing eyesore and Premier Inn serves a purpose I suppose but would really see a market for more boutique style hotels in the Northern Quarter similar to the Velvet hotel on Canal Street

[jrb]

Manchester Confidential.

Premier Inn takes Sarah Tower site
Bashar Issa site sold by administrators to Property Alliance Group



Premier Inn has submitted plans to build a new hotel on Dale Street in Manchester city centre.

The hotel will be built on the site of the proposed Sarah Tower, one of several abortive schemes owned by collapsed developer BSC Group.

Trafford-based developer Property Alliance Group has agreed in principle to acquire the site from administrators at the Manchester office of KPMG and has signed up Premier Inn to operate a hotel on the site.

Architects’ firm Stephenson Bell has submitted a planning application for a 193-bedroom, 11-storey hotel at the corner of Dale Street and Lena Street.

If the scheme gets consent, construction will begin towards the end of 2010 with practical completion due early 2012. Russells Construction has been instructed as contractor.



For Premier Inn, the new hotel will be its fourth operation in Manchester city centre.

Dominic Pozzoni of Property Alliance Group, said: “This site acquisition and lease agreement with Premier Inn demonstrates Alliance’s keen ambitions to step up development opportunities in the North West and we’re delighted by the quick progress and strong relationship we’ve formed with Premier Inn to bring an exciting scheme to fruition.

“Our architects have worked closely with Premier Inn to design a stunning building and together with its Russells Construction we will ensure this new build Premier Inn hotel will be a great success.”

Heatons Solicitors LLP and Jenics acted on behalf of Property Alliance Group and Cobbetts and King Sturge advised Premier Inn.



http://www.stephenson-bell.com/portf...-inn.html#main

[PeteVincent82]

Wow very nice. I love black brick. Looks quality.

[heatonparkincakes]

Is it black? Looks grey. So grey that it reminds me of the submarine bunkers in Das Boot. Or a brick whale floundering.

Real miss mash of architecture styles there in just one small photo. I remember my first time in Leamington Spa and thinking how the white uniformity of that town is so markedly different from Manchester's splatter of styles, colours and shapes and contours that make up the city's buildings.

Pink jumper, orange shirt, lime trousers and blue socks.

[Unremarkable]

It's awful.

I hate it.

[CDX]

Elevations from the plans,




Should provide a good bit of 'natural surveillance' for the canal, having the dining area on that side & level.

[ferge]

It is very 2-4 Oxford Road v.2 But I do like the slants and slices that are cut into it (which weren't as apparent in the original renders). I do like it but like I've said, just a shame it won't be that noticeable from further back whereas before we had a tower to compliment the height of 111.

[Seasonedbest]

I can't remember what Sarah Tower looked like, but no doubt it was a steel monstrosity designed by someone equally as incompetent as Bashar Issa. But I believe that due to the amount of listed properties in the area, they should bear in mind the scale and design of neighbouring buildings. Otherwise in 10 years time, fashion and design will change and once again, everyone will be commenting on how this building got planning permission etc. 111 Picc probably looked ok when it was built...now look at it.

[ferge]

Previous design - 'Sarah Tower'

[jrb]

TBH I think we should be grateful that this site is finally going to be developed properly. The thought of it staying as it currently is for years to come was frightening.