Two new 'landmark' hotels set to create 100 jobs (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Two new 'landmark' hotels set to create 100 jobs
9:00am Sunday 3rd March 2013 in News By Julie Magee
‘SHINY AND BEAUTIFUL’: How the Terrace Mount development will look
TWO new 'landmark' hotels in Bournemouth town centre are set to create more than 100 full-time jobs.
The founder of the Ted Baker clothing company is a major backer of the Terrace Mount scheme which will involve two Hilton hotels and 60 apartments.
Ted Baker’s managing director Ray Kelvin, who opened his first store in Glasgow in 1988, told borough councillors how he is investing “tens of millions of pounds” in the development.
London-based THAT Group plans to build an “iconic” four or five-star hotel, topped with a sky bar, and a two or three-star hotel on the former car park site.
Mr Kelvin attended a town hall planning board meeting when members were briefed on minor amendments to the scheme, including an additional storey on the tower and 19 extra car- parking spaces. Approval for the major development was granted in October 2010.
Planning board vice-chairman Cllr Ron Whittaker said: “We want to see something happening on this site sooner rather than later.”
Developers insisted that, despite “a difficult market,” Hilton Hotels remained committed to Bourne-mouth and was confident that the two hotels would prosper.
Mr Kelvin told members: “This development is going to be shiny and beautiful. Bournemouth is a second home to my family and I’ve personally put tens of millions into the scheme. I used to come here with my parents, on holiday, in the good old days and I love the town.”
Cllr Barry Goldbart said: “I’m always impressed by developers who have a lot of patience; this has been going on for seven years.
“As ward councillor I am very keen to see something moving on this site at last. It is all very well having a lot of budget hotels but it is the four-star hotels and above which bring money into the town.”
Chairman David Kelsey said there were no concerns over the revised plans, adding: “Hopefully, we will see someone on site at the start of June.”
Speaking after the meeting, THAT Group director Peter Tisdale said the development would take around two years to complete. He added: “It involves significant investment and will create more than 100 full-time jobs.”
Comments(44)
missymo46
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9:28am Sun 3 Mar 13
bbird
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9:53am Sun 3 Mar 13
Baywolf
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10:16am Sun 3 Mar 13
Old Colonial
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10:32am Sun 3 Mar 13
uvox44
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10:42am Sun 3 Mar 13
saynomore
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11:16am Sun 3 Mar 13
Glashen
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12:00pm Sun 3 Mar 13
uvox44 wrote:I don't know what are you saying, that because the IMAX is being pulled down we should not try to build iconic distinguished buildings?
I'm amazed how they got such a big building to blend in so well - still I guess if they managed it with the IMAX then they know how to promote sensitive development- hang on a minute?! What am I saying!?
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This development will not block the view the way the IMAX did, but in any case it hopefully won't stand virtually empty in 10 years time as the IMAX did. If it is so badly designed and operated that it does then maybe it too will fall to the demolition ball but hopefully not.
Old Harry
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12:01pm Sun 3 Mar 13
harryonthecoast
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12:15pm Sun 3 Mar 13
L'enfant terrible
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12:22pm Sun 3 Mar 13
Old Colonial
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12:34pm Sun 3 Mar 13
L'enfant terrible wrote:If you check early 19th century maps you will see that that is the correct way the area is spelt, albeit without the hyphen. Mind you there wasn't even a village there at that time. OK, just c**p proofreading by the Echo again I suppose.
"Bourne-mouth" ??
spooki
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12:57pm Sun 3 Mar 13
muscliffman
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1:06pm Sun 3 Mar 13
'Landmark' is usually a planning spin word for 'controversially large' relative to the surroundings.
Then it says "create 100 new jobs", so that's 50 each, certainly not on a two 'landmark' Hilton Hotels scale then.
But of course the new buildings are not entirely Hotels. They are also going to be 'landmark' residential blocks - does not sound so good does it?
60 residential apartments - for now anyway. What happens if they sooner or later want to close one or both Hotels and convert to more residential - has this been addressed under planning consent?
