Hotels in your city?

[Boards]

Crappy old St Andrews House office block ( 71m ) looking at change of use.

Reference: 09/02526/DC Community Cnl: Dundasvale (Inactive)

Address: 137-141 West Nile Street/ 38 - 74 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow

Proposal: Use of office building (tower, basement, part ground and first floors) as hotel (licensed premises), including new build extension at second floor podium level, frontage alterations, installation of roof-top plant and re-cladding of tower and retail podium (ground, first and second floors).

Date Received: 26.10.2009 Date Valid: 26.10.2009

Applicant Details: Tower Developments (St Andrews) Ltd And Others

Agent Details: 0141 285 0230

Ryder Architecture Ltd

2nd Floor, 221 West George Street Glasgow G2 2ND

Ward: Anderston/City

Type: Full Planning Permission Level: Local Development

Case Officer: Mr B Greenock, 0141 287 6028

Listing: Cons Area:

Map Reference: (E) 258984 (N) 665785

Reference: 09/02480/DC Community Cnl

[indiekid]

Thank Christ.

Originally Posted by M_Riaz

Aaaand just for confirmation.

ET

Go-ahead for £125m landmark

COUNCIL chiefs have cleared a final hurdle to allow a dramatic £125million hotel tower to be built in Glasgow.
The 300ft tall Jumeirah Hotel in the International Financial Services District will have 160 rooms and 85 serviced apartments.
Work on the six-star tower, which will be one of Glasgow's tallest buildings, had been delayed due to issues over the ownership of the Argyle Street site.
The lack of progress prompted Glasgow City Council to apply for a compulsory purchase order which has now been granted by a Scottish Government Reporter.
A council spokesman said: "The government have ruled in favour of the council's position on CPO for the site."
Work should start on the building next summer and it could be completed early in 2012.
The landmark tower designed by Ian Simpson Architects has a triple glazed atrium entrance, rooftop bar and healthclub.
Some property owners on the site are thought to have been offered more than £1million for their properties, well above market value.
Pawnbrokers Robert Biggar in Argyle Street is to move across the road from their present site.

Publication date 10/11/09

[jrb]

Posted by Marky Deep.

A CITY centre location is being sought for a new five star "training" hotel that will groom 200 apprentices each year for a career in the hospitality industry.

The aim is create a supply of trained staff, through a combination of classroom training and real service experience in a world class hotel, to serve the growing hotel sector in the city and beyond.

The fully functioning hotel - called The Manchester Hotel - is backed by the 50 hotels and venues that make up Manchester Hoteliers Association and will be the first of its kind in the UK.

MHA chair and Radisson Edwardian general manager Stephen Miles said: "The idea came up because of the sheer volume of new hotels arriving in the city.

"Seven years ago, when I began working in Manchester, there were 4,500 hotel rooms in the city.

"Now there are considerably more and in three or four years time there will probably double what there is now.

"Where are we going to get all the people we need from? It is already a problem.

"We want to attract talent to the city and retain it."

The proposed hotel is hoped to open in 2012 and a number of possible city centre locations have already been identified.

Mr Miles said that a number of funding options had been identified - including sources of finance available to from the Government to further skills and education- to develop the hotel, which would be a standalone commercial operation once it is up and running.

The estimated cost of the plan has not been revealed but is likely to be worth several million pounds.

It will be run by a charitable trust and will feature 80 rooms, a bar, two restaurants, a spa, lecture theatre and meeting rooms.

It will have a modern design and will employ around 33 full time professional staff.

The not-for-profit school will be run as a charity with a trading subsidiary by a board including Manchester Hoteliers Association, Manchester College and Manchester council.

MHA members including The Lowry Hotel, The Midland, Malmaison, Marriott, Hilton and Holiday Inn are committed to providing student internships and to send their own staff for training.

And the school will actively support the use of locally sourced food and drink.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....for_manchester

[Boards]

From the ET,

Glasgow hotels are beating recession

by Sarah Swain

GLASGOW is one of only two cities in Europe where hotel bookings are up despite the recession.

The city has beat destinations including Barcelona, Amsterdam, Dublin and Paris by attracting more visitors to its hotels this year than last. Edinburgh is the only other European city which has not seen a drop in trade.

