DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE: EUROPE
Water in the 30 spa apartments will come from a natural thermal spring
51˚ Spa Residences Leukerbad, Switzerland ■■opening: Q4 2014
Leukerbad, a Swiss Alps’ village famous for its 51˚C thermal water, is the setting for 51˚ Spa Residences – a real-estate project by Swiss Development Group comprising two buildings with 30 spa apartments. Each apartment will boast whirlpools
and outdoor ‘moon bath’ pools supplied by the thermal waters.
Buxton Crescent & Thermal Spa Buxton, UK ■■opening: Q1, 2013
The £32m (US$50m, ¤38m) transforma- tion of Buxton’s listed Crescent buildings and natural baths – into one of the UK’s first genuine spa hotels – is well under- way. When complete, it will feature a 79-bedroom, luxury spa hotel incorpo- rating the baths; and a thermal, natural mineral water spa. ■■
www.buxtoncrescent.co.uk
www.spahandbook.com There will also a be 900sq m (9,688sq
ft) Banya Experience Spa with a Russian style steamroom or banya, two treatment rooms, a relaxation area, an indoor and outdoor pool and a fitness suite. Overall, there will be 70 apartments – designed by US architects Michael Graves & Associates – to open in late 2014. The spa, created by hospitality and spa consultancy Under the Tree, will follow in 2015 along with a five-star hotel. ■■
www.sdg.ch
Each tower will feature a spa
Hermitage Plaza Paris, France ■■opening: Q2 2016
Architects Foster + Partners have con- firmed that plans for the Hermitage Plaza – a mixed-use, ¤2.5bn (US$3.3bn, £2bn) development in Paris’s La Défense business district – has been given final approval. Consisting of two towers that will
reach a final height of 323m – purposely 1m below the Eiffel Tower – it is the first high-rise development in France and is considered a national project. The 90- and 91-storey towers, next to
the River Seine, feature glazed façade panels with different points catching light throughout the day. Between them, the towers will house a
five-star hotel and two spas with pools and fitness centres. Residential apartments, priced at a reported ¤2-3m (US$2.6-3.9m, £1.8-2.5m), a business centre, two audito- riums and offices complete the offering. The company behind the development
The Crescent buildings will be transformed
is real estate firm the Hermitage Group, a French subsidiary of the Russian inves- tor Mirax Group. ■■
www.fosterandpartners.com
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