Radisson Blu Edwardian plans walkway to Manchester Central
THE Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel in Manchester has revealed soon-to-be submitted plans to build a walkway that will directly connect the five star hotel to its near neighbour Manchester Central.
The development will form part of a multi-million pound expansion to create banqueting facilities at the hotel, with work due to commence in the first quarter of 2014.
The hotel unveiled the plan in TheBusinessesDesk.com’s 30-page ecomomic supplement, sponsored by Baker Tilly, inward investment agency MIDAS, law firm Pannone and Santander Commercial Banking. Click here to download the supplement for free.
Edwardian Group bought the historic Theatre Royal Building next door for an undisclosed sum last year.
General manager Stephen Miles said: “Crucially, it will provide something the city needs – an upmarket 800 seat ballroom facility.
“It will include 10 signature suites, a restaurant bar on the roof and will be pedestrianised between the two buildings for one entrance.”
The Theatre Royal opened in 1845 and is thought to have been an inspiration for the exterior of the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden.
Its façade on Peter Street has remained largely unaltered. In the 1920s it was re-modelled as a cinema in 1921 and since then has had various uses including a bingo hall and a latterly a nightclub, before being abandoned several years ago.