Glasgow's hotels have been at 75% occupancy, up 0.5% on last year and behind only London, which boasts the highest room occupancy in Europe at almost 80%.

Room rates are also bucking the economic downturn in Glasgow.

Though the average cost of staying in one of the city's hotels dropped by £1 on last year to £63, the figure is nothing compared with the fall of the prices in cities such as Dublin, which are down more than 17% and Barcelona, which have fallen by more than 15%.

Experts at business advisory firm Deloitte compiled the figures, which cover the period from January until September this year.

They say "staycations" - people choosing to holiday at home - plus the strength of the euro are to blame for drop in hotel bookings across Europe.

Spain has been hit the hardest, due to a lack of tourists from the UK, Germany and France.

Tourism chiefs say Glasgow has continued to attract visitors because of its conventions and events as well as cultural events and shopping.

Scott Taylor, chief executive, of Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, said: "This global report by Deloitte tracks 38,000 hotels and five million rooms worldwide. European hotel occupancy has been on a downward curve since January 2007.

"Glasgow has continued to outperform its competitors.

"Its strong performance is reflected in the level of interest by developers and is the place where smart money chooses to invest."

Alex Kyriakidis of Deloitte, said: "The past year has been one of turbulence for European hoteliers as the economic crisis has taken its toll. Soaring unemployment, the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus and the strength of the euro has seriously impacted hotel performance in Europe.

"As many businesses tightened their purse strings on corporate travel - hotels, airlines and tour operators all saw a fall in sales."

Publication date 18/11/09

[yoshef]

Well its been a long time coming, but The Hilton on Thomas Steers way is now open, signalling the completion of Liverpool One.

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annajane

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jpw2008

[cardiff]

Its taken them a long time to open?

[albionfagan]

Over a year late isn't it?

[Chris B]

About 7 months. It was originally due to open in April.

[jrb]

New Hotel gone in. Strange location. No docs yet.

Land Within And Adjacent To
227 Upper Brook Street
Ardwick
Manchester
M13 0HB

Erection of part 6, part 5, part 3 storey 100 bedroom hotel (3100 sqm) with roof top plant and equipment, single storey projecting extension to form entrance lobby and servicing area, vehicular access arrangements from Upper Brook Street, car parking areas for 60 cars (including 4 accessible spaces) and associated landscaping, boundary treatments and external lighting to car park following demolition of existing 2 storey office building and workshops

http://www.publicaccess.manchester.g...rchtype=WEEKLY

Google maps.

The site. Industrial units directly opposite the Upper Brook Street wording.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?layer=...OJS9jAf_0LXaDg

[jrb]

Place North West.

Council pays Ask £12m for hotel/offices
8 Dec 2009, 08:44



Ask Developments has pre-sold two buildings at Knowsley Place in Bury to the local authority to enable work to start on site in the New Year.

The 25,000 sq ft office is pre-let to Six Town Housing and the 115-bed hotel to Whitbread's Premier Inn.

Cllr Bob Bibby, leader of Bury Council, said: "Bury Council has made a strategic decision to acquire the two buildings in phase two of Knowsley Place which will provide a new Premier Inn hotel for the town centre and a brand new office location for Six Town Housing. The acquisition of these buildings into our existing property portfolio is a good investment for the council over the next five years and will bring a much needed hotel to the town centre.

"Buildings one and two of phase one at Knowsley Place are already taking shape and due to be handed over in mid January. They form just one of the many projects underway, which are changing the heart of the town centre to create a brighter, bolder more ambitious Bury."

Bury is set top benefit from the opening of Thornfield's £350m retail and leisure scheme, The Rock, which opens next year. Property Alliance Group also has consent for an office park at Chamberhall on the edge of the town centre.

The first phase of Knowsley Place is currently on site and will deliver an NHS health centre, a 40,000 sq ft office for Bury Council and a new three-storey car park.

David Burkinshaw, director of Ask Developments, said: "The acquisition of phase two by Bury Council is great news for the development. That all four buildings in phases one and two are pre-let is demonstrative of the scheme's quality and location, and when complete, Knowsley Place will provide Bury with a vibrant new commercial centre. We're now looking forward to progressing with the final phase of office and residential accommodation at the development."

Phase two of Knowsley Place is set to be completed in April 2011.