BmthNewshound
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1:46pm Sun 3 Mar 13
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The scheme to build a new hotel and apartments on Richmond Hill is still being promoted but nothing seems to be happening. The hotel school has been promised for years but nothing is happening.
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Hopefully this scheme will get off the ground. However, perhaps the council should now think ahead as to what the impact will be on existing hotels in the area and change its planning policies so that the town doesn't end up with more redundant hotels standing empty for years becoming "Ritz for Rats" and dens for druggies.
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I keep going back to the thought that we've been here before. Fanfares and proclamations heralding major investment in the town and then.........nothing
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The other question that keeps coming to mind is what has Bournemouth got to offer 4 and 5 star hotel guests ?
Dean Park
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3:23pm Sun 3 Mar 13
Monkus&Noggin
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4:52pm Sun 3 Mar 13
Alwyn_Ladell
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6:11pm Sun 3 Mar 13
Anyone who has any love for Bournemouth (other than milking it for cash) must be horrified at this crass and terrifying threat. Have we learned nothing from the Waterfront Imax disaster? For heaven's sake, Bournemouth Council, wake up, get a grip, and stop destroying our town! Take the ridiculously exaggerated colours out of this image and look at it dispassionately - it is a 1970's style monstrosity - of the kind which is being torn down in Glasgow tenements and London "no go"areas.
Do you want another grave misake to haunt you like the Pier Approach does? Consign this insulting suggestion to the bin now and save your souls and your careers. If you support this block, you are an enemy of Bournemouth.
Baywolf
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6:21pm Sun 3 Mar 13
Nickolai
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6:57pm Sun 3 Mar 13
Alwyn_Ladell wrote:Well said sir !
That greatly overused and usually meaningless adjective, "iconic", is a warning light. If anything it would be an icon of ugliness, grossness, bad taste, insensitive design, exploitation of a cash-strapped council and undervalued land in the historic heart of Bournemouth. This kiddies' colouring-book of cheap materials is absolutely NOT what is wanted overshadowing the Winter Gardens, the Lower Pleasure Gardens, Capt Tregonwell's precious Royal Exeter Hotel, Cranborne Road (which he gave to the town as a garden for quite rest and refreshment). It would be a catastrophe for all the buildings around it - putting them in permanent shadow and ruining their views.
Anyone who has any love for Bournemouth (other than milking it for cash) must be horrified at this crass and terrifying threat. Have we learned nothing from the Waterfront Imax disaster? For heaven's sake, Bournemouth Council, wake up, get a grip, and stop destroying our town! Take the ridiculously exaggerated colours out of this image and look at it dispassionately - it is a 1970's style monstrosity - of the kind which is being torn down in Glasgow tenements and London "no go"areas.
Do you want another grave misake to haunt you like the Pier Approach does? Consign this insulting suggestion to the bin now and save your souls and your careers. If you support this block, you are an enemy of Bournemouth.
apm1954
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7:01pm Sun 3 Mar 13
Tictock
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7:37pm Sun 3 Mar 13
d in the town? And as already stated, another paper plan. The only answer with the 'valley' is to clear the area, put a roof over it all and totally redesign the centre - and centre it around the gardens not retail here today gone tomorrow outlets, charity shops - something like an Eden Project, all weather all family affair. But one thing you can always rely on with the council is a lack of vision.
Old Colonial
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7:58pm Sun 3 Mar 13
Tictock wrote:And it was ever thus. The original vision was Bath by the Sea with glorious Georgian crescents and parks. Came to nothing within a very few years.
And how many hotels are in administration/close
d in the town? And as already stated, another paper plan. The only answer with the 'valley' is to clear the area, put a roof over it all and totally redesign the centre - and centre it around the gardens not retail here today gone tomorrow outlets, charity shops - something like an Eden Project, all weather all family affair. But one thing you can always rely on with the council is a lack of vision.
Clunge
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7:58pm Sun 3 Mar 13
Next they need to sort out the Exeter Road car park. There is plenty of room there for parking, an ice rink, public areas and some some residential.
