Leeds companies book on city centre hotel schemes worth £20m
Two new Roomzzz Hotels, with a combined value of approximately £20m, are being delivered by Leeds-based firms, Adept Consulting Engineers and The Broadley Group.
The hotels, which are to be located in York and Newcastle city centres, will both open early next year.
The Broadley Group is the principal contractor with Adept providing civil and structural engineering services, as well as designing the foundations for both projects.
The York hotel, located just off Terry Avenue on the banks of the River Ouse and the River Foss, is due to open in July 2019 and will offer 97 rooms, including a luxurious penthouse and several duplexes on the upper floors of the four-storey building.
The new hotel will also have an on-site gym and café in a light filled central atrium space.
As part of the project, flood defences are also being improved close to the site which includes reinforcing a flood wall at the end of Lower Ebor Street. In addition, Adept has designed a podium slab that enables the building to sit four metres above the ground, as a further precaution.
In Newcastle, Roomzzz is adding 74 rooms to its existing 14-boutique apartment hotel within the converted Friar House, which is just a short walk from the city’s railway station. The new six-storey development will incorporate a link between the two buildings and include a shared lounge and café.
Naveen Ahmed, chief executive of Roomzzz, said: “We’re delighted to be expanding our portfolio and we welcome Adept Consulting Engineers and The Broadley Group on board during the construction phase.
“Roomzzz has been a fantastic success story to date and adding these latest developments in York and Newcastle will be another big highlight for us. Roomzzz has helped to redefine the way people think about aparthotels, and these sites will be the latest addition to our rapidly expanding network.”
Jonathan Ashton from Adept, added: “Both these hotels are located in city centre locations that create challenges due to the limited access. As a result we’ve used piled foundations and also incorporated innovative cross-laminated timber superstructures into both buildings.
“These use prefabricated panels that are quick to install, have great environmental credentials and require far less deliveries to site, compared to what would be needed for a traditional steel frame.
“However, we’ve still used steel to create a unique framed reception area in Newcastle that will be a contemporary and welcoming feature, and sitting the York building on a podium slab is a novel way of reducing any potential risk of flooding.”
Paul Manku from The Broadley Group said: “We’re delighted to be playing a major part in these hotels as they start to take shape. Both are located in prime city centre locations and rather than simply rolling out a standard design, like so many other hotel operators can do, Roomzzz will create two completely bespoke buildings that are specifically designed to be sympathetic to their surroundings.”