[Boards]

Originally Posted by Boards

Reference: 09/02526/DC Community Cnl: Dundasvale (Inactive)

Address: 137-141 West Nile Street/ 38 - 74 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow

Proposal: Use of office building (tower, basement, part ground and first floors) as hotel (licensed premises), including new build extension at second floor podium level, frontage alterations, installation of roof-top plant and re-cladding of tower and retail podium (ground, first and second floors).

Date Received: 26.10.2009 Date Valid: 26.10.2009

Applicant Details: Tower Developments (St Andrews) Ltd And Others

Agent Details: 0141 285 0230

210 bed Premier Inn

[Boards]

200 bed Ingram Street Hotel receives full planning permission

Originally Posted by M_Riaz

This Should clean this street up a wee bit.
WA

Glasgow's Ingram Street awarded full planning permission

After many years as a vacant site, the stage is set to complete the City Hall block in the Merchant City in Glasgow and so provide the final piece of the jigsaw which will see the Ingram Street block deliver its full potential.

The proposed development of a 200 bed hotel along with a mix of street level retail shells seeks to repair the urban grain and to repair the urban fabric by delivering a development which respects and addresses the scale, massing and heritage of the surrounding buildings, while at the same time makes a bold architectural statement through a built form. It embraces a palette of modern materials, skilfully worked to make a dynamic and innovative contribution to the Merchant City.

Key Facts

Status Full planning granted

Value 0(m€)

[Boards]

Full planning permission granted on Savoy Tower

Originally Posted by Boards

Savoy Tower planning app. 32 storeys commercial,

Item 1d
(24 Pages) 1 December
2009

SITE AND DESCRIPTION

The application site comprises the Savoy Centre which is located within the City Centre and occupies the street
block bounded by Hope Street, Renfrew Street and Sauchiehall Street. The Royal Scottish Academy of Music
and Drama (RSAMD) and the Theatre Royal are located to the north with the Glasgow School of Art located
further to the west. The application site is located just outwith the Central Conservation Area boundary. The
building comprises a 1970s indoor retail market with ancillary office accommodation. It is predominantly of 4
storeys with a central, tower section rising up 13 storeys (known as the Savoy Office Tower). This office
building is currently undergoing internal refurbishment and is largely unoccupied. The existing centre is
accessed via Sauchiehall Street and the existing pedestrian footbridge on Renfrew Street, the latter providing
access to the first floor level of the Centre. The proposed development is inclusive of the demolition of the north
eastern part of the Centre and the construction of a 32-storey, vertically integrated hotel and office building, the
formation of an additional two floors of office accommodation on the existing office tower, remodelling of the
Centre’s principal elevations, internal refurbishment of the Centre, removal of the pedestrian footbridge on
Renfrew Street and the creation of a new ‘civic’ public space in front of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music
and Drama.
The applicant PBN Holdings acquired the Savoy Centre in February 2007 for £50 million, with a view to
improving the design, operation and commercial viability of the centre. It is advised that the applicant has a
track record in the acquisition of dated 1960’s - 70’s retail centres and investing in their physical and commercial
improvement. The existing 1970s Savoy Centre is considered to be commercially inflexible and aesthetically
tired/distressed. The ground and first floors are occupied by the discount store ‘In Shops’, which has leased the
space to a number of small retailers, selling a variety of goods from stationary to furniture. Most of the traders
are on short term leases, however, it is advised that ’In Shops’ has in the region of 20 years unexpired lease
remaining


PLANNING HISTORY.

With regard to the historical development of the site, the Savoy Centre was constructed as a warehouse in 1891
and converted to a cinema, ‘The Picture House’ in 1910. The cinema was renamed ‘The Gaumont’ in 1947 and
later closed in 1972. The building was demolished with only the category ‘B’ listed, ornate red sandstone
façade fronting Sauchiehall Street being retained. The site was redeveloped and opened as an indoor retail
market in the mid 1970’s.A Screening Opinion was lodged in March 2009 to establish whether an Environmental Impact Assessment
would require to be submitted with the proposed planning application. The application subjects are not located
within a ‘sensitive area’, as defined under the regulations, and do not form part of any regional or local
environmental designation identified under the adopted City Plan or the emerging City Plan 2. The site area
does not exceed the threshold of 0.5 hectares which would potentially trigger the submission of an
Environmental Impact Assessment.