Modern if done well can compliment the old and there are a lot of interesting old buildings in Bournemouth. The Dancing House in Prague is an example of good modern architecture, something like that would look good overlooking the square.
awsokend
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8:19pm Sun 3 Mar 13
hope they get better pay than Sunseeker and supermarket workers
minimum pay about £6 p h, its not worth getting out of bed for its not enough to feed one, let alone a roof over your head, 100 new jobs my a***.
Huey
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8:23pm Sun 3 Mar 13
spruce the town up a bit with some shiny new buildings in place of tatty old ones
have some kind of rule where any eyesore site must be sold the council for fraction of its value if left derelict for over 12 months
that'd keep the town looking better and developers on their toes
apm1954
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8:57pm Sun 3 Mar 13
awsokend wrote:real world chum maggie put paid to that
100 new jobs sounds good you know
hope they get better pay than Sunseeker and supermarket workers
minimum pay about £6 p h, its not worth getting out of bed for its not enough to feed one, let alone a roof over your head, 100 new jobs my a***.
Clunge
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9:20pm Sun 3 Mar 13
awsokend wrote:The minimum wage is £6.19, work 40 hours a week, thats £12.875 a year. There wont be any tax on the first £10,000, deduct NI and a worker would still be taking home approximately £830 per month.
100 new jobs sounds good you know
hope they get better pay than Sunseeker and supermarket workers
minimum pay about £6 p h, its not worth getting out of bed for its not enough to feed one, let alone a roof over your head, 100 new jobs my a***.
A room in a shared house can be found for £80-100pw so it is affordable.
Your attitude is part of the reason the country is in such a state. People are too lazy to get out of bed.
Get a job, any job. Get some experience, a social life, and stand on your own two feet. Then if you don't like that job, find a better one and so on. But no, it's far easer to sponge of us taxpayers. Not having access to a 42" plasma, roll ups and booze does not constitute poverty.
awsokend
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9:36pm Sun 3 Mar 13
i would rather go back to sleep than work for platters you know
ashleycross
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9:52pm Sun 3 Mar 13
missymo46 wrote:Rock on Beales ****
Hey, if Ted Baker founder loves it here so much how come we haven't got a Ted Baker shop and the only place you can buy it is in Beales? Come on Ted Baker founder, keep the women of Bournemouth happy and put a shop in your hotel!
chris100
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10:11pm Sun 3 Mar 13
Old Colonial
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10:17pm Sun 3 Mar 13
chris100 wrote:So nobody can bring their cars into the town. Instead they will need to use the..........
can someone please tell me why the **** the stupid council are selling all our carparks off ???
awsokend
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10:17pm Sun 3 Mar 13
Id sooner stay in bed till 2 o'clock in the afternoon
You know it makes sense..
MrPitiful
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10:53pm Sun 3 Mar 13
Hope it gets off the ground and sooner rather than later.
retrogeoff
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11:49pm Sun 3 Mar 13
AdelaidePete
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5:00am Mon 4 Mar 13
Gastines3
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7:49am Mon 4 Mar 13
Regarding the state of the eyesores around the town,usually involving the search for more money from the landlords,I seem to remember that the Council demolished an eyesore that was next to the old Burlington Hotel and sent the owner the bill. Perhaps a bit more direct action from our Council in that direction would be a start to sorting the mess the town has descended into.
I note on our outside entertainments company site that they have just been awarded a 15 year contract to supply a food outlet at 2 sites to be constructed by the Pier,can't remeber seeing that application anywhere? Total shock,they also advertise an outside arena for hire?
Baywolf
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8:30am Mon 4 Mar 13
busman61
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9:11am Mon 4 Mar 13
saynomore wrote:Hahahaha
Cue NIMBYS ....ready.... steady ...GO,gripe moan..blocking the view...birds will fly into it...its an eyesore.. blah blah blah....
