Key milestone reached at 188-bed city hotel development
A milestone has been reached in a project to build a £16m Premier Inn hotel in York.
The timber frame is now going up on the 188-bedroom development in the city centre.
The four-storey scheme is being built by Clegg Construction and incorporates some of the latest energy-saving and carbon reduction technologies, including air source heat pumps, heat recovery ventilation systems, LED lighting, photovoltaic panels and electric car charging points.
Contracts Manager at Nottingham-based Clegg Construction, Lyndon Bowler, said: “We are very pleased to have reached this milestone on our Premier Inn development in York.
“The team is now looking forward to the next stage of the project, delivering this sympathetically designed new hotel with minimal disruption to local businesses and residents.”
The hotel, being built for CBRE Investment Management and Whitbread PLC, is on a corner plot fronting Foss Islands Road and Layerthorpe at a junction of the city’s inner ring road.
Other members of the construction team include project manager and quantity surveyor Reach Project Management, architect The Harris Partnership, structural engineer Simpson Associates, and M&E consultant Thornley and Lumb.
The project, due to be completed towards the end of 2023, will mark the fourth Premier Inn scheme delivered by Clegg, with previous projects including the construction of the Derby city centre hotel, the full conversion of a former office building in Headingley into a 96-bedroom hotel, plus the complete re-cladding of the Leeds City Centre hotel (also known as the Leeds Arena hotel).