PROPOSAL

The proposed development comprises four distinct elements:
1. The demolition of the north east corner of the existing Savoy Centre and the reconstruction of a new 32-
storey, vertically integrated hotel and office tower. The first 15 floors of the tower rests on a 3-storey
plinth and will accommodate the proposed hotel, with the remaining 14 storeys providing office floorspace
and a restaurant.
2. The formation of an additional 2 storeys of accommodation on the existing Savoy Office tower, increasing
its height to from 13 to 15 storeys and the complete remodelling of its existing elevations in the same
glazed cladding system that is proposed for the principal tower element.
3. The complete refurbishment of the internal shopping mall, installation of a new canopy on the
Sauchiehall Street ‘B’ listed façade entrance and the remodelling of the Renfrew Street and Hope Street
elevations which wrap around the base of the hotel/office tower, presenting a 2-storey glazed frontage to
the corner of Hope Street, wrapping around onto Renfrew Street. The upper third storey, likewise will
have glazed elements, wrapped in copper and providing a more active, animated and interesting frontage
to Hope Street and Renfrew Street.
4. Public realm improvements which are inclusive of:
- the removal of the existing pedestrian footbridge, spanning Renfrew Street which is visually
displeasing and non DDA compliant;
- high quality public realm improvements around the perimeter of the development and extending into the
threshold areas of the hotel, office and commercial units which will redefine the ground level of
Renfrew Street and Hope Street. Also, the applicant will invest in the formation of a rejuvenated civic
space on the north side of Renfrew Street, immediately alongside the Royal Academy of Music and
Drama. Full details will be submitted for further approval and financially secured through the completion
of a Section 75 Legal Agreement.
In terms of material, the new tower and the remodelled, existing Savoy office tower will be fully clad in a high
quality glazed system. The glazed panels will be in varying green tones. A stronger coloured, chequerboard
glazed system will redefine and encase the stair cores as they rise through both buildings. The towers will
visually connect as they rest on the 3-storey plinth. Metal spandrel panels, incorporating glazed ventilation
louvers break through the north and south elevations.
The tower element is set back from the podium, as a device to prevent extreme downdraft on to footways, this
also helps to diminish its visual impact at ground level. The preliminary finding of the Wind Assessment
revealed severe downdraft on the Hope Street elevation. The building design has been altered to mitigate
against this.
The external finishes used are intended to make a statement as much to respond to the wind effects. Copper cladding
on the podium level complements the surrounding buildings and offers distinction at ground level. Light coloured glass
panels are used to define the upper floors with seamless curtain walling on the panoramic rooftop restaurant.
The existing basement level service yard is accessed off Hope Street and includes a nominal 4 car parking
spaces. The opening hours of the service yard are 6 am to 6 pm and access is controlled by security personnel.
The retail floorspace is located on the ground floor of the existing tower and shares the Renfrew Street /
Hope Street frontage with offices and hotel lobbies.

The hotel lobby and new office accommodation is accessed off Renfrew Street opposite the proposed bus drop
off on the northern side of Renfrew Street.
In addition to the required standard public realm improvements, a comprehensive public realm enhancement
programme for the north and south sides of Renfrew Street is proposed. The aspiration is to create a new ‘civic’
space between the RSAMD and the redeveloped Savoy Centre.
The applicant predicts the creation of 900 jobs on completion of the proposed development (200 hotel, 650
office and 90 restaurant positions). The overall investment value is estimated at £30 million.
Accommodation Schedule
Basement Level (accessed from Hope Street): substation, loading bays, plant and four car parking spaces.

Ground Level: retail units extending from Sauchiehall Street entrance and mall,
through to Renfrew Street, hotel reception (accessed off
Renfrew Street), access to remodelled Savoy office tower, access
to new tower office lobby, bar (accessed from Hope Street).

First Floor Level: retail units and restaurant within refurbished Savoy shopping
mall, business/leisure suites within new hotel.

Second Floor Level: existing office space within Savoy Centre, leisure space,
gymnasium, entertainment room, office space and toilets within
new Savoy tower.

Third Floor Level: existing office space within Savoy Centre, 17 hotel bedrooms.

