The City of London Corporation’s Planning and Transportation Committee has approved plans for a new hotel development at Boundary House, 7-17 Jewry Street.
Sitting across two levels, the higher block facing onto Jewry Street will be 15 storeys and the lower block facing onto Carlisle Avenue will stand at eight storeys. The Ploberger Hotel Group (RP Assets Limited) scheme will contribute to the City’s leisure and tourism offer – with 311 hotel rooms, alongside a café/bar on the ground floor and a rooftop restaurant, both open to the public.
The City Corporation recently announced a bold new vision for the future of the Square Mile – Destination City – to ensure it remains a world-leading location for UK and international visitors, workers and residents to enjoy. The development will also house a co-working space – with free and discounted use of podcasting studios, meeting rooms and event spaces offered for community and educational purposes – as well as proposals for a cultural hub.
The hotel will have step-free access with an accessible car parking bay. To reduce the carbon impact of the scheme, the development will retain part of the existing basement and ground floor levels, including partial reuse of floor slab, columns and foundations. Targeting a BREEAM sustainability rating of ‘Excellent’, the development will achieve a 54% reduction in operational carbon emissions. Urban greening and the creation of new habitats at roof level will promote biodiversity.
