Northern cities part of aparthotel operator’s expansion plan
DUBLIN-based aparthotel operator Staycity is set to add a further 182 apartments to its Manchester portfolio of property in the New Year.
The new units will be in Gateway House, in Piccadilly, adding to 84 already in Laystall Street in the Northern Quarter.
The ambitious company is also expanding in other cities with new apartments becoming available in 2017, including in London Covent Garden (106) and Liverpool (202) as well as two in France – Lyon (144) and Marseille (108).
Staycity now has more than 3,000 apartments across eight major European cities.
Meanwhile the company has appointed Simon Walford as its UK development director.
Walford is the first of several senior appointments that will strengthen the company’s development team across Europe and play a pivotal part in achieving the growth strategy that will take it to 15,000 apartments by 2022.
He will report to group development director Barry Hickey.
Walford joins the group from a similar position with German budget hotel company Motel One. He has also worked with Jurys Inn as head of development & estates, former Malmaison and Hotel Du Vin owner MWB, and pub operator Mitchells & Butlers.
“I’ll be working with landlords, developers and investors to acquire suitable premises in a number of UK cities,” said Walford. “I’m very much looking forward to being part of the rapid growth and development of what has become one of the leading aparthotel brands.”
Staycity Aparthotels is on the lookout for moree leasehold properties in London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Glasgow, Cambridge, Oxford, Manchester, York, Birmingham and Leeds.