Fourth - Fifteenth Floor Level: Hotel Accommodation. 17 bedrooms/floor.
Sixteenth Floor Level: Restaurant.

Seventeenth Floor Level: Restaurant mezzanine.

Eighteenth Floor Level: office space, mechanical room.

Nineteenth – Thirty-first Floor Level office floors.

Thirty-second Floor: restaurant.
(221 hotel bedrooms and 11, 565 sq m
Office floorspace

[Boards]

Site work has started at Collegelands. 200 bed Ramada Encore ( signed ) and office building ( 105,000 sq ft pre-let signed ) plus residential element.

* Planning ref. - 07/02124/DC, 07/02125/DC
* Developer - TDI Corporation, Dawn Group
* Architect - Page and Park
* Materials - Precast concrete panels with brick facing and granite cladding, PPL windows including coloured insulated panels
* Height - 8 floors
* Area - 13 acres
* Commercial space - 550,000 sq/ft
* Total homes - 400
* Cost - £150 million
* Location - Former College goods yard, bounded by High, Duke and Hunter Street









Images and information courtesy of Gleegie at FutureGlasgow.co.uk

[jrb]

Place North West.

Russell Construction.

The hotel and leisure industries seem to have been more robust than others and we have had success in winning work here with a £9m contract for Holiday Inn Express in Manchester underway and negotiations with other hoteliers looking to come into the area are ongoing.

Ask/First Street

"We are in advanced talks with a hotel operator and investor which would trigger another phase of development. It is a four-star operator with a good brand who wants around 150-rooms and we hope to announce the deal early in 2010.

[yoshef]

Place North West
http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news...eet-hotel.html

Planning granted for James Street hotel

7 Dec 2009, 16:25
Michael Hunt

Planning has been granted for a £7m hotel consisting of 155 bedrooms in James Street, Liverpool city centre.

Liverpool-based architects Falconer Chester Hall has designed the hotel which will operate under the Days Inn brand of the Wyndham Hotel Group.

This latest project will see the vacant seven-storey Moor House office building converted into a 3-star hotel, for developers Office Villages.

The building above James Street Station

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Place North West
http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news...-go-ahead.html

Sanguine's Indigo hotel gets go-ahead

18 Nov 2009, 11:01

In a busy week for Liverpool's hotel market, a £14m hotel designed by Falconer Chester Hall has been approved by Liverpool City Council.

The 151-bed four-star luxury boutique hotel on Chapel Street will be developed by Simon Matthews-Williams' Sanguine Hospitality under the InterContinental Group's Hotel Indigo brand.

The £55m Hilton Liverpool opened on Tuesday and on Monday Benmore said it plans to build a new hotel on Dale Street.

The city has maintained hotel occupancy levels of 77% this year despite the recession and expanding capacity. The Capital of Culture year in 2008 saw 82% occupancy levels.

The Indigo hotel will be built on an infill site between Yorkshire House on Chapel Street and 1 Old Hall Street, home of Liverpool Chamber of Commerce.

[yoshef]

Place North West
http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news...ool-hotel.html

Benmore plans Liverpool hotel

16 Nov 2009, 09:44

Northern Ireland-based developer Benmore Group has submitted a planning application for a 122-bedroom hotel, car park and shops on a partly derelict site in Dale Street.

The £10m project could begin on site in spring 2010 with the hotel operational in summer 2011.

Benmore plans to retain and renovate the historic façade of the Pioneer Buildings, which is not listed but is in Castle Street conservation area and Liverpool's Unesco World Heritage Site.

Ground floor shops facing Dale Street would sit below the hotel and a 300-space car park would be created to the rear.

Benmore has secured an international operator for the hotel subject to gaining planning consent.

[yoshef]

Kings Dock Mill Hampton by Hilton (151 bed) coming along


picture by Doug Roberts

[djmaxliving]

Jury’s Inn (Lancefield Street)

Planning permission has been approved for the erection of a 9 storey, 230 bedroom hotel. The new Jurys Inn development will be located on Lancefield Street, on the north banks of the Clyde and next to the SECC.

It is anticipated that the hotel will open late 2010 / early 2011.

[Soul_13]

Hampton by Hilton (Broad Street - Cumberland house)

http://eplanning.birmingham.gov.uk/N...rod_DC_PLANAPP