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Planning permission has been granted for a major mixed-use scheme in Edinburgh, which will see a luxury hotel, 30 restaurants and a multi- screen cinema developed. Allan Murray Architects


and BDP masterplanned the £850m Edinburgh St James scheme, located in a World Heritage Site at the Scottish city’s St James Quarter. Te five-star hotel, designed


by Jestico & Whiles as the cen- trepiece of the project, will feature up to 210 bedrooms, as well as a 41,000sq ſt (3,809sq m) apart hotel that has the potential to provide 70 suites. The practice envisages a hotel that appears as a bundle of ‘coiled ribbons’, creating a “free-flowing and bold” building. Te new development as a whole will take


Edinburgh St James is now scheduled to be completed in 2020


an open air galleria street intended to create a series of refined public spaces and squares. Allan Murray Architects’ and BDP’s


up 160,000sq m (1.7m sq ft) and replace a 1970s shopping centre. Retail space com- prising 70,000sq m (753,474sq ft) and up to 250 new homes will also be created. Developer TIAA Henderson Real Estate is behind the scheme, which revolves around


design is influenced by Edinburgh’s classi- cal geometry of crescents and circuses, and will complement the city’s “sophisticated architecture, character and history”. With planning permission now in place


construction work is expected to begin later this year, with completion scheduled for 2020. Details: http://lei.sr?a=X9x7y_O


Welsh hotel reborn as chic boutique


An historic Welsh hotel in the seaside resort of Llandudno has opened this month (3 July) as Te Llandudno Bay Hotel following a multi-mil- lion pound redevelopment. After MBI Hotels pur-


chased the hotel in December 2014, redevelopment began in earnest and the programme of work has seen the refurbish- ment of the entire hotel. The extensive renovation


work on what was previ- ously the Regency Royal Hotel has been led by MBI Group Construction – a sister division of the site’s new owner. Te refurb has seen the Grade II listed building become a 61-bedroom boutique hotel, with function space for 150, a 90-cover restaurant, plus a champagne bar and lounge. “The speed in which the work has been


completed on this grand building has been astonishing; especially with the high quality achieved,” said hotel general manager, Chris Evans. “We have had a lot of interest from locals, who are excited to have a new venue at which to meet with friends, family and


Read Leisure Opportunities online: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital Te refurb has seen the Grade II listed building become a new boutique


colleagues, and to show-off to visitors to Llandudno.” Te new-look Llandudno Bay Hotel features a Forster Restaurant, which will serve a variety of dishes with locally-sourced ingredients. Meanwhile, the Woodhouse Bar offers cocktails and champagne to be enjoyed in the bar, or out on the terrace overlooking the bay. Tere is also an on-site spa which is due to open in the 2016. Details are still to be finalised as to what this will comprise. Details: http://lei.sr?a=U7d4g_O


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