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Freeze on building will not stop four star hotel
PLANS for an eyecatching
£50m hotel
in Ocean Village are
unaffected by the
decision to stop work
at Admiral's Quay.
Rising 15-storeys
into the air, the 225-
bed, glass-sided hotel
will be built with a
waterfront "events
piazza" designed to
lure back sailing
races lost to regional
rival Portsmouth.
Although planning
permission for a
hotel on the site, jutting
out into the
marina, was granted
in 2006, the company
behind the scheme
wanted to redesign
the building, which is
now expected to
open in 2010.
The hotel, which is
intended to be a
"four-star superior"
level, has been
altered to increase
the glazing on the
public floors at the
base of the hotel and
to make the guestrooms
look like
they "float" above.
At the same time,
the guestroom block
has been moved
towards the land to
make the end of the
promontory more of
a destination and to
provide a bigger outside
dining area.
The glazing has also
been extended to the
ground floors to link
the space with the
outside events piazza,
allowing events
to spill outside from
the hotel.
The piazza will
boast five large statues
depicting the
coastlines of global
ports with links to
Southampton.
Other changes
include the introduction
of an environmentally-
friendly
sea-water cooling
system instead of traditional
air conditioning.
The project comes
from Marina
Developments Limited
(MDL), the owners of
Ocean Village Marina
and the largest company
of its kind in
Europe.
Alan Chater of MDL
said: "We are committed
to building a
high quality hotel on
this key site in Ocean
Village."
8:51am Sunday 15th June 2008
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