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New ‘holistic wellbeing’ hotel to open in Piccadilly Gardens with no TVs in rooms
They want to make sure you can catch some much needed zzz’s
Planning permission has been granted for a new 187-bedroom hotel set to open in Piccadilly Gardens ‘with no TVs’ in its rooms.
The Zedwell Hotel will open its first branch outside of London in Manchester city centre in the Royal Buildings, which sits on the original site of the Royal Hotel which was demolished to make way for the current building in 1909.
Only the upper floors of the historic building are set to become a hotel while the ground floor unit – recently vacated by bank Santander – will remain unaffected.
The new hotel will also not be featuring any TVs in its rooms because it aims to ‘promote deep rest’.
According to planning director at Savills, Jay Patel, which organised the planning application on behalf of Zedwell’s owners Criterion Capital, he said: “The addition of a high quality and affordable hotel is welcome news for Manchester and its every growing tourism economy.
“In keeping with the concept of the brand’s other four existing sites in London, the new hotel will focus on promoting quality sleep, positive health and holistic wellbeing.
“With a very different focus to Manchester’s current hotel offering, Zedwell Hotels use a nature-inspired décor with calming colours, natural or recycled materials, and no TVs in cocoon-like rooms to promote deep rest.”
Founder of Criterion Capital, Azif Aziz, added: “Bringing Zedwell to Manchester was always in the plan and now we have found the perfect location.
“It was important that we worked with a local team and the plans for the hotel have been designed by Manchester-based Buttress Architects.
“The new Zedwell Hotel will be targeting short term stays and people travelling through Manchester using the excellent transport links of both Piccadilly Gardens and Piccadilly station.”
There are currently three Zedwell Hotels in London with around 1,000 bedrooms between them. Manchester will be the first site to open outside of the London area with a further 25 of the hotels planned to be built by 2026.
Most of the Manchester site is currently vacant with a language school that will relocate to another premises in June. Meanwhile, works on other areas have already commenced.