New plans for a five-star boutique hotel on Dublin\u2019s Lower Baggot Street come at a time when the city is suffering from a chronic shortage of high-value hotel accommodation in Dublin. That\u2019s according to planning consultants pitching the project to Dublin City Council. <\/p>\n
The plans call for a 37-bedroom hotel for the former Ulster Bank and adjoining buildings and properties at 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 Pembroke Street Lower.<\/p>\n
The proposal is by Dairy Hill Property Ltd, the firm of former Jones Engineering boss Jim Curley. It also includes a 93-seater restaurant and bar in the banking hall on the ground floor of the former branch at 130 Lower Baggot Street, as well as a \u201cspeakeasy\u201d bar in the basement where the vaults were located.<\/p>\n
The scheme involves the demolition of the buildings at 33-37 Pembroke Street Lower \u2013 previously approved by the council in 2021. They would be replaced with a six-storey over-basement extension to use as part of the hotel development.<\/p>\n
Planning consultants for the project, Manahan Planners, state that the applicant is \u201can independent, family-owned company who have sought out this site to develop a luxury hospitality venture in a landmark building in central Dublin and create a 100-year investment in the area\u201d.<\/p>\n
Outlining plans for the hotel, the Manahan Planners report claims \u201cthere are currently only three five-star hotels in the city centre\u201d.<\/p>\n
Five-star hotels in Dublin 2, where this hotel would be located, include the Merrion Hotel, Shelbourne Hotel, the Anantara Marker Hotel, Westbury Hotel and the College Green Hotel. <\/p>\n
The report adds that the proposal \u201cmeets the current demand for a bespoke, luxury hotel in a city centre location\u201d.<\/p>\n
Manahan Planners state that \u201ca visitor accommodation audit accompanies this application and demonstrates that there is a chronic shortage of visitor accommodation in the capital, in particular high-value accommodation\u201d.<\/p>\n
The scheme would employ 80 people when operational and 150 people directly and indirectly during the construction phase.<\/p>\n
On the plans for the speakeasy bar, architect Rob Curley, who is a director at Maremoto Architects, said: \u201cThe former bank vaults in the basement were also identified as spaces of unique qualities suited to a food and beverage offering.”<\/p>\n
He said the concept of the proposed speakeasy is inspired by the historic connection to speakeasies in \u201cBaggotonia\u201d.<\/p>\n
The plans follow a Curley family investment vehicle, Astogo Holdings, purchasing the 8,500 sq ft building in October 2024.<\/p>\n
The property had a guide price of \u20ac2.5 million. <\/p>\n
In addition to the former bank premises, the Curley family also acquired the three adjoining properties on Lower Pembroke Street on an off-market basis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New plans for a five-star boutique hotel on Dublin\u2019s Lower Baggot Street come at a time when the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,18,6600,19,17],"class_list":["post-565839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-eire","tag-hotels","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116852490369688354","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}