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New Hotel planned in Poole
Plans have been submitted to develop a new hotel at a quayside location in Poole, Dorset. The site is currently occupied by the Thistle Poole Harbour Hotel which lies adjacent to Poole’s historic Quay.
If plans are approved the site, to be called Fisherman’s Dock, would include a new 118-bedroom hotel with rooftop bar and restaurant.
The hotel would share the proposed new four block site with commercial units and a housing development.
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New hotels planned in Liverpool
Liverpool’s Municipal Building is set to be converted into a boutique hotel as part of a £35million transformation. The Grade II-listed building on Dale Street in the city centre previously housed Liverpool City Council administrative offices.
The makeover will retain the Municipal Building’s grand pillars, decorative vaulted ceilings and marble fireplaces.
Hotel Municipal is due for completion in late 2022. It will have 180 bedrooms and suites and will feature a brasserie with an all-day dining menu, tea-room and cocktail bar, as well as a spa complete with pool, jacuzzi and treatment facilities.
Also in Liverpool there are plans for a new hotel plus 650 apartments in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. Plans have been approved by city planners.
The new hotel with 200 bedrooms will sit on a former scrap metal site between Chaloner Street and Flint street in the city centre.
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Oddfellows Hall Manchester completes refurbishment
Oddfellows Hall is the oldest building on the University of Manchester’s new Engineering Campus Development which is currently under construction. Oddfellows Hall is being renovated and extended to provide a heritage focus for the £400m scheme.
The 21,000 sq ft Oddfellows Hall was originally built in 1857 and reconstructed in 1916. The building, on Grosvenor Street in central Manchester, takes its name from the Oddfellows Friendly Society, which is a non-political international fraternity first documented in London in 1730. The society aims to promotes friendliness, benevolence, charity and philanthropy.
Oddfellows Hall has been renovated and now includes a suite of conference rooms, academic workspaces and a restaurant. The project also included landscaping around the building to enhance the setting. When the construction project is completed Oddfellows Hall will be flanked by three new engineering centres.
Manchester Engineering Campus Development is scheduled for completion in 2022. Once complete, the buildings will accommodate student workshops and practical learning spaces for around 7,000 students.
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Site Visit to: The Grand Hotel Birmingham
We are always delighted when we receive an invitation to view a new hotel prior to the opening. The Grand Hotel, Birmingham was a very special one for me, as I spent 8 happy years there in the 80’s and into the 90’s as Sales and Marketing Manager
The hotel closed its doors 18 years ago and in 2003 was threatened to be bulldozed until the Birmingham History Society came along and stopped it.
The hotel will open softly this Wednesday 4th November (subject to government restrictions)
A lot of the hotel remains as I fondly remember but there are also many changes which have brought the hotel into the 21st century.
First, we went into the Madeleine’s which will be an all-day lounge and bar, with plush soft sofas in lovely warm colours. I can imagine myself having a champagne afternoon tea in the very near future
We then went through to the magnificent Grand Ballroom which has been beautifully restored and bursting with ‘wow factor’. The Ballroom will again open its doors to some of Birmingham’s most glamorous occasions.
There are nine additional meeting and event spaces combining period character with the latest technology, and all having natural daylight – a rarity these days. To complement the meeting rooms there is a break-out space, leading onto a unique terrace area. All meeting rooms, with the exception of the Grand Ballroom, are located on the 1st floor
The hotel now has 185 bedrooms, which have been beautifully restored, to include 9 suites including two grand suites and a duplex Penthouse Suite. Some suites will have access to their own roof top terrace
Isaacs Restaurant will be located on the lower ground floor which has its own entrance in Barwick Street. Although this is virtually finished it is not anticipated to open until early 2021, with the official opening of the hotel being planned for February 2021
Whilst there, we also tried to discover where the offices would have been, and believe that this area will now be a state of the art gym
The Grand Hotel is located in the heart of the business quarter, and is a 5 minute walk from Birmingham New Street Station. I look forward to a return trip in the very near future
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Mondrian returning to London
The five-star Curtain Hotel in London closed since this September is due to reopen in spring 2021 as the Mondrian Shoreditch London. Its opening will mark a return of the Mondrian brand name to London. The former Mondrian Sea Containers hotel on London’s South Bank became an independent hotel last year.
The Mondrian Shoreditch London will be fully converted, renovated, and restyled with 120 bedrooms, a new restaurant plus meeting and events space.
Mondrian Shoreditch London will be the sixth hotel in the portfolio, as well as the brand’s European flagship.
The Mondrian brand is a member of the Accor Hotels Group
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Surf Resort and new hotel planned in Southport
Plans have been revealed to build a 250m long beach and surf resort plus a new hotel on the Merseyside coastline in Southport.
‘Southport Cove’ is a £40million seafront project. It would be an all-year-round attraction with a world-class surf wave pool on a 250m stretch of beach. The project will also include a water-based wellness and spa plus a four-star hotel with indoor leisure facilities.
Southport Cove would be sited where the town's lido once stood.
The plans will be submitted as part of Southport's Town Deal bid for part of the government's £3.6bn Towns Fund.