SECTOR FOCUS: PROPERTY


1620 complex enhances face of Plymouth Hoe


Plymouth City Council has recently voted to grant consent to 1620, the new hotel and residential complex on Plymouth Hoe. Occupying the last great site on the Hoe,


the £50m scheme by developers Henley Real Estate is due to be finished in time for the 2020 Mayflower 400 celebrations. The scheme comprises a new 80-


bed hotel, with a panoramic top floor restaurant overlooking the Sound. Complete with an outdoor terrace, the restaurant will be the perfect venue for business meetings, family events and graduation celebrations. The hotel will feature 80 individual


‘1620 will


“In addition, 1620 will offer business visitors the opportunity to enjoy fine dining overlooking one of the world’s great natural harbours.” The adjacent apartments will also all face the sea and have the same unrivalled 2.7m clear height. Furnished with high-end kitchens


be the perfect business asset for the local marketplace’


bedrooms, all of which have a clear uninterrupted view out into the Sound. Benefitting from a clear room height of 2.7m and a generous 28sq m per room, the hotel will set a new standard for the city and its business clientele. Offering a spa, brasserie and meeting spaces, 1620


will become the best-positioned new hotel in Plymouth. Chris Henley, Director of Henley Real Estate, said: “1620 will be the perfect business asset for the local marketplace, offering an exceptional hotel for guests to be accommodated, and a superb venue for meetings, conferences.


and bathrooms, 1620 The Residences will offer a chance for just 88 owners to ensure they can make their home in a truly outstanding new exclusive address. Residents will also be able to take full advantage of the hotel next door and will enjoy new formal gardens that


overlook Drake’s Island and beyond. Chris added: “The apartments will truly set


a new standard for the city. They are fronting the


magnificent harbour and all will have an extensive outdoor terrace or balcony for the best alfresco dining and relaxing anywhere in the city. “All of the main bedrooms and key living areas also


front Plymouth Sound. What could be better than waking up to that view each morning? It’s amazing and the location means the business, shopping and historical districts of Plymouth are all within a short walk too.”


Further information on 1620 can be found at 1620.co.uk or henleyrealestate.co.uk


22 Chamber Profile September/October 2017


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