Manchester to get another new hotel

Manchester city centre is to get another new hotel.

Plans have been announced for a 17 storey hotel in Charles Street close to the Oxford Road corridor.

The hotel will be opened under the Maldron brand and Irish operator Dalata is behind the application.

Plans are in the pipeline for a series of new hotels across the city centre in Piccadilly, Oxford Road and St Johns.

The four-star venue includes 278 rooms, a restaurant and bar, a business centre, meeting rooms and cycle spaces.

It has been designed by architects SimpsonHaugh.

The site is located within Manchester’s Oxford Road Corridor area which is undergoing major redevelopment.

Dalata says that 110 new jobs will be created when the hotel opens for business.

A planning statement submitted to Manchester City Council said: “The proposals will serve to make a positive contribution to the ongoing regeneration of Manchester city centre by improving the built environment, optimising the use of an underutilised city centre site, creating new accessible employment opportunities, as well as supporting Manchester’s growing visitor economy.

“The proposed development will deliver a four-star hotel offer that will complement existing hotel provisions in the local area.

“It will also support some of the city’s most important cultural and conferencing facilities that are located in the wider area.”

The Maldron Hotel brand was launched in 2008 and the firm has hotels across Ireland and Northern Ireland.