Sleeperz Hotel | Newcastle | 22m | 6 Fl | Completed

[BigLebowski]

Sleeperz Hotels Chief Executive David Myers:

"Newcastle is one of the leading UK hotel markets for RevPar room rate performance. The city boasts a very strong leisure and corporate market and there will be few hotels - if any - with the location that this site will give us. We are very excited about this development"

Errr, well there already is a hotel better located and slightly nearer the station David. Guess what it's called....

[leauk]

Will it not be noisy next to that bridge?

[Newcastle Historian]

Originally Posted by leauk

Will it not be noisy next to that bridge?

The Cardiff Sleeperz is right next to busy railway tracks, and you can't hear a thing.

[leauk]

That's good then.

[Stamford]

Latest pics of progress of Demolition

2nd September 2010

[Stamford]

50% demolished now - pics taken, but battery ran out, so they'll be posted later today once battery charged, or tomorrow sometime.

[Stamford]

As promised - taken today

17th September 2010

[NewcastleStu]

Thanks for the update Stamford. I haven't walked down there for a while so didn't realise that was happening. Looks like it'll be gone soon.

[hollow man]

The rooms look canny going off NH's photos; much better than Travellodge etc.

[Stamford]

Almost all gone

7th October 2010

[TownPlanningNE]

Once this last piece is demolished construction should hopefully begin. It was expected construction would commence this month; so it looks like they are on schedule.

Also this development now features on the Sleeperz home page with a render stating "Sleeperz Newcastle opens 2011".

[BigLebowski]

Originally Posted by Stamford

As promised - taken today

17th September 2010

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Interesting to see how the arches will be incorporated into the design at ground floor level. Presumably there will be multiple practical/financial reasons why they cant be 'knocked through' without the collapse of the lines above? Also, do the arches extend the length of the street hidden by newer buildings? If so, that would create a continuous viaduct to Manors which was probably quite spectacular when unobstructed 150 years ago.

I noticed in the hotel operators-speak on the website they describe their rooms as 'compact and comfortable'. Im assuming this translates as 'rabbit hutch'.

[paddytoonleics]

Not sure if we're spoilt or deluded in this country...as the 'budget hotels' we're used to are often quite spacious...so many Travelodge/Premier Inn sites used to be more 'upmarket' brands at one time, and therefore were built with bigger rooms, and proper bathrooms (no matter what we might think!). Sleeperz, to me, seems to be more like what a genuine 'compact' budget hotel should be these days....not rabbit hutch, but a well thought-out, simple space...with enough comfort and amenity for an overnight. In an outrageously prime spot of land, maximising the plot.

Ever stayed in an EasyHotel? It's a shock when you get there...but you quickly realise what more do you need when you're dumping your stuff and going to conference/out, and coming back to crash before an early train.

This one looks to be quite interesting!

[BigLebowski]

Originally Posted by paddytoonleics

Not sure if we're spoilt or deluded in this country...as the 'budget hotels' we're used to are often quite spacious...so many Travelodge/Premier Inn sites used to be more 'upmarket' brands at one time, and therefore were built with bigger rooms, and proper bathrooms (no matter what we might think!). Sleeperz, to me, seems to be more like what a genuine 'compact' budget hotel should be these days....not rabbit hutch, but a well thought-out, simple space...with enough comfort and amenity for an overnight. In an outrageously prime spot of land, maximising the plot.

Ever stayed in an EasyHotel? It's a shock when you get there...but you quickly realise what more do you need when you're dumping your stuff and going to conference/out, and coming back to crash before an early train.

This one looks to be quite interesting!

Fair enough, im not imagining some Tokyo Capsule hotel, but look at the space between the road and the rail line.... And theyre cramming in how many rooms? Ive had to stay in more than my fair share of budget hotels, and several student accoms during conference season, but physics is physics and you can't 'expand' the sq footage you have. This to me looks a little like exactly the EasyHotel you mention, just with a different profiteer at the helm. And at least it wont be orange.

[paddytoonleics]

haha yes, the orange walls sure hurt your head when you wake up early after a heavy night....getting in the orange airplane shower doesn't help either! Still, worth it for the saving...

[TownPlanningNE]

Interesting discussion about the use of space. Anyway here is the ground floor plan, as can be seen it looks like a lot of it will be let as units going back into the arches, so that should answer your question BigLebowski! Only a small portion seems to be used as the hotels ground floor...



This plan shows the 2nd floor and gives an idea of the rooms size and layouts, the rooms don't look to be very big at all, but I think thats what we expected...

[Newcastle Historian]

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From the plans above the layout of the rooms for Newcastle, and the size of them, looks EXACTLY the same as the Cardiff Sleeperz, that I stayed in this August.

I posted some photos on this thread, on August 19th . .
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...7&postcount=81


Here are a few more photos:

1 - This shows the full depth of the room, virtually from the door to the window opposite . .


2 & 3 - Two views of the 'storage wall' (on the right of PHOTO 1) that is at the bottom of the bed . .



4 & 5 - Daytime and night-time views out of our window, showing close proximity to railway tracks and the road . .



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[WilfBurnsFan]

Love 'The Cow Hour' on BBC Wales!

[Newcastle Historian]

Originally Posted by WilfBurnsFan

Love 'The Cow Hour' on BBC Wales!

Actually, it was 'Moos at Ten' . .

[Stamford]

Just about done with demolition

14th October 2010