Benniestewart
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9:36am Mon 4 Mar 13
People go abroad or to other Cities Towns where they canm visit places of interest
The money to be made in Bournemouth
now is from the residents -
Put an Ice Rink Swimming Pool on the
Pier approach - the Christmas Ice Rink
in Gardens would be an added Bonus
for residents when the Christmas Ice
Shows come to Town
You may just get some visitors using this new Hotel then
Benniestewart
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9:37am Mon 4 Mar 13
People go abroad or to other Cities Towns where they canm visit places of interest
The money to be made in Bournemouth
now is from the residents -
Put an Ice Rink Swimming Pool on the
Pier approach - the Christmas Ice Rink
in Gardens would be an added Bonus
for residents when the Christmas Ice
Shows come to Town
You may just get some visitors using this new Hotel then
bbird
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10:48am Mon 4 Mar 13
I moved to Bournemouth not long ago after considering locations round Europe. The positives outweighed the negatives.
Despite well deserved criticism, Bournemouth still has so much to offer. Outstanding beaches, the surrounding areas of natural beauty, day trips to Lymington, Winchester, Salisbury, Purbeck etc (and all usually easily accessible by public transport). Something to do every day. And yes, the weather ..... every day different ... and not all of us want to sweat in 30C.
But I do have a problem with the shops, mostly dull and often tacky. With restaurants, usually have to travel outside the town. With the nightlife, stay away Thursday to Sunday, unless you want to be accosted. With the number of rough sleepers, alcholics, druggies, dangerous looking dogs (Staff/Pitbull capital). With tacky poorly run hotels. I don't think this appeals to tourism!
There are many of us with an interest in Bournemouth. Invite us in to create a blueprint for the future,
Turn the Royal Bath back into a 5* with world class spa facilities (spas seem to be a growing market). Close tired and failing hotels. Introduce good independent restaurants and cafes with outside seating to the town centre. Find somewhere for a Westfield style shopping centre. Build safe underground car parks, and what about park & ride Enhance all front line land with more gardens, trees and yes an ice rink. More serious culture, a modern art gallery, a theatre. (And make it easier for people to get to Sandbanks & Swanage in the summer ... tourists queue for ages waiting for a Breezer only to find it full).
Oh and do something about the bus station in the town centre, convenient but couldn't it go underground too?
askquestion
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5:43pm Mon 4 Mar 13
Bournemouthstorm
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10:42am Tue 5 Mar 13
bbird wrote:I totally agree with that.
Bournemouth has plenty to attract tourists. Particularly now overseas travel (for me anyway) has become less appealing (airports, delays, strikes, what you can and can't take on planes etc).
I moved to Bournemouth not long ago after considering locations round Europe. The positives outweighed the negatives.
Despite well deserved criticism, Bournemouth still has so much to offer. Outstanding beaches, the surrounding areas of natural beauty, day trips to Lymington, Winchester, Salisbury, Purbeck etc (and all usually easily accessible by public transport). Something to do every day. And yes, the weather ..... every day different ... and not all of us want to sweat in 30C.
But I do have a problem with the shops, mostly dull and often tacky. With restaurants, usually have to travel outside the town. With the nightlife, stay away Thursday to Sunday, unless you want to be accosted. With the number of rough sleepers, alcholics, druggies, dangerous looking dogs (Staff/Pitbull capital). With tacky poorly run hotels. I don't think this appeals to tourism!
There are many of us with an interest in Bournemouth. Invite us in to create a blueprint for the future,
Turn the Royal Bath back into a 5* with world class spa facilities (spas seem to be a growing market). Close tired and failing hotels. Introduce good independent restaurants and cafes with outside seating to the town centre. Find somewhere for a Westfield style shopping centre. Build safe underground car parks, and what about park & ride Enhance all front line land with more gardens, trees and yes an ice rink. More serious culture, a modern art gallery, a theatre. (And make it easier for people to get to Sandbanks & Swanage in the summer ... tourists queue for ages waiting for a Breezer only to find it full).
Oh and do something about the bus station in the town centre, convenient but couldn't it go underground too?
manana says...
9:17am Sun 3 Mar 13