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Controversial hotel plans get go ahead
by Caroline Wilkinson | 02 Jul 2008
Broxbournebury Mansion in Hertfordshire could be converted into a luxury hotel. The privately owned building is the subject of a revised planning application, already approved by Broxbourne Borough Council, which has now been forwarded to the office of the deputy Prime Minister for consideration. If successful, the property will undergo a £16m conservation and restoration project. The 37,000 sq ft, 16th century, Grade II-listed mansion is located on a Jack
Fountain Park leisure complex in Edinburgh gets a hotel
by Caroline Wilkinson | 01 Jul 2008
X Leisure, owner of Fountain Park leisure and retail complex in Edinburgh, has been granted planning permission for a new budget hotel with three restaurants by the city council. The development, designed by architects SMC Hugh Martin Partnership, will consist of a 2,545 sq m, four-storey, 181-room, budget hotel with three family restaurants on the ground floor. The hotel will join the existing 13-screen Cineworld cinema, casino, restaurants and Mecca
Fountain Park leisure complex in Edinburgh gets a hotel
by Caroline Wilkinson | 01 Jul 2008
X Leisure, owner of Fountain Park leisure and retail complex in Edinburgh, has been granted planning permission for a new budget hotel with three restaurants by the city council. The development, designed by architects SMC Hugh Martin Partnership, will consist of a 2,545 sq m, four-storey, 181-room, budget hotel with three family restaurants on the ground floor. The hotel will join the existing 13-screen Cineworld cinema, casino, restaurants and Mecca
£4bn Battersea plans unveiled
by Luke Tuchscherer | 27 Jun 2008
New £4bn plans for Battersea Power Station in London have been revealed. The disused, Grade II-listed building has been the subject of redevelopment schemes since 1984, but none of the plans have come to fruition. Now, details of yet another new project – the brainchild of Irish group Treasury Holdings, which bought the site in 2006 for 595m euro (then £400m) – have been announced. Real Estate Opportunities (REO) –
£17m boutique hotel planned for downtown Liverpool
by Andrea Jezovit | 29 May 2008
Kingsgate London Properties is converting a central Liverpool office block into a £17m boutique hotel and spa, to open by early 2010. The developer, which currently owns the Iron Gate hotel in Prague, has appointed architect and historic building consultant Purcell Miller Tritton to work on the conversion of the former Royal Insurance Building, a seven storey Edwardian structure listed on the English Heritage Buildings at Risk register. The hotel
Eclectic Bars to launch second Sakura
by Tom Walker | 15 May 2008
Bar operator Eclectic, which owns the Po Na Na venues, will open its second Sakura-branded bar in Reading, Berkshire, on May 22. The Bar will replace the company’s former Fez club on the site and will have a capacity to hold 593 revellers over three levels. Sakura has spent £1m on redeveloping and rebranding the venue, which has been designed by Julian Taylor.
Jack Nicklaus golf resort planned for Ireland
by Caroline Wilkinson | 22 Apr 2008
A consortium of investors has submitted plans to Waterford County Council for a £104m (€150m) resort on the coast of Cahir near Tramore, south-east Ireland. The as yet unnamed resort project will be located in Islandikane, and will have an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus signature golf course as its centrepiece, along with a period-style hotel with courtyard, health spa, bar, restaurant and function room. A clubhouse, leisure centre with various sports
San Francisco hotel goes solar
by Caroline Wilkinson | 22 Apr 2008
Hotel Carlton, part of boutique hotel company Joie de Vivre Hospitality, is the first in San Francisco to have solar panels installed to offset its energy use. The hotel partnered with San Francisco-based Sunlight Electric, a commercial solar power supplier to undertake the installation and has had 105 solar panels fitted covering 1,332 sq ft (124sq m) of its roof. The panels will reduce the hotel’s electricity usage by 12
Plans for £40m Edinburgh hotel development revealed
by Luke Tuchscherer | 04 Apr 2008
A £40m hotel development is being planned in Edinburgh on a site ravaged by fire in 2002. Located in South Bridge/Cowgate, the site was previously host to the J&R Allan department store – home to the Gilded Balloon comedy venue, Bridge Jazz Bar and La Belle Angele nightclub – which was destroyed by a major blaze that attracted worldwide attention. The new scheme – called SoCo – is the brainchild
‘Bistro on the Bridge’ to open in Hull
by Tom Walker | 19 Mar 2008
Urban regeneration company Hull Citybuild has announced plans to open a restaurant on a linking bridge it is constructing as part of The Boom development on the Hull waterfront. Citybuild says that the eatery, which has been given the working name ‘Bistro on the Bridge’, will offer diners a unique experience as they will be able to remain on the bridge as it opens and closes for boats passing on
New eco friendly eatery for London
by Tom Walker | 05 Mar 2008
The team behind eco friendly restaurant Acorn House have taken their ideas one step further with the Water House Restaurant, recently opened in Shoreditch, London. Owned by charitable regeneration agency the Shoreditch Trust, Water House serves seasonal, locally-sourced organic produce. Roof-mounted solar panels provide hot water for the restaurant and photovoltaic cells produce renewable electricity. Other environmentally-friendly measures include paperless menus and a cooling and heating system which uses the
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