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Main Photo: The Best Western Stuart Hotel just acquired by AG Hotels Date: January 2022 Name: AG Hotels – Best Western The Stuart Hotel Locations: Across the UK – the latest acquisition is Derby, England, UK Number of Keys: 100 Seller: Private family Buyer: AG Hotels, headed up by Girish Grover, CEO Best-Western branded The…

Main Photo: The current property at 15 Old Bailey Date: January 2022 Name: Hyde Paradox London City – opening 2023…the original building was opened as the Spiers & Pond Hotel in 1874! Location: 15 Old Bailey, City of London, England, UK Number of Keys: 110 Owner: The JV hospitality real estate fund created by Edmond de…

Main Photo: The new Virgin Glasgow Date: January 2022 Name: Virgin Hotels Glasgow and Virgin Hotels Edinburgh – both opening Spring 2022 Location: Glasgow – overlooking the River Clyde; Edinburgh – India Buildings, Victoria Street – Scotland, UK Number of Keys: 240 and 222 Owner: Glasgow: Silk Property Group, with assets managed by Siggis Capital;…

Main Photo: The Boundary hotel in London’s trendy Shoreditch Date: December 2021 Name: The Boundary London Hotel Location: Shoreditch, East London, England, UK Number of Keys: 17 Seller: Opened by London’s Restaurant Guru, Sir Terence Conran, in 2009. His Preston & Conran business went into administration in 2018 Buyer: Harcourt Inns, headed up by James…

Main Photo: The Aloft Liverpool Date: December 2021 Name: The Aloft Liverpool Location: North John Street, Liverpool City Centre, England, UK Number of Keys: 116 Seller: North John Street LLP…The property was built around the year 1900 as the head office of the Royal Insurance Company and was converted into a 116-bedroom hotel under the…

Main Photo: Hampton by Hilton Date: November 2021 Name: Hampton by Hilton – High Wycombe Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK Number of Keys: 150 Finance: Leumi UK Owner: Handy Cross Dev Co The London-based subsidiary of Israeli bank Leumi has agreed a £13.2m, five-year facility with Handy Cross Dev Co to refinance the 150-bed…

Main Photo: The new Angus Golf Resort – imagined Date: November 2021 Name: The Angus Golf Resort, Hotel & Spa – to open 2024 Location: The Shank of Omachie, above the Forbes of Kingennie country resort, near Broughty Ferry, with views out to the Tay estuary and St Andrews, Scotland Number of Keys: Planning has…

Main Photo: CitySuites II studio apartment Date: November 2021 Name: CitySuites II – opening January 2022 Location: Manchester, England, UK Number of Keys: 142 Seller: TBA Buyer: Select Property Group CitySuites, part of Select Property Group, will unveil its second aparthotel in Manchester Town Centre in January 2022. Select also run Vita Developments, big in…

Main Photo: Macdonald Manchester Hotel Date: November 2021 Names: Macdonald Manchester Hotel and Macdonald Holyrood Hotel Location: Manchester, England and Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Number of Keys: 338 – Manchester; 156 – Edinburgh 494 in total Seller: Macdonald Hotels & Resorts. Buyer: Zetland Capital Partners LLP London based private equity firm Zetland Capital Partners LLP is…

Main Photo: Mollie’s Motel & Diner Date: November 2021 Name: Mollie’s Motel & Diner Locations: UK-wide Number of Keys: 750 – 1,000 over the next 10 years; Manchester 123 Keys Seller: TBA Buyer: Mollie’s Motel & Diner Mollie’s Motel & Diner aims to grow to 100 sites in the next 10 years. Originally conceived by…

Main Photo: Mercure London Hyde Park Date: November 2021 Name: Mercure London Hyde Park, Mercure London Paddington, Hotel Indigo London Paddington Location: London, UK Number of Keys: 72, 86 & 64 – 222 in total Owner: London Town Group Manager: Cycas Hospitality Cycas Hospitality is to operate three upscale boutique hotels as part of a…

Main Photo: The Elcot Park, currently a Mercure Hotel Date: November 2021 Name: The Retreat Elcot Park – to Reopen Spring 2022 Location: Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK Number of Keys: Was 73 will reopen as 55 Seller: S Hotels & Resorts – Singha Estate, who have some 30 hotels in the UK and are looking…

Main Photo: The new Moxy Manchester Date: October 2021 Name: Moxy Manchester City Location: Spinningfields, Manchester, England, UK Number of Keys: 146 Seller: Since it’s construction in the 18th century, the building has been home to a variety of local businesses including a soda water factory, a manufacturing chemist, a hat works and, most notably,…

Main Photo: The new bedroom at the room2 Chiswick, London Date: October 2021 Name: room2 Chiswick Location: Chiswick, West London, England, UK Number of Keys: 86 Owner: Lamington Group, owned by the Godwin brothers, Robert and Stuart Seller: The site is a former Chiswick office building acquired in late 2018 room2 is set to open…