Deal struck over £20m new hotel in historic area of city
LIVERPOOL developer Elliot Group has concluded a deal with well-known hotel and restaurateur Paul Adams to operate a £20m 116-room apart-hotel in Liverpool’s historic Ropewalks district.
The development on Seel Street, forms an additional phase to Elliot Group’s £40m Wolstenholme Square project, which starts on site next week.
Adams, who is behind Southport’s acclaimed Vincent Hotel and its sister operation, the Vincent Café & Cocktail Bar on Liverpool’s Exchange Flags, says the move represents the next logical step for the brand.
He said: “The Vincent brand is about delivering quality service and attention to detail, and these are principles that can be applied to a range of formats.
“Liverpool’s strong convention and leisure markets as well as the development’s Ropewalks location make an apart-hotel format the natural choice, given the number of multi-guest parties that we expect to use the hotel.”
“Offers like our rooftop pool, bar and beauty room will be a nice addition to the Liverpool leisure market and we’re looking forward to revealing further details in due course.”
The Falconer Chester Hall-designed scheme makes extensive use of brick to fit in with the neighbouring Georgian and Victorian buildings and was subject to a comprehensive design review with Liverpool council’s officers.
Elliot Group’s Elliot Lawless explained: “The design review was highly constructive and helped us identify some improvements and adjustments that will make the scheme even more successful. It’s a really intelligent design internally, as it will give the operator the flexibility to offer both single rooms or serviced suites.
The hotel will back on to Wolstenholme Square’s block D and is near the new passageway being punched through from the square to Seel Street, which is designed to boost accessibility and create more active frontages.
Work is expected to start on site in December with the hotel expected to open in December 2017.
