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A FOUR-STAR, 200-bed hotel is planned on the site of a derelict car park in
Glasgow's Merchant City.

The proposed £30million development spans six storeys next to the recently
refurbished City Halls and Fruitmarket.

It includes shops, restaurants, bars, meeting rooms and underground parking.
It has been designed by Edinburgh architect Allan Murray on behalf of James
Montgomery, the developer who owns The Ivory Hotel and Restaurant in Camphill
Avenue, Langside.

Plans for the Ingram Street development have been submitted to the city council
and went on public display earlier this week.

The proposal is likely to go before the council's planning department in February.

James H
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james73 · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:02 pm Post subject:

Hotel fills a gap in luxury end of city's market

THIS £30million luxury hotel development is poised to transform an ugly gap
site in the middle of Glasgow's Merchant City.

Our exclusive first glimpse gives an idea of the 200-bedroom hotel that
city-based Montgomery Property wants to build.

The six-storey building would have shops at ground floor level, on a site in
Ingram Street behind the City Halls.

If it gets the go-ahead, work would begin this December, and would be
finished by May 2010.

Company managing director James Montgomery said he is in negotiations
with a hotel chain which does not at present operate in the city.

He added: "It will be a luxury, four-star, design led hotel.

"It will have a minimalist feel through the rooms and public areas, which
we think will fit in well in the Merchant City.

"The great thing about the Merchant City is that it has a wonderful
Bohemian feel because of the mix of operators we have there.

"There are small independently-owned restaurants alongside major
international brands.

"I think it is wonderful, and is the kind of mix you see a lot in Hong Kong
and New York."

The development will incorporate 27,000sq ft of shopping and conference
facilities capable of catering for around 400 people.

James H
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