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Staying Cool has announced the Cotton Yard as the name of its new 41-unit apartment hotel due to open on the Chorlton and Canal Street site in the heart of Manchester’s Village.
Offering a mix of studios and suites over four floors of the existing building, together with eight duplex penthouses in a new rooftop extension, the build project will take approximately 12 months and see the first guests arrive through its doors in September 2020.
The building was acquired by the Cringle Corporation and Staying Cool won a CBRE-led competitive tender to determine the development’s operator.
A joint partnership with Bespoke Hotels, the Cotton Yard will sit alongside Staying Cool’s existing 35-suite apartment hotel, which occupies the top floors of Birmingham’s iconic Rotunda.
Paul Taylor, Staying Cool’s joint-managing director, said: “The building was a former cotton finishing yard, so the name Cotton Yard just made sense. We also think it has a nice ring to it. Built in various stages between the late 19th and the early 20th Centuries, it’s a stunner of a building, which we are really excited to be bringing back to life after years of neglect. It is a perfect location for a design-led apartment hotel.
“We’re delighted to be able to confirm that the Cotton Yard is out of the starting gates and a few steps closer to being brought back to life in Manchester – the city where our story began.”
