It looks like there is a future yet for the poor old Great Northern Hotel. The hotel never really fitted into Kings Cross, a clumsy addition to Cubits station. Let's see if this lot can make a go of it. Kings Cross has vast numbers of hotel rooms, few of them good quality and only a couple of 'boutique hotels' as far as I know. Piece from hotelsmag.com follows:
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A new boutique hotel, complete with 94 luxury bedrooms, a bar and restaurant, is set to open in late 2011 in the unrivalled location of King’s Cross Central. The RAM-led consortium has been selected by King’s Cross Central – a partnership between Argent, London & Continental Railways and DHL – to refurbish and recreate the unique Great Northern Hotel following a six month selection process run by CBRE Hotels.
Oxford Hotels will be the development manager, working with MACE and GB Building Solutions Ltd as construction providers. They will begin work on refurbishing the Victorian-built Great Northern Hotel early next year. The hotel, which first opened in 1854, sits at the southern end of the 67 acre regeneration site and is ideally located for both King’s Cross station and St Pancras International, with connections to mainland Europe and the rest of the UK.
Oxford will manage the refurbishment and fit-out of the iconic building, which will open its doors to guests in time for the London 2012 Olympics. King’s Cross Central and the hotel consortium will work together to achieve the necessary planning and listed building consents from Camden Council, in close cooperation with English Heritage.
CBRE Hotels oversaw the operator selection process from the initial marketing campaign to the signing of heads of terms with the consortium.
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