CSG PLAN TO EXPAND IN EDINBURGH

The Chris Stewart Group has submitted plans for a major hotel and aparthotel for the West End of Edinburgh at the junction of Shandwick Place and Queensferry Street. Proposals have been lodged by architects 3DReid for a 115-room property which will extend across three sites.

In its statement to planners 3DReid said, “Through acquiring and combining several adjacent buildings that have been under-utilised for many years, it is now possible for significant regeneration to happen through a coordinated proposal for re-development and refurbishment.”

The Chris Stewart group has also redeveloped Old Town Chambers into 74 luxury serviced apartments and a collection of restaurants and bars, and The Edinburgh Grand, which saw the conversion of the A-listed former Royal Bank of Scotland on St Andrew’s Square into apartments ranging fromstudios to three-bedrooms.

The architects revealed plans to convert existing buildings for hotel/aparthotel use, providing connections to adjoining properties facing Shandwick Place, Queensferry Street and Queensferry Street Lane to form a new service-hotel destination for the West End. While the acquisition of the former betting shop at number two and retail units at numbers four to eight Queensferry Street would enables a new reception lobby to be provided at Street Level with shared lounge and seating areas extending to the rear.

The 115 bedrooms would be contained within the existing building fabric although some alterations and extensions at roof level and to the rear facing the lane would be required .