Plans for launch of £40m hotel in time for Commonwealth Games delayed

A £40m four star Birmingham hotel which was scheduled to open in time for the 2022 Commonwealth Games has been delayed until after the event.

Dalata Hotels, which is to operate the venue under its Maldron Hotel brand, said this morning that the opening has been delayed “due to the developer looking to expand the development”, delivering a mixed-use development incorporating its hotel as one part.

It is now scheduled to open in “quarter four 2022” – after the Games which take place between July 27 and August 7.

The planning application says that the scheme would create around 110 jobs and 130 construction jobs, while it was expected to deliver hotel accommodation prior to the Games.

The application for the development on land on Suffolk Street adjacent to the Mailbox shopping centre complex and close to the Bullring shopping centre and New Street train station, was submitted by Turley on behalf of ES Suffolk Birmingham.

When eventually built, the development will have around 330 air-conditioned bedrooms, a bar, restaurant and meeting room facilities and comprise three blocks ranging from four to 12-storeys.

Dalata is the Republic of Ireland’s leading hotel company where it operates 12 Clayton and 12 Maldron hotels.