Two eyesore former hotel buildings in front of Temple Meads station could finally be bought by the city council and transformed in a multi-million pound deal.
Bristol City Council chiefs are set to give their approval next week to a plan for the council to buy or compulsory purchase both the George and Railway Hotel building and the Grosvenor Hotel building, which are both derelict buildings across the road from the train station. Both buildings have been empty and decaying for at least 20 years, and have been the subject of years of debate and discussion over what should happen to them.
Now, in a proposal that looks set to be rubber-stamped by the council’s cabinet next week, the city council is expected to spend around £4 million on a deal to sort out the George and Railway Hotel building, as well as compulsory purchase the Grosvenor Hotel next door. The deal will see the council then sell the old George and Railway Hotel to a development company, get them to restore and redevelop it into small and medium-sized offices, and then lease it back to the council, which will then manage the building, leasing the individual offices out to a range of companies.
