Premier Inn’s owner Whitbread has unveiled plans for its latest Manchester hotel, following the acquisition of a site on Rochdale Road in the city’s Northern Quarter.
The ten-storey property will feature 229 standard and Premier Plus rooms, as well as a ground floor restaurant and bar.
The development is part of the group’s strategy of reconfiguring its network of hotels in Manchester’s city centre.
In 2021 Premier Inn opened a 200-room property within Manchester’s First Street complex, which in turn saw the group’s nearby Deansgate Locks hotel being closed to make way for a mixed use development featuring offices and student accommodation.
Commenting on the news Paul Smith, property acquisition manager for Whitbread, said:
“Whitbread is a long-standing investor in Manchester with six popular Premier Inn hotels across the city centre and many more across the city region.
“In line with our perfect portfolio investment strategy, we are in the process of reconfiguring our network of hotels across central Manchester to ensure we have the right number of bedrooms in the right parts of the city centre for our guests.
“Our investment in the Rochdale Road development site brings another 229-bedrooms into our secured development pipeline in a part of the city centre we wish to expand our presence.
“The location ticks all the boxes for our guests and with Whitbread’s direct involvement in the scheme, we can guarantee the development will now proceed at pace.”
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