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The development of a new five-star hotel is underway in Southampton as work begins on the construction of the Southampton Harbour Hotel & Spa at Ocean Village.
The 85-bedroom hotel, which according to the Harbour Hotels group will be Southampton’s first five-star hotel, will feature a harbour spa, gym, swimming pool along with the group’s ‘jetty’ restaurant concept featuring a rooftop champagne bar.
The ground floor of the hotel will feature a large open plan lounge, restaurant and bar, which will extend out onto a terrace at the end of the existing promontory. The hotel will also feature private moorings for its seafaring guests.
Enabling works and setting out are now underway for the hotel, with construction due to follow within the next few months – anticipated works are expected to run for approximately 18 to 24 months.
Mike Warren, MD of Harbour Hotels, said: “We are delighted that preliminary work is now underway for this exciting project. We are very confident that the hotel and its facilities will prove a fabulous addition to Southampton, boosting tourism and becoming a destination of choice for city-dwellers and visitors alike.”
The new development will join the group’s portfolio of five existing Harbour Hotel’s across the south west of the UK.
Dawn Baxendale, chief executive of Southampton City Council, said: “It is fantastic news to hear that this exciting, luxury development is now moving forward. It will further establish Southampton’s waterfront as a magnificent destination for visitors and residents alike.
“The project endorses our wider ‘City Centre Master Plan’ aspirations for Southampton; creating jobs, leisure opportunities and homes, while extending the range of developments already taking place across the city that will support our future economic supremacy on the south coast.”
Harbour Hotels said a “renowned” London design house has been appointed to create nautical inspired interior concepts, with yacht chic décor and a coastal colour palette.
