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UK aparthotel operator Native has announced it will officially launch its new property, Native Bankside, on 6 August 2018.
The aparthotel is the first in a string of new openings from Native, adding to the brand’s existing portfolio of over 25 properties across the UK.
Located on historic Bear Gardens, Native Bankside has seen a complete regeneration of an 18th Century tea warehouse into an aparthotel offering 75 studios of one and two bedroom apartments furnished by Conran Contracts.
With 24-hour check-in, free high-speed Wi-Fi and a communal workspace Native said the new aparthotel aims to offer a real ‘home from home’ experience targeting both corporate and leisure travellers.
Native Bankside will be the brand’s flagship London property and Native has taken measures to preserve the heritage of the building with polished concrete, exposed brick walls and the original arched warehouse windows.
Guy Nixon, CEO of Native said: “This has been a rare opportunity to take a beautiful heritage building in one of London’s most culturally vibrant areas and transform it into a stylish aparthotel. The launch of Native Bankside is the first milestone in plans to expand our aparthotel business in all major cities across the UK and will set a benchmark for the category in terms of design.”
Native is set to open a further two new aparthotels over the next six months, with Native Glasgow also opening in the Autumn and London Warehouse in Manchester, opening in January 2019.
